Corporate Plan
The City Plan 2025-2035 is the Sunderland Partnership's overarching strategic plan, providing the blueprint for all partners (including the council) and communities to work together to pursue and achieve the shared vision for Sunderland to become a connected, international city with opportunities for all.
Find out more about the City Plan
The council has also adopted a corporate plan as an expression of our strategic, organisational priorities over the medium-term in order to play our part in delivering the City Plan.
The Corporate Plan 2025-2028 therefore defines our key areas of focus as we work to achieve the vision for Sunderland; it provides the 'future council' context for our ongoing transformation; and it supports the allocation of resources and the setting of clear objectives.
The Corporate Plan's medium-term priorities support the delivery of each of the City Plan ambitions:
- Everyone's talent is nurtured - our children and young people are achieving the best outcomes, everyone is connected to opportunities, and whatever your aspiration, you can achieve it in Sunderland
- Inward investment, job creation and high performing businesses and employers create opportunities for all residents of the city, with Sunderland making a significant contribution to the UK's economic growth
- People live healthier, longer lives - health and wellbeing outcomes are significantly improved and life is better because we live in Sunderland, rather than any other place
- Sunderland is a place recognised for its natural assets; the city has an accessible, strong and growing offer for residents and visitors - it's easy to find something that captures the imagination in Sunderland
- Our people and communities thrive and feel proud, and are stronger together; everyone is playing their part
- Sunderland will play its role in tackling the global challenge of climate change, working together across the city to be carbon neutral by 2040
As we work to deliver against the City Plan ambitions, we have a set of outcomes in the Corporate Plan that are 'everyone's business' and responsibility across our organisation:
- By ensuring health is at the heart of everything we do, the health and wellbeing of all the city's residents is significantly improved, inequalities are reduced, and everyone has the opportunity to lead a healthy and happy life
- An inclusive, cohesive city for everyone who calls Sunderland their home and those who visit, work, learn and invest in the city
- Increased prosperity for the whole of the city's population with reduced poverty and greater financial resilience
- As a smart council, services harness advanced technology to enrich the lives of residents, boost economic growth, and pave the way for a smarter, more connected future, leaving no one and nowhere behind
- By ensuring low carbon is a key consideration in decision-making and delivery, the Council becomes carbon neutral by 2030, preparing for and adapting to the impacts of climate change and playing a key role in enabling Sunderland to make real progress towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2040, and
- A council that makes the best use of resources and delivers the best services possible for residents and businesses
Progress in respect of delivering the Corporate Plan is managed through our Corporate Performance Management arrangements including quarterly reports to Cabinet.
In line with our approach to carbon reduction and cost saving, the Corporate Plan is published electronically only.
