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This is your chance to have your say in the future priorities of our local council Cheshire East.
Residents are being invited to help shape the future, together, as part of its work to develop a new strategic plan for the borough.
The council is developing a new plan for a number of reasons including:
- There are many new members in the council after the recent elections, and their priorities need to be considered.
- The council now faces financial challenges due to factors like rising inflation.
- There is a greater need to allocate council resources to meet growing service demands and costs.
- The council wants to make better use of digital technology and artificial intelligence to deliver services more efficiently.
The council is inviting its partners, residents and customers to shape the priorities and ambitions of Cheshire East for the short, medium and long term together, through a series of engagement events and a survey.
The emerging priorities that the plan is seeking to develop are the need to reduce health inequalities and implement the outcomes of the recently updated health and wellbeing strategy, and to continue commitments to achieving net zero for both the council and for Cheshire East. The council will be seeking views to shape the activities and areas to prioritise into the future.
The survey, which is now open until midnight on Friday 15 December 2023, can be found by visiting https://surveys.cheshireeast.gov.uk/s/ShapingOurFuture23/
The council is inviting the public to drop in and participate in interactive activities and share views to shape the future. The public engagement events will be open at the following venues:
- Crewe Market Hall on 15 November 11:30am – 3:30pm and 16 November 3:30pm – 7pm
- Macclesfield Grosvenor Centre (near Greggs) on 22 November 11:30am – 3:30pm and 23 November 2- 5:30pm