2018-2023 City, & Craigavon Borough Council CORPORATE PLAN

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 1

CORPORATE PLAN 2018 - 2023

FOREWORD OUR VISION CONTENTS 04-05 ELECTED 10-11 MEMBERS 06-07 01 03 02

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CORPORATE COMMITTED COUNCIL CROSS OUR PLAN: ECONOMY - Enterprising Economy CUTTING BOROUGH - Skilled Economy 36-38 MAKING IT - Tourism Economy THEMES 34-35 OUR HAPPEN COMMUNITY - Confident Community

12-33 05 04 - Healthy Community 06 INVESTMENT - Welcoming Community 39

PLACE - Enhanced Place - Creative Place - Revitalised Place

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 3 01 FOREWORD OUR OVERALL VISION IS TO HAVE ‘A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY, A VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY AND APPEALING PLACES FOR LIVING, WORKING AND LEARNING’. THE CORPORATE PLAN HAS IDENTIFIED 30 COMMITMENTS THAT WE WILL MAKE TO POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS VISION.

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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon The Council is a decision making body that Planning & Borough Council has 41 democratically meets once a month to discuss, oversee Regulatory elected Members, representing 7 District and ratify decisions taken by Committees. It Services Electoral Areas, as indicated in the map. has 6 Committees that meet monthly and a Performance and Audit Committee that meets Environmental Planning & Our Members represent the interests of quarterly. An annual general meeting is held Services Regulatory their constituents and ensure that the each year when a Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Services views of their electoral areas and the entire Mayor are elected. Chairs and Vice-Chairs of population of the Borough are reflected in Committees are also elected at the annual the decisions that the Council take. general meeting. FULL COUNCIL Governance, (41 MEMBERS) Economic The seven principles of public life (also Details of Committee meetings and Policy & Development & known as the “Nolan Principles”) guide relevant papers can be found at Resources Regeneration everything that our elected members and armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk staff do. These are Honesty, Accountability, Objectivity, Leadership, Openness, Further details on each Elected Member can Selflessness and Integrity. be found at armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk Strategy & Leisure & Community Community For further information, please Planning Service contact democraticservices@ armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk

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Derrymacash

NORTHERN CRAIGAVON BELFAST ARMAGH LURGAN BANBRIDGE Dollingstown Annaghmore CRAIGAVON Charlemont Ardress PORTADOWN DROMORE Kilmore

Allistragh Lawrencetown Richhill Gilford Seapatrick Milltown ARMAGH BANBRIDGE Milford Clare Acton Middletown Glen Cladymilltown Ballyroney

Tassagh Corran Cross Roads

Derrrynoose Carrigatuke

Carnagh

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VALUES IN ACTION OUR CORPORATE PLAN IS UNDERPINNED BY A SET OF CORE VALUES WHICH WILL GUIDE THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL AND INFORM OUR STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS AND YOU WILL SEE OUR VALUES IN ACTION EVERY DAY. WE ARE A FORWARD THINKING, AMBITIOUS, ORGANIZATION, AIMING FOR GOLD STAR STATUS, WITH A POSITIVE CULTURE THAT PROVIDES THE ABC EXPERIENCE... SERVE PASSIONATELY, ENGAGE POSITIVELY, DELIVER CONSISTENTLY… BECAUSE WE CARE.

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 9 03 VISION Our Corporate Plan reflects how we as an organisation commit to the long term outcomes identified in the Community Planning process, as well as the work we will do to ensure we continue to provide high quality services. The Community Planning process has shaped our new Corporate Plan and its vision has been adopted by the Council as its corporate vision.

As a Council we have identified our top key programmes that we will commit to deliver. These include: Investment & Growth Agenda including Town Centre Development // Customer Care // Improve everyone’s Health & Well being // Clean Neighbourhoods

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As a Council we have identified our top key programmes that we will commit to deliver. These include: Investment & Growth Agenda including Town Centre Development // Customer Care // Improve everyone’s Health & Well being // Clean Neighbourhoods

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 11 04 CORPORATE PLAN: MAKING IT HAPPEN ENSURING OUR COUNCIL IS ‘FIT FOR PURPOSE’, ENSURING WE DELIVER QUALITY SERVICES AND BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN EVERYTHING WE DO.

