The Long Term Plan for Towns is a central government initiative that commits up to £20milliion for investment in Grimsby over the next 10 years. 

On or before 1st August 2024 North East Lincolnshire Council will submit a 10 year vision and 3 year investment plan to the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities setting out how this money will be used in Grimsby.

Our Future is working to:

• engage citizens across Grimsby in developing the vision so that it reflects the dreams and ambitions of a broad group
• source ideas from people across the town around how to deliver that vision in ten years
• prioritise where this money can make a real difference in building the future people want for Grimsby and recognise that it isn’t the whole answer
• explore how we can “grow the pie” and make the DLUHC money go further by bringing in other funding alongside, developing / supporting sustainable models and bring in funding to fund initiatives outside the DLUHC scope or geographic boundary.

We expect that the visioning and co-design hackathon will result in a long list of ideas for investment in the town. 

DLUHC has some priority areas that this must align with. For all ideas that meet this threshold we will then apply 7 tests to help us identify a short list of priorities to recommend to the Towns Board and North East Lincolnshire Council for inclusion in the plan. These tests are:

• Is it aligned to the 10 year vision created by people of Grimsby?
• Is it focused on the long term?
• Is there a logic model, other exemplars or evidence that it will be effective?
• Will it positively impact the town centre?
• Will it harness the opportunities already being created in the town? 
• Will it leverage funding into Grimsby?
• Will it build on the entrepreneurial energy of people in Grimsby? 

We are using Pol.is a digital tool that can help large groups of people find areas where they agree. It does this by identifying where people vote in similar ways and where they tend to vote differently. Pol.is is technically something called a ‘Wikisurvey’. This means people who take part can vote on ideas shared by others, including the organisers, and more importantly, add their own ideas too. 

Our Future took the original statements from visioning exercises and conversations we have had over the previous 2 years. We also took comments directly from previous consultation responses to NE Lincs Council. We worked to represent the broad range of ideas that have emerged to start the conversation. However, the ultimate direction and the majority of statements will be created by people across Grimsby.

Statements will be shown to you in a ‘semi-random’ order. This means you could be shown any statement, but Pol.is will try to show you newer ones or those that need more votes first so that all statements get to be voted on. If you would like to learn more please see more information for Pol.is algorithms.

The first people to log on will only see starting statements. As the days pass, you’ll be able to see statements that your fellow Grimsbarians have shared alongside the statements originally posted by the organisers. This means, if you come back a few days later, you’ll likely see new comments that you can vote on. 

It is possible for you to vote on every statement if you wish and we actively encourage you to vote on as many ideas as you can! The more you can vote on, the better the final outcomes will be.