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City Ward priorities
Bradford District Priority Outcomes |
Ward Priorities |
Better Skills, More Good Jobs and a Growing Economy |
- Mapping/training job support and promote employability projects
- Regenerating business areas; Great Horton Road and Ingleby Road
- Connecting BAME communities with educational and job opportunities
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Decent Homes |
- Improve the environment inner city areas by supporting & educating residents on taking responsibility for their gardens and streets
- Work with private sector/social landlords to improve property standards to support vulnerable communities, reduce overcrowding
- Support energy efficiency measures across city ward, focusing on the most vulnerable communities.
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Good Start, Great Schools |
- Support Schools to open on evenings and weekends and use the resources for the community
- Work with schools to educate pupils on civic roles and responsibilities. Combating issues, littering/fly tipping and climate change
- Working with public health, Schools, local community groups and organisations to tackle malnutrition in children
- Schools and faith organisations to work in partnership in supporting young people's education and development.
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Better Health, Better Lives |
- Tackle Inequalities in access to NHS services such as GP and Dentist, focus on supporting the online booking systems
- Improve health and well being by supporting local initiatives around health
- Improve the environment to enable a healthier life style.
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Safe, Strong and Active Communities |
- Work on ASB issues. Target hot spot areas including City centre, Great Horton Road/Summerville Road, Ivanhoe Road.
- Improve youth engagement and education. Supporting businesses in developing business watches.
- Support communities in developing people can initiatives including Friends of Groups, Litter picking Neighbourhood watches
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A Sustainable District |
- Target complex streets, provide a holistic approach to solutions in areas such as, Frank Street and Summerville Road.
- Provide information and support regarding the Bradford Clean air zone being introduced in 2022 which will reduce emissions.
- Support development and accessibility of green spaces for physical activity and health and wellbeing.
- Facilitate affordable, eco friendly housing improvements.
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Better Skills, More Good Jobs and a Growing Economy
Actions |
Outcomes |
Indicators |
- Mapping/training job support in the community to improve access to the jobs market
- Regenerating business areas:
- Great Horton Road
- Ingleby Road
Ensuring local businesses and residents are involved in the process.
- Connecting members from emerging minority communities with educational and job opportunities.
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- Increased number of adults in full time employment.
- Identifying individuals who need extra support to get ready for the working environment and increasing their skill sets.
- Visitors feeling safer and more welcome when shopping. Creating a more vibrant
- Increased members from emerging minority communities accessing training and getting employment opportunities. Working with partners like Connecting Roma
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- Engagement data and increase in referrals to training providers
- Increase in Survey Data, Business Conversations
- Employment statistics, community conversations
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Decent Homes
Actions |
Outcomes |
Indicators |
- Adopt a multi agency approach to inner city housing where environmental issues persist. Work with wardens, recycling staff and PCSO’s to ensure landlords and tenants are aware of their responsibilities.
- Take action against private and social sector landlords whose properties are neglected and have rubbish in gardens. Promote the Council app for reporting fly tipping and problematic properties.
- Work with charities and home improvement companies to improve energy performance within City ward. Support householders most in need to get grants and upgrades they may be eligible.
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- Tenants/Landlords are aware of their responsibilities and increased confidence to engage with uniform staff.
- Improve pride in the local area, including gardens and streets. More residents aware of reporting methods and taking responsibility for their neighbourhood.
- Improve energy efficiency amongst households. Better eco ratings in City ward and reduction in emissions.
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- Community spirit, number of engagements and feedback.
- More feedback/reporting, improved appearance of the neighbourhood and resident feedback.
- More up to date and environment friendly households. Reduced energy consumption and better standards of living.
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Good Start, Great Schools
Actions |
Outcomes |
Indicators |
- Council wardens and officers/partners deliver projects in schools around local issues which affect the community and Civic roles.
- Use Schools/faith centres as community hubs and look at evening/ weekend opening times to cater for individuals otherwise unavailable.
- Explore and support networking opportunities for schools/community groups to work in partnership to address key issues being faced by children and local communities.
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- Create a generational change and engage more young people to be part of community work.
- Maximising community resources by opening on evenings and weekends. Engaging with parents/children otherwise unavailable. Targeting hard to reach residents.
- Better links between schools. Improved access to resources.
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- Young people engaging with initiatives, session data
- Young people’s feedback improvement in attainment levels.
- Families supported and active children
- Joint workshops, meetings and collaboration.
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Better Health, Better Lives
Actions |
Outcomes |
Indicators |
- Introduce health champions to volunteer with key surgeries/Dentists to support with online booking forms and triage, especially with those that may not be computer literate.
- Work closely with faith groups and community centres to support projects that tackle vulnerable groups with communities.
- Work with partners to set up health initiatives, referral and signposting of residents to public health programmes, for example with food charities/community groups/ schools to support families facing food poverty.
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- More people able to book online appointments, more equality in accessing NHS services.
- More people taking part in physically activities. Improved physical/mental health
- Healthier and informed residents across all communities.
- More chances for people to take responsibility for their own health Increased opportunities to engage in an active lifestyle
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- Increase number of online appointments. Engagement with people attending sessions. Residents engaging with consultations around health and well-being and wider determinants of health.
- People taking part in activities accessing outside spaces.
- Number of people interacted with and signposted. Number of programs and groups.
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Safe, Strong and Active Communities
Actions |
Outcomes |
Indicators |
- Identify ASB and drug crime hotspots and develop a partnership approach to tackle these long term issues. Developing neighbourhood plans to tackle these issues.
- Work with businesses along Great Horton Road to develop and promote Business Watch.
- Work with the youth service to give young people a voice in their locality
- Use social media, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote Area Office work to help set up more: friends of groups, litter picks and neighbourhood watches.
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- Better quality of life, safer neighbourhood. More residents aware of how to report concerns, reduced issues with parking, off road vehicles, dangerous driving.
- Better relationships with businesses and understanding of some of the issues they face, develop ideas for regeneration
- Young people more involved in their community.
- More community cohesion and participation. Promotion of ‘People Can’
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- Crime statistics, ASB incidents reported.
- Number of meetings, number of participants.
- Young people engaging in sessions /activities
- Increased number of groups.
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A Sustainable District
Actions |
Outcomes |
Indicators |
- Support local groups involved with projects to improve the outside environment. Improve green spaces – bringing derelict areas into use. Work with groups to develop green spaces for the use of community allotments.
- Work with charities and government to improve EPC rating of properties in City ward by providing free eco upgrades. Using our social media platforms to advertise the benefits.
- Work with partners and residents to develop projects that increase recycling. Engage partners to improve ‘grot-spots’ and work with residents to look at sustaining improvements
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- More people using green spaces
- More eco friendly properties on the district.
- Increase in numbers of people participating in initiatives. Improvement in recycling rates/physical appearances of neighbourhoods. Increase in local pride and willingness to report fly tipping/waste issues.
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- Number projects/activities taking part on green spaces.
- Increase in energy performance score
- Improved Recycling rates, promoted campaigns, reduction in reports of fly tipping, increased ‘grot-spots’ cleared, more residents involved in clean-ups.
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