Progress Report 2018: One year on
@TalkValleys #OurValleys 2 Our Valleys, Our Future
Contents
Introduction 3
Good-quality jobs and the skills to do them 4
Better public services 11
My local community 18 3 Our Valleys, Our Future
Introduction In July 2017, the Ministerial Taskforce for the South Wales Valleys published This is the first progress report since the delivery plan was published just Our Valleys, Our Future – an ambitious, high- level plan, setting out a wide eight months ago. We are still collecting data to show how the actions range of actions to transform communities across the Valleys. in Our Valleys, Our Future are making a difference to Valleys communities but there is already evidence of positive change. The plan was based on feedback from people living and working in the South Wales Valleys – members of the taskforce spent months listening This includes, of course, the new Wales and Borders franchise and talking to people across the Valleys about what they want for their local announcement, paving the way for the development of the South Wales communities, now and in the future. The taskforce also look a wide range Metro and improvements to the South Wales Valleys lines and the work of evidence to inform the plan: being led by the taskforce to develop the seven strategic hubs across the Valleys. Good-quality jobs and the skills to do them Work on all the actions highlighted in the Our Valleys, Our Future delivery Better public services report is being carried out against the backdrop of the uncertainty surrounding the final deal as the UK continues to negotiate its exit from My local community the European Union.
Following the publication of Our Valleys, Our Future, the taskforce has developed and published a detailed delivery plan, which shows how each of the priorities and actions will be achieved by 2021. It sets out who will be involved, the expected outcomes and timescales for completion. As work progresses, the delivery plan will be updated. To ensure we are being open and transparent, it will show where work is not progressing as well as expected and explain how we intend to move forward. The updated delivery plan is also an opportunity to consider new actions and programmes, which will make a positive difference to the South Wales Valleys. Each action in Our Valleys, Our Future is being reviewed and we will publish the refreshed and updated delivery plan in November 2018. 4 Our Valleys, Our Future
Good-quality jobs and the skills to do them Theme 1 Good quality jobs and the skills to do them