We have launched the unique ONE Leicester
25 year strategy to make Leicester Britain's sustainable city
Highcross Shopping centre opened in
September 2008 - the UK's most exciting new retail development, made possible by the
labour Group
The Queen opened the Curve - Britain's
bet new performing arts development
Our streets are cleaner with the Cleaner
City Cleansing Team made possible with £200,000 of new investmet
City Wardens now tackle anti-social
behaviour and contribute to our cleaner, safer seats
Community Meetings with usable budgets
give people a real say in their local community
Opening hours at Southfields and Belgrave
Libraries have been extended
New lighting has improved safety on
Victoria Park
Empty houses are being brought back into
use by two new empty homes officers
Fast food vans are banned from outside
schools
Brought in a targeted free pest control service in
parts of the city
Launched a consultation on the future of the
exchange shopping precint in Eyres Monsell
Spent 50,000 improving security at Saffron
Cemetary
Brought the Special Olympics to Leicester in 2009
- the only city to have hosted it twice
Launched a strategy to bring part of the 2012
Olympics to Leicester, and using Braunstone Leisure centre and Saffron Lane Athletics
Stadium as training grounds
Welcomed the Prime Minister to Leicester on 4
occasions
'Transforming Leicesters Schools' has invested
£millions in the future of our children and young people, and will invest £millions more
Allocated funding for improvements to the building
for Leicester Asian Youth Association
Major local improvements to pavements, verges and
footpaths across the city and delivering pedestrianisation to the city centre
A new cycle delivery service for Leicester Market
Doubled the number of Christmas trees in the City
Centre
Brought back the winter ice skating rink
New Christmas lights on Humberstone Gate
New Tenants And Leaseholderrs Forums give tenants
new opportunities to influence service improvements and have their say
We saved the Sharma Women's centre from Closure
with £30,000 extra funding
The new Leicester Compact is a landmark agreement
promoting joint working between the City Council and voluntary organisations
Leicester was the European City Of Sport UK in
2008 - a unique accolade in the UK which recognises our commitment to sport
There is more funding to sustain Leicesters
festivals and celebrations including Christmas and Diwali, and to provide new ones
Cossington Street Swimming Baths have been
re-opened after a programme of majoe improvements
The Prime Minister launched free bus passes for
the over 60s in Leicester
We opened a revamped St. Margaret's Bus Station
that gives real imprvements to passengers
We reinstated the statue of the seamstress outside
the City Rooms to celebrate part of Leicester's industrial heritage
We attracted the attenborough Collection od
Picasso ceramics to Leicester which brought a record 70,000 visitors to New Walk Museum
We have put £4 million towards care for the
elderly and vulnerable so that they can stay in their own homes
The ugly Haymarket bridge was a magnet for
Anti-social behaviour. We tore it down within weeks of coming back into power
The old city centre Post Office is now a
one-stop-shop for citizens to get advice, information and help
Work is nearing completion on our new £21.5
million Digital Media Centre with three cinema screens, exhibition space, flats and
workshops
Leading the biggest ever Football Foundation,
football facilities development project that brings new facilities to communities across
the city and is worth £10 million
