Vision for Kent

The Vision for Kent is our countywide strategy for the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of Kent’s communities.

The vision is led by the Kent Forum, a partnership of the councils that provide services to the people of Kent, but shaped by of representatives from the county's public, private, voluntary and community sectors.

Vision for Kent 2012-2022 (PDF, 677k)

You can also read the Equality Impact Assessment of Vision for Kent 2012-2022 (PDF, 137k). 

Three big ambitions

Vision for Kent 2012-2022 is written around 3 big ambitions for Kent:

Grow the economy

This means supporting businesses to be successful, improving skills and career aspirations, providing apprenticeships and training opportunities, and improving Kent’s infrastructure to support business, such as good transport and high-speed broadband.

Tackle disadvantage

This means a good quality of life for everyone - helping unemployed people get back into work, encouraging Kent’s young people to make the most of opportunities to learn and prepare for their future, and providing choice and quality in health and social care and housing.

Put the citizen in control

This means involving people in making decisions, working with them to design services that meet their needs and suit them, and supporting Kent’s voluntary and community sector to do even more to improve the lives of people in Kent.

Find out more about the three ambitions on the Kent Forum website.

Developing Vision for Kent 2012-2022

From June to August 2011, a draft version of the new Vision for Kent was open for consultation. People and organisations across Kent were asked to tell us what they thought about the draft and to make sure that it reflects the priorities of the people of Kent. 793 people and organisations replied and many gave detailed responses. You can read more about the consultation responses in the Top Level Analysis of Responses (PDF, 181k).

Kent Forum has looked in detail at the responses to the consultation. Using this information, we have revised the draft to develop the final version of Vision for Kent 2012-2022.