What the budget means for services

2005/06 Achievements against the pledges

Pledge 1 - Improving Health IN Salford
Pledge 2 - Reducing Crime IN Salford
Pledge 3 - Encouraging Learning, Leisure and Creativity IN Salford
Pledge 4 - Investing in Young People IN Salford
Pledge 5 - Promoting Inclusion IN Salford
Pledge 6 - Creating prosperity IN Salford
Pledge 7 - Enhancing Life IN Salford
Supporting All Pledges
External Recognition and Achievements

The revenue budget aims to continue to support the implementation of the council's seven pledges. To achieve this it is necessary to have clear links between the key outcomes expected from services from the resources allocated. Details of the achievements against the pledges in 2005/06 and the priorities for each directorate for 2006/07 in relation to the council's pledges are shown below.

Pledge 1 - Improving Health IN Salford

Community Health and Social Care

Improved the timely discharge of people from hospital by investing in services to meet their needs to help them live at home safely or within residential accommodation
Helped more than 500 people who have disabilities to have adaptations to their homes or move to more suitable accommodation
Provided home care support and community support to more than 3500 people to help them to live independently in their own homes
Made direct payments to over 160 people to arrange their own care to maintain their independence and continue to live in the community
Supported over 1700 people to live in appropriate residential or nursing homes
Forecasting to increase by 10% the number of people accessing drug treatment programmes
Improved the proportion of equipment to help people live at home delivered within 7 days from 91.3% in 2004/05 to around 94%.
Undertook programmes of work in each neighbourhood to reduce smoking, reduce obesity and promote healthy lifestyles through ‘Stop Smoking' events, Healthy eating cookery courses, Health Walks.

Children's Services

Levels of teenage pregnancy have fallen faster than the national average.

Housing and Planning

LIFT Centre in Charlestown opened. LIFT Centre in Lower Kersal under construction. Planning applications submitted for buildings in Walkden, Pendleton and Eccles.
Footpath and rights of way network improved to facilitate healthy walking. BVPI 178 up from 66% in 2004/05 to 71% in 2005/06.

Customer and Support Services

Proactively promoting awareness of health issues through front line Customer Services staff in areas such as sexual health screening, flu vaccinations and smoking cessation.

Environmental Services

Implementation and assessment of nutritional menus for all primary schools, in line with government legislation for school catering service.
Increased the number of children making a healthy food choice.
Introduction of a cashless system for school meals into the first high school.
Improvements to bereavement services by enhancements to Heritage Trail to encourage walking in Weaste Cemetery, meeting emission targets at the crematoria and making cemeteries safer by dealing with unsafe headstones.
Numerous activity events at country parks e.g. Halloween event, health walks etc.
Improved accessibility of linear walkways to promote walking and cycling.

Pledge 2 - Reducing Crime IN Salford

Community Health and Social Care

Together Action Programme - Active targeting of ‘Top 3' locations in each neighbourhood for anti social behaviour
Salford Community Leisure led a successful Juvenile Nuisance Scheme working alongside the local police offering young people causing crime diversionary leisure activities and opportunities.

Housing and Planning

Ensured that all relevant planning applications are consistent with designing out crime guidance.
Achieved quicker response times with regard to demolitions and boarding up empty properties.
Ensured that on average, 99.23% of streetlights are working, against a target of 99%. This is equivalent to a top quartile performance

Environmental Services

Increased security to cemeteries, such as new fencing, improved gate locking.
Serving of over 800 fixed penalty notices for littering and dog fouling.

Chief Executives

Incidents of criminal behaviour reduced by 20% through the implementation of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy.
Implementation of 160 anti-social behaviour orders.

Customer and Support Services

Developed and implemented a system and revised processes to improve awareness, capture, reporting and analysis of antisocial behaviour
Implemented the single reporting number for anti-social behaviour through the contact centre.

Pledge 3 - Encouraging Learning, Leisure and Creativity IN Salford

Children's Services

Five of Salford LEA's 14 secondary schools were amongst the 100 most improved schools in the country based on 5A*-C GCSE passes from 2001 to 2004.
Opened three new public finance initiative special schools.
Obtained approval and funding to rebuild or substantially refurbish all of the city's secondary schools under the Building Schools for the Future programme.
Opened a new Jewish aided secondary school.
Increased the percentage of pupils obtaining 5A*-C grades at GCSE by more than the national average.
Number of statutory assessments of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) completed within the statutory timescale has risen from 19% to 52% (including exceptions) against a target of 50%, and from 65% to 82% (excluding exceptions) against a target of 80%.
An increasing number of schools have received positive judgements in Ofsted inspections on their provision for pupils with SEN.

