swindon borough council
Swindon
At Swindon Borough Council, we are committed to delivering for our residents,
local businesses and communities. Our services provide a lifeline and safety net
to residents who need us most through the vital care and support we provide.
These services directly benefit a relatively small number of residents yet
demand the majority of our funding. But, by squeezing the most from our
resources, we continue to provide services for the whole community including
waste and recycling collections, road repairs and libraries. As well as
providing a vast range of public services, we are using our legal powers,
assets, access to targeted funding, local knowledge and influence to lay the
foundations for Swindon to thrive in the future. Bringing together partners from
across the private, public and voluntary sectors to improve the quality of life
for residents. Working across education, health, crime, the local economy and
climate change. We are ambitious for the town, realistic about the challenges
but excited for the future. We’re acting now to meet the needs of Swindon’s
growing population: building new homes, creating new school places, upgrading
roads and enhancing our country parks while also working to revitalise the town
centre with £100 million of Council-led investment. We have a clear vision for
how we see Swindon developing in the future: By 2030, Swindon will have all of
the positive characteristics of a British city with one of the UK’s most
successful economies; a low-carbon environment with compelling cultural, retail
and leisure opportunities and excellent infrastructure. It will be a model of
well managed housing growth which supports and improves new and existing
communities. Swindon will be physically transformed with existing heritage and
landmarks complemented by new ones that people who live, work and visit here
will recognise and admire. It will remain, at heart, a place of fairness and
opportunity where people can aspire to and achieve prosperity, supported by
strong civic and community leadership. None of this is possible if we don’t live
within our means. That’s why our Council Plan sets out our clear priorities to
make best use of our resources and how we will achieve our ambitious vision. We
have committed to six key priorities which the Council will focus on over the
next four years. These set out how we intend to provide services to residents
and set key milestones to achieving our aims. We are in the process of
developing a new reporting system that will allow you to monitor our progress
against each pledge.
