Children have quality education and opportunities to fulfil their potential.
Engaged and healthy communities
Within Bracknell Forest, there are vibrant and diverse local communities, and many parts of the borough have their own identity.
Our role is to help create opportunities where people can succeed, be happy and feel safe. This will mean we can continue to build a healthy community.
During the pandemic, there was a huge community response where people came together. This demonstrated the potential and capability of what can be achieved when people feel empowered.
It is important we make best use of community development and spaces for enriching and varied activities. Bringing people together to connect with each will help maintain our high levels of community cohesion.
We have a range of quality facilities and places to foster good health, and overall quality of life is good in the borough.
However, it remains important for us to recognise both physical and mental health needs across all ages and backgrounds, particularly where we know many are still experiencing health challenges following the pandemic. Working closely with our partners in the community and services like health will be vital to make sure the right support is available, and known, to those who need it.
We know that children are our future and therefore it is vital that they have the best childhood. This means quality education but also the wider opportunities to take part in youth activities. It will be important that we continue to build on this local provision so children can experience a range of opportunities to help them grow.
Our ambition for the borough
Residents can access appropriate care, suitable for a changing population
Community development and spaces encourage a cohesive and engaged community.
Every child is safe as they grow up, where support puts family first.
The diverse and growing population is healthy and active.
Residents have a safe and affordable place to live.
Measuring our ambitions
Children have quality education and opportunities to fulfil their potential
We will measure this by:
- Raising secondary attainment levels for disadvantaged pupils.
- Raising primary attainment levels for disadvantaged pupils.
- Increasing the proportion of children with special educational needs who are educated within the borough.
- Increasing all education settings rated good or outstanding.
- Increasing participation in universal youth services.
Every child is safe as they grow up, where support puts family first
We will measure this by:
- Improving education outcomes for children in care.
- Reducing the number of children on Child Protection Plans.
- Reducing the proportion of children who need to step up to statutory services.
Residents can access appropriate care, suitable for a changing population
We will measure this by:
- Increasing satisfaction of carers with social care support.
- Increasing long term support being delivered at home.
- Increasing care placements made to good or outstanding providers.
The diverse and growing population is healthy and active
We will measure this by:
- Increasing visits to the council’s open spaces.
- Reducing levels of smoking.
- Increasing weight loss through health programmes.
- Increasing effectiveness of community mental health support.
Community development and spaces encourage a cohesive and engaged community
We will measure this by:
- Increasing visits to the libraries.
- Increasing the use of the Community Map for local activities.
- Increasing community volunteering.
Residents have a safe and affordable place to live
We will measure this by:
- Increasing affordable homes completed.
- Reducing the number of people who are rough sleeping.
- Reducing households living in temporary accommodation.
- Reducing local crime.
Key projects
By 2027, we will have:
- completed the construction and opening of Bridgewell, a new supported living service
- supported the development of a new SEND School at Bucklers Park
- secured, through the Joint Venture, 169 housing units on the Market Steet site, including over 80 affordable homes
- completed, through the Joint Venture, new housing at the surplus land at the depot site
- delivered the new Thriving Communities health and wellbeing programme with partners and communities
- facilitated the delivery of a new Health facility in Bracknell town centre, developed and delivered with Frimley ICB