Refresh of the Community Plan

The Community Plan sets out what local residents, businesses and organisations want Tower Hamlets to be like and how they intend to improve the borough.

This year the Plan is being refreshed. The purpose of the refresh is to ensure that the priorities and objectives outlined in the Plan are still important to local people and will help to achieve the vision of ‘improving the quality of life for everyone who lives and works in the borough’.

The refresh will be an opportunity to look back on the borough’s key achievements, assess what its like to live and work in the borough and look forward at how we can make the most of the future opportunities facing Tower Hamlets. We also anticipate that local public services will have to make significant financial savings over the next few years and the Community Plan will help us to decide how we target our resources to achieve the Tower Hamlets that we all want.

We are currently running a borough-wide consultation process to engage key stakeholders from across the community to have their say on the Community Plan and the priorities. That's why we're holding a series of events across the borough for residents, workers and anyone with an interest in the area to come along and have their say. The details of the major events taking place are:

Don't worry if you can't attend any of these: we'll be holding stalls at various locations across the borough throughout August. Alternatively, you can have your say by completing our online survey.

To find out more about taking part in the Community Plan Refresh contact the Consultation and Involvement Team on 020 7364 4576 or email blocked::mailto:consultation@towerhamlets.gov.uk

The Community Plan

The Community Plan recognises that Tower Hamlets is a ‘community of communities’, so a one-size-fits-all approach to problem solving will not work.

The Community Plan explains how we will improve the quality of life in Tower Hamlets over the next decade or so in a whole range of areas – from education for our children and young people to support and care for some of the oldest and most vulnerable people.

The Community Plan reflects the aspirations and needs of residents and people who work and invest in the borough. The consultation process brought out many of the positive features of Tower Hamlets – its great diversity , the wealth of opportunities and strong communities. People in Tower Hamlets have much to be proud of. However, much more needs to be done and there are immense challenges facing us across a whole range of areas. Everyone should realise their full potential in Tower Hamlets. We want to raise ambitions and increase opportunities, particularly in our most deprived areas and communities.

we all have a part to play in making this a reality... The aspiration of ‘One Tower Hamlets’ runs throughout the Community Plan. One Tower Hamlets is about reducing the inequalities and poverty that we see around us, strengthening cohesion and making sure our communities continue to live well together. Most of all, One Tower Hamlets is about recognising that we all have a part to play in making this a reality.

The challenges ahead are significant, but so are the opportunities. The aims of this Community Plan are very ambitious – and we make no apologies for that. The residents of Tower Hamlets deserve the very best. We will continue to aim high and seize opportunities.

The four themes for the new Community Plan are: