To make Bolton the place we want it to be in 2017, we all need to work together to make it:

• healthy
• achieving
• prosperous
• safe
• cleaner and greener
• strong and confident.

Whilst each of these priority themes is important, it should be remembered that they are not separate, they are closely interconnected; one impacts on another. The next few pages explain what each of these actually mean for local people. Achievements within these six priority themes will ensure that Bolton’s communities are all places where people want to live, where people are healthy, with opportunities to take up good jobs, to have a good education and to be 12 able to enjoy quality green spaces.

The six priority themes also reflect the Government’s ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda, which Bolton addresses through its Children and Young People’s Plan.