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Cabinet considers its annual progress
Published: 12/06/2015
The Council鈥檚 achievements and progress in the last financial year will be
discussed at Cabinet on Tuesday (16 June).
Cabinet members will receive an end of year update on the Council鈥檚 Improvement
Plan, as well as the end of year report on the Council鈥檚 strategic
partnerships, including the 天涯社区 Local Service Board.
Highlights achieved in the last financial year include:
- progressing the major housing and regeneration work taking place across the
county, with the development of the Strategic Housing and Regeneration
Programme, which will ultimately see the development of 500 new affordable
homes in the next five years;
- the approval of the County鈥檚 third Extra Care facility in Flint;
- the Council becoming the first North Wales authority to receive White Ribbon
accreditation for its work taken to tackle domestic abuse;
- the success of the one year Intermediate Care Fund to support new or
additional Intermediate Care services;
- the expansion of the Flying Start provision within the County;
- over 拢6m allocated by Welsh Government to the Vibrant and Viable Places
programme on Deeside, where work is underway to bring benefits to the areas of
deprivation in Deeside as well as to the County as a whole;
- the creation of 1,130 new jobs in the county, including 1,012 within the
Deeside Enterprise Zone;
- 99.6% of 16 year olds in the county in education, employment and training at
the end of the year;
- in the last financial year, 1,622 天涯社区 residents received advice and
support from the Welfare Rights Team. The successful interventions generated
welfare benefit and tax credit payments totalling 拢3.1 million.
- a positive annual report from the Wales Audit Office, showing that the
Council has made good overall progress in delivering its improvement
priorities, with strong performance across a number of service areas.
Councillor Aaron Shotton, Leader of the Council, said:
鈥淭hrough our Improvement Plan, we prioritise areas and services that are
important to our community. It is monitored throughout the year to assess
whether we are going to hit our targets. Despite these unprecedented and
challenging financial times, this Council continues to be a high performing
organisation, and I am pleased that we have many achievements to be extremely
proud of.鈥�
Colin Everett, Chief Executive of the Council, said:
These reports prove that 天涯社区 is a cost efficient Council which values
its partnerships, and continues to improve year on year. The Council is
performing strongly against our priorities, especially in education, the local
economy and housing.鈥