Our Policies for Wellbeing and Quality of Life
Improving quality of life and wellbeing for all
The North Northamptonshire Liberal Democrats are committed to improving the wellbeing of all residents by championing inclusive, community-driven services that meet people where they are. Their priorities include strengthening youth support through expanded detached youth work, enhancing SEND provision, and ensuring every secondary school pupil has access to mental health practitioners. They will protect vital community assets like libraries, bolster educational retention in secondary and further education, and improve financial resilience through a stronger Council Tax Support safety net and Discretionary Fund. By encouraging the Children’s Trust to recruit more foster and adoptive carers locally, they aim to keep care provision within the county.
The North Northamptonshire Liberal Democrats also advocate for devolving powers and budgets to Parish and Town Councils, improving public consultation, and targeting public health spending where it delivers the greatest impact. They will work with partners to expand adult learning, restore essential bus services in underserved areas, and support the growth of social enterprises that directly enhance local wellbeing. Where services fall outside the council’s remit, they will lead and influence to ensure better provision for all.
Improve quality of life and wellbeing for local families and children
1) Further develop a youth service with an emphasis on detached youth work
2) Expand and improve the council's SEND service
3) Support and expand a service making a mental health practitioner available to pupils at all secondary schools
4) Support and maintain the council's library service
5) Improve the Local Council Tax Support safety net and the Discretionary Fund
6) Help support users of secondary and further education to remain in school or college
7) Encourage the Children's Trust to recruit more adoption and foster carers and bring provisions within county
Improve quality of life and wellbeing for local people
Delegate functions and budgets to Parish and Town councils where they agree to do so.
Improve the ways the council consults with local people
Target discretionary public health spending where it is most needed and can produce the best results.
Work with the sector to expand Adult Learning services
Help restore a bus service across North Northants in places where no scheduled services exist
Help enable the establishment of social enterprises which directly improve the wellbeing of local people
Help lead and influence better provision of local services the council is not directly responsible for providing
