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Building a Better Bromley – What’s our 2020 Vision?
On June 5, a consultation event was held jointly by Bromley Council and
Community Links Bromley as part of the
Local Strategic Partnership to debate the future of the borough. It was attended by over 60 representatives from the voluntary and community sector. The draft strategy was also available on the Council website for public review and input. The views given will help shape the Council’s ‘Building a Better Bromley 2020 Vision’ which centres on eight key themes:
- A safe place in which to live
- A quality environment
- Helping Bromley’s children and young people achieve their potential
- Promoting independence and health
- Future housing
- A prosperous and thriving borough
- Involving communities and citizens; and
- Public service partnership
The consultation focused specifically on four themes, in addition to exploring how to increase participation in regular volunteering. The four themes examined in detail were:
- making Bromley a cleaner, greener and safer place to live
- helping Bromley residents to be healthy and independent
- making Bromley a prosperous and thriving borough
- helping Bromley’s children and young people achieve their potential
Considering the likely future challenges facing the borough, such as an ageing population, the role of technology, economic fluctuations, and the pressures on the housing markets, the Leader of the Council and Chairman of the Local Strategic Partnership, Councillor Stephen Carr said in his opening remarks,: “We have been moving forward on our Building a Better Bromley agenda for a number of years. Now we need to look further into the future, and we want you and the groups you represent to be part of the shaping of that future.”
There were also addresses from the Chair of Community Links Bromley and the Council’s Chief Executive Doug Patterson who said: “The challenge today is to take the ‘Building a Better Bromley 2020 Vision’ and look at it from your perspective. But it is one thing to have the vision and quite another to have the drive to deliver it. This will be very challenging and through the Local Strategic Partnership you will be engaged in helping to deliver whole aspects of the plan.”
The event was held at Community House, Bromley and was followed by the Volunteer Awards Ceremonies during which 17 volunteers and 4 volunteer managers received awards in four categories – Long service; exceptional service; facing a challenge; and young volunteer. The awards were presented by James Banks, Chair of Greater London Volunteering, and the event was attended by about 50 people.
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Notes to editors:
- Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) is the top-tier partnership board, comprised of the Council and its statutory and community partnerships, including the Metropolitan Police, the PCT, the NHS, and Community Links Bromley. The LSP is the responsible body for the Community Strategy.
- Community Links Bromley is the umbrella organisation representing the different voluntary organisations in Bromley.
- Since the local elections in 2002, the council has been led by a Conservative administration. Full council is made up of 60 elected councillors – 49 Conservative, 7 Liberal Democrat and 4 Labour – representing 22 wards across the borough.
- For media enquiries, please contact Amanda Day, Communications Officer, on 020 8313 4390 or email amanda.day@bromley.gov.uk
- Further information about the Council’s strategies and plans is available from corporate.strategy@bromley.gov.uk