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Preston City Council's vision for a growing and vibrant city in the North West, achieved through partnership with stakeholders. The council's priorities include city investment, tackling deprivation, improving neighborhoods, and ensuring well-run services. The Physical Activity and Sports Strategy aims to increase participation and improve infrastructure. Budget constraints require efficiency savings and reductions. The common goal is achieved through constructive planning, consultation, cohesion, collaboration, and communication. The Insight Park project, endorsed by various partners, has seen significant usage and success. The key to consultation is listening.
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Preston City Council Active Communities Steve Daley Principle Leisure Manager 23rd September 2015
Our VisionLook back to look forward Sees Preston as a growing Vibrant city in the North West. This will only be achieved in partnership with all stakeholders in the city. To achieve this, the council’s medium to long term objectives for the city and the council as an organisation are set out as 4 priorities
Corporate Priorities • Your City: Investment to improve assets, infrastructure and create high quality jobs • Your Future: Tackling multi deprivation and social disadvantage • Your Neighbourhood: Reducing crime and ASB. Building confidence and capacity to improve communities and their environment • Your Council: Well run, value for money services, valued by our communities. Demonstrating good governance, openness and transparency
Demographics: Know your communities Physical Activity and Sports Strategy 2015-2020 • To increase participation • Collaboration and communication • Improve infrastructure
Budget Constraints • Previous government grant: £7.3m • Preston City Council grant reduction - 24% • Financial terms to Preston City Council £1.8m reduction - £5.5m • From April 2012-March 2014 – Leisure Services efficiency savings £200,000 • From April 2014 – March 2017 – Leisure Services reduction is £350,000 • Parks and open spaces – 2014 -2017 reduction £450,000
COMMON GOAL(s) The Importance of the C’s CONSTRUCT PLAN CONNECT PLANNING CONSULT COHESION COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION
Total cost £320,000 Partners involved Preston Skate Park Projects; Preston Parks; Sports Development; Streetwise Forum; Friends of Moor Park; Local PACT; LCC Youth Service & Youth Council; Groundwork Trust; Children’s Trust Endorsement Year 1 usage 14,000 visits Year 5 usage 70,000 visits Adizone MUGAs installed 2012 Skate Park
The secret to consultation is listening