Social Value Ideas for Wrexham County Borough Council
We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Wrexham County Borough Council in Wales across 41 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
2024-25 Revenue Budget Approved
Wrexham Council has approved a balanced 2024-25 revenue budget totalling £318.7 million. Budget includes 9.9% council tax increase (8.6% council budgets plus 1.3% North Wales Fire and Rescue Service l…
“Appendix 1 within the report summarises the proposed budget net expenditure of £318.7 million. And results in an overall increase in council tax of Ba…”
Significant Welsh Government Funding Shortfall
Welsh Local Government Association reports in-year pressures of £200-300 million across Welsh councils with £800 million spending pressure forecast for 2024-25. Wrexham Council received only 3.1% sett…
“The Welsh Local Government Association recently reported that in-year pressures of £200 to £300 million in year are now evident, and that the spending…”
Authority-Wide Financial Crisis - £34 Million Budget Gap
Wrexham Council faces unprecedented budget pressures of £34 million (comprising £11 million demand pressure + £23 million inflation) against only £12 million in identified funding (£7 million Welsh Go…
“we've been given an additional £7 million from the Welsh Government, and currently if we were to set the council tax at 6%, that would raise an additi…”
Accounts delayed for PFI valuation
The 2024-25 statement of accounts will be deferred because a new IFRS 16 lease treatment issue, linked to the council's substantial PFI arrangement for waste processing and recycling, requires additio…
“In relation to the July meeting, just to inform committee that we will need to defer the 24 -5 statement of accounts because we, without going into to…”
Children’s social care cost pressure
Children’s social care was repeatedly described as a structural pressure rather than a simple overspend, driven by complex out-of-county placements, court-ordered provision and high-cost packages. Off…
“Now Social Care, they have a budget of over £100 million and I think considering it's £1 or £2 million, sometimes £3 million overspent, I think it's v…”
Children's Services Budget Crisis - Tripled Expenditure in 5 Years
Children's services budget has grown from £15m to £44.5m forecast outturn in five years. This is being driven by increases in independent residential care placements, independent fostering agencies, o…
“children's, it was 15 million pounds. today it's £37 million... the budget does remain very very challenging... pressures particularly from independen…”
Children's Services Budget Position 2024-25
Children's services started 2024-25 with budget of £37.3m. Forecast outturn is £44.5m (March 2025), representing significant overspend. This represents continued budget growth from £15m five years ago…
“children services 37.3 million... the outturn for the year is going to be 44, 503, 174... the budget for children's services has tripled from 15 milli…”
Gwenbryo Valley Adventure Playground at Risk of Closure
Gwenbryo Valley is one of only three adventure playgrounds in Wales, located in one of the most deprived areas of Wrexham (Caer/Typrach ward). It serves a population where over half the children enter…
“it would be pretty disastrous if Gwembo Valley closed, but that's the most likely option at the moment because there's no funding apart from Typrach C…”
Place Sufficiency Duty - Statutory Requirement
Place efficiency assessment is a statutory duty imposed by Welsh Government under the Children and Families Measure 2010. All local authorities must assess whether children have sufficient opportuniti…
“it was part of the Children and Families Measure in 2010, and Welsh Government—it's a statutory duty the Welsh Government imposed that local authoriti…”
Play Service Funding Sustainability Crisis
The Play and Youth Support team is entirely dependent on Welsh Government grant funding (Families First, Childcare and Play Grant, and All Wales Play Opportunities Grant awarded on an ad hoc basis). N…
“the play team itself is solely funded on grants...sustainability of the team is something to be considered moving forward as we are solely dependent o…”
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