Community Health and Social Care

More people involved in learning and creativity programmes within community centres
Older people encouraged to attend community centres to take part in wide range of activities
Positive activities for young people in every area during school holidays
LPSA1 target of ‘increasing the number of young people aged 6-16 years participating regularly in sporting activities exceeded, with over 200 regular sport and activity sessions offered each week.
Salford Sports Village opened in the New Deal for Communities area
Fit City Clarendon received Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) status for providing a fully accessible fitness facility for disabled people.
The 2005 Salford Triathlon ITU World Cup was staged in July, attracting athletes from across the World, generating £1.5m into the local economy of Salford and Manchester, more than 15,000 spectators watching the event and 1 billion TV spectators across 55 countries, making it the most successful event to date.
The number of uses of the People's Network increased by about 55%.

Environmental Services

Heritage/Ecology Trail at Weaste - working with schools to provide information, tours etc.
Promotion of Salford Special Agents and Plan-It environmental education programme.
Creation of 13 new playgrounds.

Customer and Support Services

Delivered 4000 training sessions to members of the community through the ICT in the community programme.

Pledge 4 - Investing in Young People IN Salford

Children's Services

Opened the Beacon Resource Centre.
1000 young people from socially excluded backgrounds, offenders and those at risk of offending were engaged in positive activities for young people.

Community Health and Social Care

Youth task groups in every neighbourhood to tackle issues relating to young people

Pledge 5 - Promoting Inclusion IN Salford

Community Health and Social Care

Development of Black and Minority Ethnic Forum to engage effectively with those communities
Multi Agency Forum established to address the specific needs of people seeking asylum and refugees. Myth-busting leaflet produced and distributed widely
‘Welcome pack' for people seeking asylum produced and passed to all new arrivals
‘Compact' and Codes of Practice agreed along with Community and Voluntary Service
Increased the number of refugees and asylum seekers accessing cultural activity by 25%

Housing and Planning

Improved the proportion of local authority buildings accessible to disabled people from 25% in 2003/04 to 44% in 2005/06 against the target of 39%.
Improved the proportion of pedestrian crossings that have facilities for disabled people from 60% in 2001/02 to 80% in 2005/06.

Customer and Support Services

Developed online access to council reports, decisions and minutes (SOLAR system) by members, staff, citizens and other stakeholders, with facilities for feedback.
Provided facility for individual councillor web sites and e-surgeries.
Development of web pages for e-consultation on a range of public service topics.
Implemented a revised corporate complaints system.
Work with Salford CVS to develop a business related development programme for voluntary and community organisations.
Budget consultation for 2006/07 taken place with wide range of representative groups.

Chief Executives

Increasing community participation through the introduction of the "Big Listening".

Environmental Services

Provision of Muslim and Liberal Jewish burial sections.
Improving access to DDA standards by the provision of ramps at Peel Green Cemetery office and Crematorium and to parks by upgrading infrastructure.
Promoting Friends Groups (Parks/cemeteries).

Pledge 6 - Creating prosperity IN Salford

Chief Executives

Regeneration of Central Salford through the creation of an Urban Regeneration Company
Implementation of the Single Regeneration Programme.
Implementation of the New Deals for Communities Delivery Framework.
Working on the Irwell Corridor Economic Development Zone.
Developing Knowledge Capital through the launch of construction of Salford Innovation Forum.
Delivery of European and Lottery funded programmes.
Maximising investment through bids to NWDA, HMRF and English Partnerships.
Working with the Local Strategic Partnership.

Housing and Planning

New homes built on brownfield land will exceed the Government's 90% target.
Faster decision-making on planning applications.
Opening of Cadishead Way stage 2.

Customer and Support Services

Procurement related seminars held for local SME's.
Provision of information on the website to assist companies who wish to do business with the Council.
Inclusion of local employment clauses in appropriate tenders.

Environmental Services

Developed and implemented litter and refuse enforcement programme.

Pledge 7 - Enhancing Life IN Salford

Environmental Services

Delivered waste disposal strategy.
Developed and implemented litter and refuse enforcement programme.
Implemented recycling action plan.
Established recycling sites throughout the city and convert them to multi material sites.
Implemented a green waste collection service.
Distributed an additional 11,000 green bins.
Creation of 3 Local Nature Reserves within Salford.
Creation of recycling facilities for residents in high rise flats.

