Carmarthenshire County Council want your vision for the future
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Carmarthenshire County Council are asking for your help to develop the best community strategy for the County.
“Imagine yourself in the year 2020. What kind of Carmarthenshire do you want to be living in?
What kind of future do you want for yourself and your family? What would be the local newspaper headlines?
Imagine a Carmarthenshire that –
- Is the 1st County to get 100% of its energy from renewable sources?
- Is a County where 100% of its young people return to live and work?
- Is the 1st County to have 0% obesity?
- Is the wealthiest County in the UK?
- Has reduced crime to 0%?
If so, we need you to be bold, imaginative and creative. Forget about the boring and the ordinary – we want big ideas, big ambition!
What is a Community Strategy?
Building on the many successes of the original Community Strategy of 2004, the document brings together an agreed vision for the future of Carmarthenshire – one that the council, public and private sectors, voluntary and community sectors and the Welsh Assembly Government can help deliver by working together, planning together and doing together. It is the over-arching long term plan for the area which will influence everything we do.
Who is responsible for it?
The Duty to prepare a community strategy is placed on the Council, but it can only be done in partnership with a wide variety of other agencies and involvement of communities. The Carmarthenshire Partnership and the Local Service Board help oversee the delivery and progress of the strategy.
Why do we need a community strategy?
The Community Strategy will determine the kind of Carmarthenshire we want for the future for everyone – young, old, residents or visitors alike. For that reason we need to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to set the vision for 2020 and are conducting a series of consultation and engagement exercises to ensure we get wide ranging viewpoints.
We want your ideas for the future. Imagine the newspaper headlines in 2020, what should they say? Now is the time for you to let us know.
Complete the suggestion form at www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Further details are available on: www.thecarmarthenshirepartnership.org.uk