Deliver our Corporate Transformation Programme

The Corporate Transformation Programme has been set up to oversee the delivery of £23.2m of savings in 2025/26.

A complete programme of activity for the next two years has been established to deliver savings across five delivery programmes and two supporting workstreams. The five delivery programmes are:

• Communities and customer services
• Asset master planning
• Growth and public sector reform
• Workforce efficiency

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The two supporting workstreams are:

• Financial sustainability

• Digital and ICT

There are also seven priority projects, which combined with the workstreams make up the Transformation Programme.

• The Transformation Programme has made positive progress, and savings are already being made. The programme is being closely monitored by the Corporate Delivery Board and progress will be reported to the Resources & Delivering Value Scrutiny Board. The work of the Corporate Transformation Programme will contribute to the financial sustainability of the Council, both now and in the future.

Take preventative action and address inequalities

We have developed our prevention strategy, Living Well in Solihull, on the principle that prevention and acting early is better than waiting for problems to develop. The aim is to support Solihull's children and young people to

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have the best start in life and help them reach their full potential, and to support adults to stay as healthy, happy and independent as possible, for as long as possible. Our strategy challenges us to 'think prevention' at every stage of life and make sure we work effectively together across our partnerships.

It links closely to our Health Inequalities Strategy, which sets out a plan of action to reduce health inequalities. The aim of the strategy is to improve the lives of those with the worst health outcomes the fastest, to help them live healthier, happier, longer lives. The strategy is a call to action to residents, community groups and local organisations to partner with the Council and the NHS to tackle health inequalities. Closing the gap in life expectancy requires concerted, system-wide effort across the life course and targeted work for those population groups at greater risk of poor health outcomes.

We are committed to building prevention and reducing inequalities into the way we work, taking them into account in everything we do.

Further details of the activities we are carrying out to focus on prevention and reducing inequalities can be found on page 11-12 under the ambition 'the right conditions for everyone to thrive'.