Housing and Planning

The number of road accident casualties reduced from a yearly average of 126 killed or seriously injured between 1994 and 1998, to an estimated 80 casualties in 2005.
Highway condition improved by an extra £5m per annum road and pavement improvement programme.

Community Health and Social Care

Identified fly-tipping locations for environmental clean up
Facilitated removal of litter from ‘grot spots' in locations across all eight neighbourhoods
Engaged communities to produce suitable road safety schemes to tackle serious road accidents
Establish ‘Friends of Victoria Park' and other ‘friends' schemes across the city
Public education to combat ‘Off Road' cycle nuisance

Customer and Support Services

Developed 24 hour access to online services, bill-paying facilities and other self-help facilities covering over 750 individual council services.
Implemented broadband facilities in all Salford schools, giving pupils and teachers access to diverse multi-media education content, VOIP and email for staff, and in libraries providing free access and support to citizens in the use of the internet.
Introduced an online community information directory, which enables citizens to find the right people to talk to, aimed at improving health and wellbeing.
Enhanced postal voting facilities.
Use of an automated telephone electoral registration system for the annual canvass 2005.
Enhancements to service offered by Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages. This included civil partnership ceremonies, marriage affirmation and imminent registration of births near Maternity Ward at Hope Hospital.

Chief Executives

2005/06 Housing Market Renewal programme successfully delivered.

Supporting All Pledges

Chief Executives

Implementation of city marketing and repositioning campaigns, with the "One Shocking City" campaign being the most prominent.
Resources secured for continued delivery of projects where grant funding became time-expired.
Completed sign-off of LPSA 2 with ODPM

Customer and Support Services

Expansion of the "Think Customer" strategy through using the contact centre as a single point of access, to now handle approx 650,000 telephone calls per annum.
Internet and intranet procurement guidance for officers and potential tenderers.
Development of regional ‘National Efficiency & Strategic Procurement Skills Development Programme' in conjunction with NWRCE, 4P's and GONW.

Community Health and Social Care

Neighbourhood Management supports all seven pledges. Each area produces its own Community Action Plan under the seven headings, with targets and partner agency involvement.

External Recognition and Achievements

Chief Executive

Winner of the North West in Bloom 2004 awards in the categories of Urban Regeneration and Community Effort.
Winner of the Britain in Bloom Community award 2004 and 2nd in the Urban Regeneration award.
Finalist in the Learning North West success awards 2004 for "Skills for Communities".
Commended finalist in the Local Government Chronicle awards 2004 for "Community Initiative of the Year".
Achieved exemplar status for community film projects from RENEW (Regeneration Excellence in England's North West)

Community Health and Social Care

"Green Beacon" status for the Drug Action Team

Children's Services

Salford Youth Service commended as an example of good practice by HMI Prisons.

Environmental Services

Award of 2 Green Flags

Customer and Support Services

Law and Administration gained IIP recognition.
Beacon status for the Benefits service.
IRRV Benefits team of the year and "best of the best" awards.
SOCITM (Society of I T Management) commended Salford's website as highly impressive.
ICT Services won a prestigious national award for the way it is using e-Government to transform council's services to the city's residents, communities and businesses.
Crime and Disorder team leader attended 10 Downing Street on behalf of the team as recognition of the work they have done
Commendation from Circuit and District Judges to Housing Legal Team on the exemplary work they have done on housing and gas injunction matters, and held as an example of how other local authorities should deal with similar matters.

Housing and Planning

Beacon status for the Supporting People service.
Housing Strategy declared "Fit for Purpose" by GONW.

2006/07 Plans against the pledges

Pledge 1 - Improving Health IN Salford
Pledge 2 - Reducing Crime IN Salford
Pledge 3 - Encouraging Learning Leisure and Creativity IN Salford
Pledge 4 - Investing in Young People IN Salford
Pledge 5 - Promoting Inclusion IN Salford
Pledge 6 - Creating Prosperity IN Salford
Pledge 7 - Enhancing Life IN Salford
Supporting All Pledges