Our corporate plan is one of a suite of The remaining three themes complement strategic documents which the council uses the Community Plan: Economy, Community to manage its business effectively. and Place, and are aligned to its 9 Long Programme term Outcomes. for Govt These plans are linked by a ‘golden thread’ which helps to identify how services, Within these themes we provide a bespoke departments, teams and individual narrative, highlighting our uniqueness and Community Plan members of staff will work to deliver why this topic is important to the Borough. our shared outcomes for the benefit of We explain what we as a Council are doing customers, residents and communities. to contribute to these outcomes – Our Commitments - as well as outlining key To Make It Happen, Council will deliver activities for us as an organisation. Corporate Plan services/activities across 4 main themes.

The first theme focuses on the Council itself: Committed Council. Departmental Business Plan Within this part of our Corporate Plan we outline the importance on ensuring our council is ‘fit for purpose’, ensuring we deliver quality services and become more Staff efficient and effective in everything we do.

12 armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk SUMMARY OF OUR COMMITMENT COMMITMENT COMMITMENT  Take a one council approach with  Staff and elected members are  Increased customer satisfaction COMMITMENTS: clear, robust and accountable ambassadors promoting the values with Council services. COUNCIL

COMMITED COMMITED processes. and ambition of the organisation. ENTERPRISING SKILLED TOURISM THE FOLLOWING  Business Start- up and growth;  Employability skills and training;  Understanding visitors;  Efficient connections  Apprenticeships, work experience,  Create and develop a unique visitor SECTION DETAIL THE  Provide information, services and volunteering; proposition and brand programmes.  Up to date skills and learning.  Quality visitor experiences COMMITMENTS THAT ECONOMY through places, accommodation & WE ARE MAKING attractions. WHICH CONTRIBUTE CONFIDENT HEALTHY WELCOMING  Empower communities to  Work with partners to reduce  Empower communities to respect TO OUR VISION. SEE A contribute to decisions; inequalities in health; each other, build relationships,  Community activities and events;  Provide a range of quality grow together; SUMMARY TABLE OF  Safe, accessible and welcoming opportunities for everyone to be  Shape and design places that value

COMMUNITY facilities. active and healthy diversity. OUR COMMITMENTS.  Health protection and Safety.  Include everyone in community life

ENHANCED CREATIVE REVITALISED  Increased understanding and respect  Seek investment to preserve  Tackle physical and social of environment; uniqueness of our heritage; deprivation;  Develop and enhance our assets in  Increase participation in arts and  Secure investment in infrastructure PLACE sustainable way culture; and connectivity;  Promote civic pride and access to  Improve accessibility to creative  Attractive, healthier, safer, cleaner our local places. experiences. neighbourhoods.

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 13 04 CORPORATE PLAN: MAKING IT HAPPEN The core of a productive organisation is ‘citizen centred’ services. To do this we to date and relevant Council information COMMITTED the people, processes and culture that must keep modernising, developing our is made available to the people of the COUNCIL make it up. We will build our capability staff and focusing on delivery of services Borough and to Council staff. through positive culture and leadership, to our citizens. Managing and organising transformation, communication and valuing ourselves as a productive Council will give We will be a council that is easy to do and investing in our staff. We will look us a strong basis for achieving the goals and business with. We understand the needs of at how we can improve the day to day ambitions we have set out in this Plan. our residents, our decision-making will be experiences of those using our services. influenced by those needs and we aim to We will continue to openly communicate make our customer experience as easy as We are still a young organisation. We will the work Council delivers to our customers possible. continue to harmonise our services and through its initiatives and services in a wide provide a ‘one Council’ approach delivering variety of ways. Making sure correct, up

THESE ARE OUR Take a one council approach Staff and elected members Increased customer with clear, robust and are ambassadors, promoting satisfaction with Council COMMITMENTS FOR accountable processes the values and ambition of services OUR COUNCIL the organisation

TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:

- Improve service delivery and increase customer satisfaction - Enhance local democracy by facilitating the development of elected members, promoting civic leadership, respect and integrity - Communicate clearly in a timely manner both internally and externally - Value and manage the talent within the Council - Have robust decision making with sound governance arrangements

