Our Financial Strategy provides high level financial projections, supported by clear assumptions, to inform the development of our medium term financial and service plans.
The strategy enables us to develop a better understanding of the wider policy and financial environment which it operates. It will help us to identify and respond flexibly to opportunities and threats, manage and mitigate risks and ensure that financial resources are contributing to achieving the corporate objectives.
Delivery
It is intended that progress against the delivery of agreed savings will be regularly monitored through a transformation board
The following themes have been identified to transform how we deliver services and close the budget gap in future years:
- sustained focus of resources on our Council Plan priorities
- transform our customer experience and improve our digital offer
- modernise how we deliver some services to meet our outcomes
- maximise use of fewer assets, working with and within communities
- develop a smaller more flexibly skilled workforce for the future
- maximising our income and underpinning fairness through targeted concessions
This strategy was agreed by Dumfries and Galloway Council on 26 September 2017. An update on the assumptions was approved by Dumfries and Galloway Council on 29 March 2018.
More information
To find out more about the Financial Strategy:
Telephone: 030 33 33 3000
Email: corporatefinanceteam@dumgal.gov.uk