Social Value Ideas for Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Youth engagement model refresh

The youth advisory group is building a more segmented engagement model covering different age groups, SEND, NEET/disengaged young people, schools, social media, and youth-led storytelling. This will s…

“A lot of the work at this stage has really been about building the roots into engagement, thinking about who we need to hear from, how we reach those …”

Youth provision and engagement gap

Residents repeatedly raised that there are too few things for young people to do, and the meeting acknowledged that young people were underrepresented in the consultation. The board plans to create yo…

“Residents repeatedly said that there are not enough things for young people to do and that some BU buildings feel outdated or in poor condition and th…”

Youth engagement toolkit

The youth advisory group is developing a toolkit and feedback template for student peer engagement, with training for young people to gather and present findings. This is not a procurement spend itsel…

“Rather than presenting a ready-made toolkit which I had discussed at the last meeting, I wanted to understand how they would like to be involved and h…”

Safety and antisocial behaviour hotspot

Police intelligence shared at the meeting identified a concentrated hotspot for crime and antisocial behaviour in the Darlaston area, with repeat locations and categories including assault, shopliftin…

“So, what this data is is effectively the winter seasonality plan. So 6 months data within the area that we are having as our plan. It's quite difficul…”

Safety and security works

Resident consultation identified safety and security as the top concern, with proposed quick wins including better lighting, clearer sightlines and stronger police visibility. This points to future pr…

“So, the survey results showed quite strong feedback in terms of safety. For example, 56% of people said seeing more police during the day would help t…”

Up to £20m regeneration investment

The board discussed the Darleston plan as a government-backed regeneration programme with potential funding of up to £20 million over the next decade. The spend is not yet fully released, but the plan…

“Um, the Darleston plan is uh a governmentbacked program with potential to bring up 20 million pounds of investment up to 20 million over the next deca…”

Publish plan and quick wins

Once MHCLG approves the plan, the board will publish it online and in selected public locations, then move into three strands of delivery: long-term capital projects, medium-term interventions, and qu…

“So, um, yeah >> thank you Rland. >> That's my pleasure. >> So Ron just one question for me. uh obviously with with we're in listening mode. You've ver…”