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THESE ARE OUR Foster an entrepreneurial Ensure efficient connections Provide information, services COMMITMENTS FOR culture leading to business to support enterprise and and programmes to promote start-up and growth growth, in urban and rural and sustain business OUR ENTERPRISING areas and build strong thriving ECONOMY. economy

TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:

- Promote our Borough as a location ‘Open for Business’ - Support sustainable economic development to meet the needs of our citizens and for future generations - Proactively seek development of high quality business infrastructure - Provide a One Stop team to investors and business start ups

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 17 04 CORPORATE PLAN: MAKING IT HAPPEN Our borough has a higher proportion of lives, improving their opportunities and life entrepreneurial opportunities. SKILLED ECONOMY jobs in manufacturing (16%) than Northern choices. Working with key educational providers, LONG TERM OUTCOME OF Ireland as a whole and at 1.8%, a lower Council will play its part in supporting will allow us to concentrate on activities COMMUNITY PLAN rate of people claiming unemployment people to find work. We will seek to improve that will support our economy to grow from PEOPLE ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO TAKE benefit. However, employers tell us that fairness in the labour market by helping the strength to strength. FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES there is there is a lack of skills for specific most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We PROVIDED BY OUR DYNAMIC ECONOMY. sectors which the Council is extremely keen to help address. This is more than just provide support to local projects such as connecting local people to jobs, it is also Jobfairs, Business Education Partnership about promoting the positive contribution and businesses, helping participants make that employment can make to people’s informed decisions about their future learning, their future employment and

THESE ARE OUR Facilitate others to provide Provide opportunities Encourage all employers employability skills and for apprenticeship, work to keep their workforce up COMMITMENTS training experience and vocational to date with new skills and volunteering within our learning FOR OUR SKILLED workforce and across the ECONOMY. Borough

TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:

- Support all young people and school leavers in their career pathways - Facilitate and lead skills and employability opportunities to advance business development - Support Life Long learning to meet specific needs of the Borough - Work in partnership to ensure opportunities are available to all

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THESE ARE OUR Understand our visitors, Create, develop and provide Enhance visitor experiences evaluate their experience a unique visitor proposition, through internationally COMMITMENTS to influence future tourism tourism narrative and brand appealing places, activity accommodation and FOR OUR TOURISM attractions ECONOMY

TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:

- Provide a clear competitive proposition for the destination - Develop a clear vision for arts and culture provision across the Borough - Enhance the offering within our tourist venues - Actively promote venues, destinations and programmes

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 21 04 CORPORATE PLAN: MAKING IT HAPPEN Through our services, range of facilities, as service provision. Better partnership support to local groups. We also provide CONFIDENT access to resources and funding we working and sharing of resources would a wide and varied programme of activities COMMUNITY are committed to building a confident help more people to participate. We for the benefit of local people and community. And we will use our civic will partner with our Community and communities. LONG TERM OUTCOME OF COMMUNITY PLAN leadership role to promote pride in our Voluntary sector to increase the range EVERYONE HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE area. of opportunities for people to engage in We have a large rural population and with IN COMMUNITY LIFE AND SHAPE DECISIONS community life. our SOAR (Southern Organisation for Action - WE HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY Many community & voluntary networks in Rural areas) budget of £8.2 million, this Since 2015, we have proactively supported BELONGING AND TAKE PRIDE IN OUR AREA. and groups play a crucial role in providing will provide support to our rural areas, valued community activities and services. local communities to improve the quality promoting community development and Across the Borough there are differences of life for our residents. Our financial regenerating our communities. in the community infrastructure as well assistance policy provides direct financial

THESE ARE OUR Empower communities to Provide Council community Ensure Council facilities and contribute to decisions on activities and events that services are safe, accessible COMMITMENTS FOR issues that matter to them bring enjoyment and a sense and welcoming to everyone BUILDING A CONFIDENT of civic pride COMMUNITY

TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:

- Support and build the capacity of all our existing and new communities - Improve community capacity and well being in our urban and rural areas, to tackle disadvantage and exclusion - Provide opportunities to develop and effectively engage with all communities - Deliver a varied range of council activities and events across the Borough