Pledge 1 - Improving Health IN Salford

Community Health and Social Care

Continue with the timely discharge of people from hospital by investing in services to meet their needs to help them live at home safely or within residential accommodation
Increase the number of people accessing drug treatment services by 10%
Help a further 500+ people who have developed disabilities to have adaptations to their homes or move to more suitable accommodation
Continue to provide home care support and community support to more than 3500 people to help them to live independently in their own homes
Make direct payments to 180 people to arrange their own care to maintain their independence and continue to live in the community
Provide support to people to live in appropriate residential or nursing homes, where such provision meets their need
To continue to deliver more than 94% of equipment to help people live at home within 7 days
Tackle health inequalities by reducing smoking prevalence and increasing physical activity by increasing the number of adults participating in at least 30 minutes moderate intensity sport and active recreation (including recreational walking) on 3 or more days a week by 1.1% per year
Offer a wide range of activities to help improve health, including health walks, family bike rides and specific activities and classes targeted at improving certain health conditions, e.g. Healthy Hips and Hearts, Tai Chi, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Chair Based classes.
Continue and develop the Arts In Health projects in partnership with START in Salford, Drugs and Alcohol Action Team, PCT and Arts Council England [North West]
Develop the heritage project at STASH in association with the Drugs and Alcohol Action Team
Work with ACE [NW] and the PCT to develop public art projects in the LIFT buildings
Seek the capacity to increase the number of reminiscence projects throughout the city.

Children's Services

Promoting a healthy lifestyle by introducing health walks at every secondary school in the city.
Improving life chances by opening 5 designated Sure Start Children's Centres delivering integrated services to children under five and their families.

Housing and Planning

Assisting in the development of new primary care LIFT centres in Swinton, Eccles, Pendleton, Walkden and Lower Kersal.
Improve the footpath and rights of way network to facilitate healthy walking.

Customer and Support Services

Continuing to support and participate in the LIFT project and maintaining health promotion exercises with the public including Warm Front grant referrals
Continuing work with health and other agencies to achieve full preparedness for a pandemic flu outbreak.
Development of collaborative working with NHS Salford on procurement issues.

Chief Executive

Implementation of anti social behaviour strategy.
Undertaking a Scrutiny Commission on the impact of alcohol on young people and reports on access to GP's and to dentists within the city.

Environmental Services

Continue to work with schools and agencies to provide children with the attitudes and skills that will support healthy eating, increase the uptake of school meals, and meet the new nutritional standards for school food from September 2006.
To continue to introduce cashless systems for school meals in high schools.
Continue to repair unsafe headstones in cemeteries and meet emission targets in crematoria.
Continue to support businesses in reducing workplace smoking in advance of legislation.
Participate in the HSE fit 3 campaign
Prevention and enforcement of underage sales of alcohol and tobacco.To provide regular and responsive refuse collection and street cleansing services.
To continue to improve the maintenance within parks.

To continue with the programme of floral bedding schemes in high profile locations.

Increase the number of activity-based events in urban and country parks.
Promote greater use of linear walkways, local nature reserves and open green space.

Pledge 2 - Reducing Crime IN Salford

Environmental Services

Further replacement of fencing at cemeteries.
To provide adequate levels of enforcement in all areas of trading activity.
To provide a co-ordinated approach to the enforcement of legislation in licensed premises
To address environmental crime activities, including the introduction of mobile wardens to educate and enforce legislation and CCTV systems.
To reduce fly tipping.

Customer and Support Services

Continue to deliver targets for the prevention and detection of housing and council tax benefit fraud in conjunction with other partners in the city

Housing and Planning

Ensure that all relevant planning applications are consistent with designing out crime guidance.
Achieve quicker response times with regard to demolitions and boarding up empty properties.
Improving streetlighting levels and ensure that the 99% target for working streetlights is exceeded.

Chief Executive

Continue to reduce crime through implementation of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy and work with the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership.
Implementation of anti-social behaviour orders.
Scrutiny report on the city council's Section 17 responsibilities and outcomes.

Community Health and Social Care

Work with Neighbourhood Teams, Salford Community Leisure, Youth Service and other teams to target diversionary activity for children and young people.

Pledge 3 - Encouraging Learning Leisure and Creativity IN Salford

Children's Services

Increasing the number of young people engaged in vocational learning at Salford Consortium by 58%.
Raising the attainment of young people by improving the number attaining 5 or more A*-C passes at GCSE by 5%.
increasing the number of uses of the People's Network by 10%.
Promoting the city as a major sporting centre by holding a successful ITU World Cup Triathlon event.
Increasing the number of statutory assessments completed within timescales to 60% (including exceptions) and 90% (excluding exceptions)
Submitting a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £1m for the conservation of Ordsall Hall and its development as a learning resource.
Producing a week long major arts event in Summer 2005 involving Salford schools, The Lowry, Salford Music and Performing Arts Service and Creative Partnerships.
Increasing overall attendance at Salford schools from 91.5% to 91.8%.

