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Wouldham Parish Council Vision Statement 2024/2025

Wouldham Parish Council’s vision is to improve the quality of life for everyone who lives, works and travels through Wouldham Parish, both now and in the future.

To fulfil the vision in 2024/25 the Wouldham Parish Council will:

Deliver excellent services and value for money in everything we do, by:

• Continuously upgrading the Council’s accounting system to allow for continued growth
• Encourage continuing professional development for our staff and councillors
• Encourage residents to take control and responsibility of their local area

Listen to our residents, keep them informed of local news and developments and always represent their best interests, by:

• Publishing regular newsletters to keep residents informed of parish news and the progress of development within the parish;
• Support regular multi-agency surgeries, to allow residents to raise concerns to the parish council and other agencies face to face;
• Recruiting new councillors to fill outstanding vacancies;
• Using social media such as Facebook to keep residents up to date on relevant news.
• Upgrading the parish council’s website to encourage better information flow to residents;
• Working with local partners to organise more community events and activities across the parish, and continue to facilitate important local events such as the Remembrance Day Service and other National Events
• Working with partners to deliver projects such as Community Transport and Adult Education courses.
• Providing representation from the council at more local events, to give residents more opportunities to interact with their local councillors;
• Provide representation to support improvements to transport infrastructure and services.

Support our local economy by:

• Using local services and tradespeople, wherever practical, to carry out work for the council.

Protect our local environment by:

• Supporting local environmental enhancement projects such as improving our footpaths and cycle routes.
• Employing a Youth & Communities Worker and Handyman to deliver projects.

Council Communications:Communications on Parish Council business will be via:

• Parish Council Website and social media
• Publication of our committee meetings agendas and minutes on the website
• Regular Newsletters
• Local Noticeboards
• Attendance at local events

Council/Resident Engagement:

• Councillor surgeries
• Community events – eg Annual Parish Meeting
• Attendance at Resident Association meetings as requested

Wouldham Parish Council have a Facebook page that's regularly updated with news Click here to view it.

Wouldham Parish Council are proud custodians of a collection of photographs called " Old Wouldham" and have added them to a Facebook page Click here to view these photos. Wouldham Parish Council also has a second website called Wouldhamvillage.com Click here to view it.

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Wouldham Parish Council invite you to explore this new website and we hope you enjoy its many new features