SALFORD CITY COUNCIL HAS BEATEN A NUMBER OF TARGETS TO MAKE SALFORD 10% BETTER

The council joined the campaign launched by the Salford Social Value Alliance in 2017, pledging to do its bit towards improvements in the city.

A report has been published setting out the achievements from 2017 to 2021 and Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett has now set out the next phase of the campaign.

https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/397660/social-impact-report-2017-to-2021.pdf

He joined leaders from the city’s private, public and community/voluntary sector on Thursday 10 March in launching the next phase of Salford’s 10% Better campaign.

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“We set out to recruit 10% more young people aged 16 to 24 into apprenticeships with the council and have increased that by over 1,000 per cent,” City Mayor Paul Dennett said.

“Since 2017, we have employed 446 apprentices from all age groups with another 130 expected to start by March 2022. This is giving people a chance to start their careers with good quality training.

“It’s about encouraging the whole city to step up – asking people to recycle more, dispose of waste properly so our parks are not spoilt by litter, and come forward to volunteer and give back to Salford.

“In addition, the council and its partners will continue working hard to get more people into good jobs and persuade more local employers to pay the real Living Wage as we have done for care workers.

“If we can meet these targets – as we did between 2017 and 2021 - they will have a real, beneficial impact on people’s lives and our city. I hope everyone will get behind 10% Better and do their bit for Salford.”

 

The targets for the next phase are to support 10% more:

  People volunteering

  People in employment, education and training

  People saying they have good wellbeing

  Recycling

  Digital inclusion

  Companies/organisations paying the real Living Wage

  Purchasing from Salford-based suppliers

  Use and care of green and blue (water) spaces

  Reduction in carbon emissions

  And 10 per cent less household waste

Mayor Dennett said the drive to encourage more employers in Salford to pay the real Living Wage has also been a huge success with a 116 per cent increase in council suppliers accredited as real Living Wage employers. In 2019 Salford set out to become England’s first Living Wage city and has seen the number of accredited Living Wage organisations and businesses in the city rise from 32 in 2019 to 68 in 2021.

The council also pledged to meet two green targets. It has introduced a car club, including electric vehicles, which staff can use during business hours and the public can use outside business hours,  cutting business miles travelled by more than 479,000 and carbon emissions by 137 tonnes since 2019.

It has reduced gas and electricity use across all council buildings from offices to leisure centres and by 8.5% and cut C02 by 31.5% since 2017. Work continues to install more solar panels as part of the council’s aim to become carbon neutral by 2038.