Welcome As we welcome a new year, my first as Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, it’s a time to reflect on achievements and look to the future with determination. We ended 2024 by delivering our 20 pledges, demonstrating our commitment to making the borough cleaner, greener, and safer. These pledges brought real benefits: • Opening six family hubs to support families. • Creating additional school places. • Renovating leisure centres and hosting free sports activities through our Urban Games programme. • Delivering events like the crowd-drawing Balloon Fiesta. We launched an on-demand bus service and made significant progress on the transformational Station Quarter development, which includes The Quad, a vibrant learning and business centre. Last winter, we supported residents with record pension credit claims and nearly £600,000 in Household Support Funding, helping 6,000 pensioners with supermarket vouchers.
This year, we’ll transform Telford Theatre into a state-of-the-art cultural hub and enhance Wellington Market and Oakengates High Street to boost local business. The Station Quarter will continue to create opportunities for learning, jobs, and business growth. We’ll invest in equipping residents with skills for the future, opening up pathways to quality employment, explore ways to expand green transport, improve infrastructure, and support residents during challenging times. Protecting and caring for the vulnerable remains central to our vision. Together, we’ll shape a borough where businesses thrive, communities flourish, and our environment is protected for future generations—a place we’re all proud to call home.
Councillor Lee Carter Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council
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With thanks to our contributors TW Leisure, Telford & Wrekin Culture and Events, Invest Telford, Visit Telford, My Options, Waggy Washes, Resin Floors Telford, Crown Print, Wellington Town Council, Love Wellington, Newport Town Council, Oakengates Town Council, Great Dawley Town Council, Madeley Town Council, Ironbridge Parish Council, British Red Cross, Sustainable Telford and Wrekin, West Merica Women’s Aid, Cranstoun Telford, West Merica Police.
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