Performance Improvement Plan 2024-2025 document p5
Self-imposed Indicators
Our new Corporate Plan for 2024-2028 closely aligns with the Community Plan for the borough, retaining the same vision for the area of ‘Mid and East Antrim will be a strong, vibrant, safe, and inclusive community, where people work together to improve the quality of life for all’.
In striving to achieve our vision, the Corporate Plan will be delivered under the key four pillars of People, Place, Planet and Performance.
The plan outlines our ambitions and the strategies we will use to achieve them.
To read the plan, and find out about the tangible outcomes our citizens, communities and businesses can expect to see, please visit the Corporate Plan section.
Playing your Part
We are also calling on you, the citizens, communities, and businesses of Mid and East Antrim, to help us achieve our vision of making the borough a safe, vibrant, shared, and inclusive place to live, visit, work and do business.
Here are some of the key things you can do to help:
- Exercise safety on our roads.
- Be a responsible pet owner.
- As business owners, offer apprenticeships and placement opportunities.
- Donate unwanted items to charity.
- Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
- Report problems e.g. fly tipping, anti-social behaviour etc.
- Use litter bins.
- Get involved in community and voluntary work.
- Shop local.
- Support our elderly and vulnerable.
- Use public transport.
Reporting on our Plan
Our reporting structures have been designed to ensure proper oversight and accountability across all Council activities.
They provide our Senior Management Team and Elected Members with assurances that our governance arrangements are robust.
This helps to ensure transparency, accountability and to further drive continuous improvement.
On an annual basis, we also publish a Performance Self-Assessment Report.
This demonstrates to our citizens, service users and stakeholders the Council’s progress in discharging its duties under Part 12 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 in relation to performance improvement arrangements.
In line with statutory requirements, the report is published on our website by 30 September each year.
You can view and download our previous Self-Assessment Reports on this website.
Our reporting arrangements are as follows:
| Community Plan | |
| Reported to | Frequency |
| Strategic Alliance | Every 6 months |
| Community Panel | Quarterly |
| Neighbourhoods and Communities Committee | As appropriate |
| Corporate Plan | |
| Reported to | Frequency |
| Senior Management Team | Every 6 months |
| Full Council | Every 6 months |
| Performance Improvement Plan | |
| Reported to | Frequency |
| Senior Management Team | Quarterly |
| Corporate Resources, Policy and Governance Committee | Quarterly |
| Annual Business plans | |
| Reported to | Frequency |
| Assigned Director | Quarterly |
Screening
In accordance with the statutory requirements set out in Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998), whereby the Council must carry out its functions having due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity and regard for the desirability to promote good relations, this Plan has been subject to an equality screening.
The equality screening exercise did not identify any major adverse effects on any Section 75 category or requirements for mitigation, and therefore determined that there was no necessity to conduct a full equality impact assessment.
In accordance with the Rural Needs Act Northern Ireland (2016), the Council has given due regard to rural needs by carrying out a rural needs impact assessment of this Plan.
No adverse impacts were determined as part of this process.
This Plan will have a positive impact on the borough as a whole.
As part of our statutory duty to promote sustainable development, we carried out Climate and Sustainability screening.
This considered the likely impacts of this Plan, following the 5 pillars of the UN Sustainable Development Agenda.
No adverse impacts were determined as part of this process.
A Data Protection Impact Assessment screening was also undertaken, and as a result of this, a full Data Protection Impact Assessment was not deemed necessary.
Feedback
In our quest for continuous improvement, your feedback is invaluable.
We welcome your suggestions and comments on areas where we can enhance our services at any point throughout the year.
Please feel free to reach out to us at: performance@midandeastantrim.gov.uk
Closing Remarks
I would like to reiterate our commitment to the understanding of local needs, and our enthusiasm for making improvements, where we can, to improve the quality of life for our ratepayers and our communities.
This commitment is laid out within our new Corporate Plan, and while our goals are ambitious, by working together, we will forge a future that reflects our shared values and ambitions, ensuring a prosperous and sustainable borough for the generations to come.
For those eager to stay informed and engaged with our efforts, I warmly encourage you to follow our journey via our social media channels, which offer a window into the transformative work we are carrying out across the borough.
For more detailed updates on our Improvement Objectives, I invite you to monitor our website for quarterly progress reports, which will allow you to see the tangible benefits of our actions.
The road ahead may present challenges, but please be assured, addressing the needs of the borough remains our highest priority.
Valerie Watts
Interim Chief Executive