📋 Tender Overview
Alright Brum, whats next? will be looking to the future, asking people what matters most to them, and raising awareness of how the councils budget is spent.
As part of the engagement campaign, residents can get involved through online surveys and in-person events.
Cllr Roger Harmer, Leader of Birmingham City Council, said:
This campaign is about working with Brummies to make things better in our city.
We are fully committed to passing what will be the councils second balanced budget since declaring itself effectively bankrupt in 2023.
With the councils finances beginning to improve, now is the time to ask - whats next? Birmingham is a city with enormous strengths, opportunities, and challenges, and we want to have a conversation with people about their priorities for the future.
This is your city, and we are keen to hear what you have to say about what this council should be focusing on.
Alright Brum, whats next? will run for at least three years, with multiple opportunities for residents to get involved and have a say in council planning and budget setting.
The first survey, now open on the councils website, asks residents about the six priorities approved by the cabinet and detailed in the Fairer Birmingham Partnership Agreement.
The engagement will help the council to develop its Corporate Plan, which sets out what it wants to achieve over the next four years.
Cllr Roger Harmer, continued:
Inflationary pressures and the increased use of statutory council services mean that there are several difficult decisions that will need to be made to ensure this council remains financially responsible over the next few years.
In the face of those difficult decisions, it is only right that residents get a chance to have their say on what matters to them and where the money goes.
We also need to have those honest conversations with residents about what the council spends its money on and why.
This new council administration is committed to giving residents a greater say in budget decisions. We want to have that open conversation with residents.
Residents can take part in the survey on the councils Be Heard website.
Closing date is 15 November.