Community Health and Social Care

That up to 50 people with a learning difficulty access college part-time courses
To support at least 200 people with learning difficulties to move into employment or move closer to the world of work by March 2007.
Salford Community Leisure to work with the Salford School Sport Partnership and others to increase the percentage of 5-16 years olds engaged in 2 hours a week minimum of high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum (To at least 75% by 2008).
Fulfil at least 80% of the Public Library Service Standards
In partnership with Salford Community Leisure, Neighbourhood Management and the Greater Manchester Sports Partnership set up and secure funding for a ‘Local Sport and Physical Activity Alliance (SPAA) to increase participation in sport and physical activity and to widen access and reduce inequality in participation amongst priority groups.
Complete major improvement and refurbishment work to "Fit City" Sports and Leisure Centres in Worsley and Irlam
Continue the planning and development of LIFT buildings and Broughton Hub.
Maintain planned rises of at least 5% in museum visitor numbers
Continue to provide and increase access to free internet and ICT services at every library
Remain in the first quartile for school group visits to museums
Complete a review of Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Complete the Heritage Lottery Fund bid for the development and conservation of Ordsall Hall.
Complete the transfer of the Working Class Movement Library to the control of the library's trustees.
Create local neighbourhood cultural and leisure strategies and programmes that reflect the needs and aspirations of communities.
Produce a cultural strategy and programme which reflects the partnership approach and the role that culture and leisure has in fulfilling the strategic objectives for the city
Continue to develop a high quality library service with access points throughout the city.
Continue to play a part in the development of a cultural quarter in Chapel Street

Chief Executive

Hold Triathlon event in 2006.
Industrial heritage campaign.
Develop Tourism marketing campaign.
Promote a range of cultural events with partners.

Customer and Support Services

Providing ECDL mentoring and testing services to citizens, pupils and teachers.
Development of procurement links with schools and colleges.
Collaborative procurement with Salford University.

Environmental Services

Further improvements to ecology/heritage trail, with supply of DVD to schools.
Implement educational programmes within junior schools.
Improve the accessibility and safety of the city's urban and country parks via the introduction of new facilities, organised events and the support of a ranger service.
Expand opportunities to become involved in the Salford Special Agents and Plan-It programmes.
Provide more playgrounds and challenging play opportunities.

Pledge 4 - Investing in Young People IN Salford

Children's Services

Providing a new £4.7m Salford Sports Village.
Increasing engagement of the Youth Service with the number of 13-19 year olds by 5%.
Establishing a Children's Service directorate, which will deliver integrated children's services.
Increasing the number of at risk young people engaged in positive youth work programmes by 300.

Community Health and Social Care

Provide a wide range of activities and opportunities for young people across the city including holiday activities in the 8 community areas.
Support the Salford Junior Sports Council and use as a sounding board for new ideas and projects to encourage more young people to participate in sport and physical activity.
Continue to provide the BookStart project in every Sure Start area of the city
Maintain the positive work of library staff and resources towards children and their parents.
Develop further family friendly and child friendly experiences at Ordsall Hall and Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Continue the arts in neighbourhood projects in Irlam/Cadishead, Swinton and Chapel Street and embark on further projects throughout the city.

Housing and Planning

Improve liaison with schools and colleges to aid recruitment.
Work with partners to encourage the training and recruitment of local people.

Customer and Support Services

Deliver applications for free school meals though the contact centre.

Environmental Services

Working with the YMCA to provide apprentices to work within parks.
Continued promotion of eco-schools and other environmental behavioural change programmes. Development of a corporate environmental education strategy.

Pledge 5 - Promoting Inclusion IN Salford

Community Health and Social Care

Create access at Fit City centres and through community programmes for disadvantaged/hard to reach groups, including intergenerational events
Continue and develop the award winning heritage project working with refugees and asylum seekers.
Continue the arts, heritage, library and sports and leisure work with hard to reach groups and seek beacon status (currently shortlisted)
Seek ways to expand and widen access to the Books@Home special needs library service.
Develop further projects with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans-sexual Forum.
Continue investment in improving the physical and intellectual access to cultural services for those with disabilities.