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THESE ARE OUR In partnership help to reduce Provide a range of quality Ensure that high standards of health inequalities opportunities for everyone health protection and safety COMMITMENTS FOR A to be active and healthy. are met across the Borough HEALTHY COMMUNITY

TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:

- Develop and deliver a holistic approach to improve physical and emotional health and wellbeing, reduce health inequalities and tackle poverty and social isolation - Provide a network of high quality leisure and recreation facilities - Maintain and expand upon wider infrastructure of open spaces, cycle routes, walk routes to the highest standards. - Get everybody Active throughout their lifetime to realise the longest, healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 25 04 CORPORATE PLAN: MAKING IT HAPPEN Our aim is to foster a safe and tolerant We understand our residents’ concerns and projects focusing on cross-community WELCOMING community where everyone feels valued about crime, antisocial behaviour and relations and understanding to create a COMMUNITY and included. While 89% of our residents social isolation. Through the Policing and more cohesive society. were born in Northern Ireland, we have an Community Safety Partnership and Good LONG TERM OUTCOME OF COMMUNITY PLAN ever-growing diverse population. We want Relations Team we will continue to find OUR BOROUGH IS A SAFE, RESPECTFUL AND our Borough to value diversity and harness ways to improve public safety and reduce PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT the opportunity it brings for culture, crime and disorder. innovation and economic development. This work will continue to complement the delivery of our Peace IV Programme with a budget of £4.9million. This funds initiatives

THESE ARE OUR Support and empower Shape and design places Enable everyone to be communities to respect each that value diversity and included in community life COMMITMENTS TO other, build relationships and are welcoming, safe and BUILD A WELCOMING grow together accessible for all COMMUNITY

TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:

- Maximise the potential of city, towns and villages - Work with partners to support our older people, younger people and harder to reach groups - Deliver a Social Inclusion Strategy - Deliver programmes to support these aims including Peace IV, Good Relations and PCSP

26 armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk Corporate Plan 2018-2023 27 04 CORPORATE PLAN: MAKING IT HAPPEN The uniqueness and diversity of our a stunning shared space along with a Council, this provides an opportunity for ENHANCED landscape is without doubt one of our programme of activities. With proven greater integration, synergy and efficiency PLACE greatest assets. success of such a scheme, we are on how we deliver our schemes across all committed to providing enhanced places Council areas. LONG TERM OUTCOME OF COMMUNITY PLAN On any given day our residents and visitors of significance at both a local and regional OUR RICH AND VARIED BUILT HERITAGE can enjoy a number of nature reserves, level. As a full active member of the Keep AND NATURAL ASSETS ARE PROTECTED, which are home to diverse flora and fauna. Northern Ireland Beautiful (KNIB) ‘Live Here ENHANCED AND EXPANDED FOR CURRENT Our waterways network provides a range Council continue to work on delivering Love Here’, we are part of the campaign AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY. of activities for all the family, whether you a number of heritage-led regeneration supporting local actions that increase chose cycling, walking, rowing or sailing schemes across the Borough. Funding of civic pride. Projects developed by schools, - all are available within our facilities. £4m has been awarded in support of the resident groups, youth groups and local The is an area of significant Armagh City and Lurgan Townscape Heritage villages have been awarded funding to archaeological interest, attracting local projects to restore and revitalise buildings develop for example, wildflower community people and visitors alike. within the conservation areas, providing gardens, clean-up of housing executive opportunities for local people to learn more estates and campaigns to tackle dog fouling We have seen the recent transformation about the iconic built and cultural heritage. and littering. of the People’s Park, Portadown into With Planning now, a function within

THESE ARE OUR Increase community Develop and enhance our Promote civic pride and understanding and assets in a sustainable way access to local places COMMITMENTS TO enjoyment of the natural and ENHANCE OUR PLACE built environment

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- Deliver our Capital Investment Programme - Continue to deliver efficient waste collections and awareness programmes to ensure our neighbourhoods are clean and safe - Regenerate our City, town centres, and villages - Implement our Local Development Plan,

