What we will deliver

Our commitment to Cambridgeshire

As part of our core business, we deliver services as diverse as:

• protecting children and young people at risk of harm
• social care for older people and those with learning disabilities
• highways maintenance
• education, including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
• strategic planning for community infrastructure, education, waste and transport
• waste disposal
• Public Health
• improving the local natural environment
• community-based services, such as libraries
• maintaining the historic archives of the county

Our vision, ambitions and priorities

Our vision

A healthy, fair and sustainable Cambridgeshire

Our vision is composed of three interconnected ambitions, which are influenced by what our residents have told us matters to them. Our ambitions are elaborated through 12 mutually reinforcing priorities, which reflect what we can do as a county council to achieve our ambitions, working to the strategic direction of our services and working with our communities and our partners.

Ambition: support a green and sustainable county

Priorities

• Low carbon council - we will reduce the council’s carbon emissions by 38% by 2027–28 (excluding forestry, land use and agriculture) and support wider climate action in Cambridgeshire.
• Tackling climate risks - we will support community energy projects and local area energy planning, and work with communities to understand and manage the effects of a changing climate, from the threats of flooding and fire to securing the future of water, food and farming.
• Restoring nature - we will create and connect green spaces, restore natural habitats on council land and support community-led nature recovery projects.
• A circular economy - we will support local communities to create and promote options to reduce waste, repair or reuse materials and live more sustainably.

Ambition: enable full, healthy lives for all

Priorities

• Eating well - we will work with partners on targeted interventions that help provide enough good food for every home, aiming to have no family hungry or under-nourished.
• Stronger ties - we will support people to build strong connections with their families, communities and the natural environment to combat loneliness and improve mental and physical health.
• Active living - we will create more safe cycling and walking routes and work with partners and communities to promote accessible ways to get active.
• Independent living - we will provide social care that supports adults and unpaid carers to live safely in the way they choose and prevents the need for more intensive support and care where possible.

Ambition: ensure fairness and opportunity wherever we can

Priorities

• The best start in life for children and young people - we will work with partners to provide a safe and healthy environment for children and young people to live, learn and develop strong mental health from their earliest moments through their school years.
• Jobs for the future - we will work alongside other providers to ensure people have the right skills and opportunities to build successful working lives, including those with care experience, learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
• Well connected - we will help people connect to work, learning, leisure, retail and health services through well maintained highways and better access to mobile connectivity and superfast broadband.
• Financial security - we will invest in targeted interventions that help move people out of poverty and build long-term financial stability and independence.