Children's Services

Increasing the number of refugees and asylum seekers accessing cultural activity by 15%.
Increasing the number of young people from black and minority ethnic communities who engage with the Youth Service by 15%.

Housing and Planning

Increasing the proportion of local authority buildings accessible to disabled people.
Increasing the proportion of pedestrian crossings that have facilities for disabled people.

Chief Executive

Developing social inclusion structures and strategies.
Widening co-opted members on scrutiny committees to increase community participation.

Customer and Support Services

Delivery of the housing and council tax benefits take-up strategy so that residents are able to gain access to their full range of benefit entitlements.
Implementation of the new housing scheme, local housing allowance to ensure improved access to housing support for claimants in the private sector.
Extended SME and VCO development programme.

Environmental Services

Provision of ramps and loop system in chapels for the disabled.
Continued provision of Jewish and Muslim burial areas. Training staff in diversity and equality issues.
Continue to promote and support friends groups.
Increase volunteering opportunities (local nature reserves, parks, cemeteries etc.)

Pledge 6 - Creating Prosperity IN Salford

Children's Services

Gaining a quality assurance award for the Children's Information Service.

Customer and Support Services

Develop ICT initiatives aimed at the business community.
Active development of local employment issues in all relevant areas of procurement.

Housing and Planning

Ensure that the percentage of new homes built on brownfield land exceeds the 90% government target.
Continue to provide a "top quartile" development control service.
Continue strategic support to the delivery / review of the council's office accommodation strategy.
UDP due for adoption in June 2006.

Community Health and Social Care

Maintain the free and assisted access to internet and other ICT facilities at every library
Continue the development of libraries as a first stop for new and returning adult and community learners.
Assist in developing a cultural quarter which provides a thriving environment for creative and cultural industries, artists and the associated support industries

Chief Executive

Regeneration of Central Salford through supporting the delivery of the Urban Regeneration Company's action plan.
Implementation of the New Deals for Communities Delivery Framework.
Working on the Irwell Corridor Economic Development Zone.
Seek Lottery funding for major improvement to and development of the River Irwell Walkways.
Developing Knowledge Capital through the completion of construction of Salford Innovation Forum.Delivery of European and Lottery funded programmes.
Maximising investment through funding bids to NWDA, HMRF and English Partnerships.
Working with the Local Strategic Partnership
Improve the employment rate.

Environmental Services

Providing a litter free city that has been enhanced with floral bedding schemes creating a ‘feel good' factor for residents, visitors and businesses.
Continue to support the city's regeneration initiatives through the improvement of the local environmental quality, and reducing the incidents of environmental crime.

Pledge 7 - Enhancing Life IN Salford

Environmental Services

Implement Licensing Action Plan.
Provide parks and open spaces that are suitable for residents' needs.
Improve the local environmental quality of the city via increased cleanliness levels through regular refuse collection and street cleaning, reductions in incidents of environmental crime, enhancements in the quality of urban and country parks and greater accessibility to open green space.
Development of an Environmental Sustainability Strategy with an associated action plan.

Housing and Planning

Ensuring the revival of Salford city centre.
Continue to invest in the highway and footway network.
Continue to implement strategies and schemes to reduce road accident casualties.
Continue road safety training and education.
Mitigating and adapting for climate change.
Develop a design, conservation and heritage function.
Enhancing Chat Moss as a major ecological resource.
Develop holistic street scene services.
Continue work on the components of the Local Development Scheme
Implementation of Greenspace Strategy, Sustainability Appraisal and Consultation Statement.

Community Health and Social Care

Continue to manage and commission public art projects that enhance the environment and the public realm as well as involving communities in their creation.

Chief Executives

2006/07 Housing Market Renewal Programme to be successfully delivered

Customer and Support Services

Use of an internet registration system for the annual canvass 2006.

Supporting All Pledges

Customer and Support Services

Development of council-wide information and ICT strategy to support service delivery and continuous service improvement programmes.
Environmental procurement strategy and expansion of ‘green' procurement.
Development of procurement knowledge sharing group with neighbouring authorities and private sector companies.

Chief Executives

Implementation of city marketing and repositioning campaigns.
Relaunch of council magazine.
Development of a cultural celebration.
Improve marketing of the Triathlon.
Promote the Central Salford initiative.
Promote the launch of neighbourhood management.
Securing resources and leading and supporting the development of strategies.
Monitoring performance corporately to ensure improvement in performance across the council.
Developing a Local Area Agreement for introduction in 2007/08.

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