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 Corporate Plan 2018 29 30 armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk 04 CORPORATE PLAN: MAKING IT HAPPEN The Borough’s arts and cultural offering Our venues have received numerous learning, reminiscence and bringing CREATIVE provides a wealth of unique experiences awards. Along with Mount Ida Pottery, our heritage to local people; The Barn Museum PLACE and opportunities. People can enjoy a 5-star visitor attraction; the F.E. McWilliam at Tannaghmore Gardens contains a folk performance, exhibition or interactive Gallery and Studio has been awarded a museum focussed on farming, domestic LONG TERM OUTCOME OF COMMUNITY PLAN workshop in the Market Place Theatre and 4-star rating under Tourism NI. The Gallery work and school life. OUR BOROUGH IS AN INSPIRATIONAL Arts Centre in Armagh City, or experience joins 6 other visitor attractions within the AND CREATIVE PLACE OFFERING QUALITY, the dynamic exhibition and engagement Borough to receive a 4-star rating. We will continue to develop programmes INCLUSIVE ARTS AND CULTURAL programme at Millennium Court Arts that encourage citizens to use our venues EXPERIENCES. Centre, Portadown or visit the gallery at The Borough is also home to three ensuring they are accessible to all. FE McWilliam, a celebration of one of the accredited museums; is the oldest of its kind in Ireland, We will place a renewed focus on the Borough’s favourite sons. Moneypenny’s heritage, both built and cultural ensuring Lockhouse on the Canal has a strong located on the beautiful Georgian Mall in Armagh; Craigavon Museum Services heritage assets are conserved for future focus on blacksmithing, delivered by local generations. people. is located at Island focusses on

THESE ARE OUR Seek investment to preserve Increase participation in arts Improve accessibility to high the uniqueness of our heritage and culture to high quality quality creative experiences COMMITMENTS creative experiences TOWARDS OUR CREATIVE PLACE

TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:

- Develop a clear vision for arts and culture provision across the Borough - Promote the area as a place to live, visit and invest in - Proactively source funding and partnership opportunities towards investment in our Borough - Provide high quality arts and cultural venues Corporate Plan 2018-2023 31 04 CORPORATE PLAN: MAKING IT HAPPEN Our Borough is the place where we as Through our Public Realm, Townscape cleaner. This means more people will want REVITALISED PLACE individuals have chosen to live, to have our Heritage Initiatives and capital investment to live or visit here. Businesses will be more family life, to go to school, to work, to invest, programmes, the appearance of our City, likely to invest, or set up; improving the to play, to shop. It’s our community, it’s our towns, villages and rural areas have been economy and creating jobs. LONG TERM OUTCOME OF COMMUNITY PLAN space, it’s our place. and will continue to be revtalised – making Our distinctive and vibrant urban and rural people feel good when they visit, shop, work area are at the heart of community and We need to meet the changing demands for or live here. economic life. our current population and needs of future generations and ensure that our Borough, We will work to ensure our neighbourhoods our City, town centres and villages, remains are kept clean, bins are lifted, health and at the heart of community and economic safety standards are adhered to making our life. areas more attractive, healthier, safer and

These are our Tackle physical and social Secure investment Ensure our neighbourhoods deprivation in infrastructure and are more attractive, commitments for our connectivity healthier, safer and cleaner Revitalised Place.

TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:

- Tackle problems of poor physical and broadband connectivity in rural areas, - Develop, in partnership our urban and rural Transport linkages - Look for opportunities to stimulate and revitalise the Borough through our Capital Investment Programme - Keep our City, towns and villages and rural areas attractive

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CONNECTIVITY: We believe connectivity is EQUALITY: We are committed to promoting SUSTAINABILITY We will work to improve integral to improving quality of life. Through equality, good relations and inclusion and everyone’s quality of life economically, our plan we will work to transform and believe them to be central to improving environmentally and socially without connect all areas of our borough physically, quality of life for everyone. A peaceful and compromising our future generation’s digitally and socially through shared inclusive society is vital to ensuring that ability to develop, grow and flourish. collaborative approaches. we have a welcoming, confident and safe community.

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LOCATION 30 minutes to Belfast // 1 hour to Dublin routes // A growing digital 45 minutes to Northern Ireland’s two main airports technology sector

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council have 9 centres for recycling and disposing of household waste 4 Directorates 50+ ‘Bring banks’ COUNCIL 15 Departments (i.e. bottle banks, textiles and dry 158 8,000+ recycling). 1,330 staff (full & part time) Buildings Acres of land

EarningsEarnings (2017) (2017) £24,320£24,320 1.8% average median earnings in 2017 claiming unemployment Medianaverage gross medianannual earnings earnings for in 2017 £3.2bn related benefits, below the full-timeMedian employees gross annual who work earnings in for Our regions boasts a GVA of £3,2bn, the highest 70.7% the full-timeborough employees who work in output of any NI region after Belfast, equating to

ECONOMY ECONOMY Northern Ireland rate of Employment rate 2.5% (October 2017, aged (2017the provisional) borough 9.5% of NI’s total GVA. (2016, aged 16-64 years) 16-64 years) (2017 provisional)

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Population by Age in Armagh Industry in Armagh City, PopulationCity, Banbridge by & Age Craigavon in Armagh BanbridgeIndustry & Craigavon in Armagh City,

City, Banbridge & Craigavon Banbridge & CraigavonHealth 15% 22% 0-15 years Agriculture Production 16-39 years 30% 34% 15% Construction Health 22% 40-64 years Transport & Storage 0-15 years Agriculture Professional, Scientific 32% 6% & Technical Production 32% 65+ years16-39 years 30% 3% 34% 3% Business Admin 13% 6% Construction 5% Other 40-64 years Transport & Storage Professional, Scientific 32% 6% & Technical 32% 65+ years 3% 3% Business Admin 13% 6% 5% Other 06 OUR BOROUGH Number of Registered Business Tourism Housing prices £69.94m 145,000 8,105 for 708 businesses overnight trips Annual Standardised Invest NI support valued at £69.94m for 708 businesses. Change Price The support contributed towards £504.65m of investment VAT and/or PAYE registered businesses. This acounts secured for the area, including the promotion of 3,838 new 26m 6.7% £117,637 for 12% of all the businesses in Northern Ireland jobs. (2012-2013 to 2016-2017) spent (2016) Quarter 3, 2017

of adults participate Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon 14% adults in sport or physical Feel a sense of belonging activity on at least to their neighbourhood 47% 90% 22,186 individuals one day a week undertook voluntary work 2013/14 – 2015/16 Feel have an influence on

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY in past year in Armagh City, Continuous Household Survey, Depart- local decisions made in ment for Communities. 36% their neighbourhood Banbridge & Craigavon

Life Expectancy

MALE Armagh City, 78.9 years Banbridge & Craigavon FEMALE 7,896 82.4 years 5.4% Residents aged 3+ ge 80%People good or very Born outside Main language not Life expectancy is 3.3 years less for men and1.0 years less for women living in the good general health the UK or RO I English or Irish most deprived areas of the borough. Top 3 other languages

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 37 06 OUR BOROUGH The borough has a population of AREA approximately 210,300 and is the largest council area in Northern Ireland after Belfast AGE 16 - 64

PLACE 63% square554 miles 210,300 22% 15% 11% of total NI population AGE 0 - 15 AGE 65+

HUBS LOCAL TOWNS

10,800 Settlement Population Settlement Population Expected growth in (2011 Census) (2011 Census) population of borough to 3 hubs* 2021 6 local towns** Armagh 14,749 Dromore 6,011 Banbridge 16,653 Tandragee 3,486 Craigavon 64,193 Keady 3,036 29 villages Urban Area Rathfriland 2,472 (includes Gilford 1,927 66 small settlements Portadown, * Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Urban Area (includes the three Central elements of Portadown, Central Craigavon and Lurgan) Craigavon & ** Keady, Markethill, Tandragee, Dromore, Rathfriland and Gilford Lurgan)

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Where we get our money from: Where we plan to spend our Money: • 70% Rates • 40% Technical Services 4% Tourism • 20% Income & grants • 15% Leisure Services 4% Economic Development • 5% Rates support grant • 13% Corporate Services 3% Members Services • 5% De-Rating grant • 6% Parks & Open Spaces 3% Cultural • 5% Environmental Health 2% Chief Executives Dept • 4% Community Services 1% Building Control

Corporate Plan 2018-2023 39 For further information please contact Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

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