Current plans

Our Fife

Current plans

Our current ambitions

In 2017 we set out our ten-year ambitions for bringing about change in Fife.
These are still our long-term ambitions.

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Opportunities for all

  • Fife has lower levels of poverty in line with national targets
  • Educational attainment continues to improve for all groups
  • Fife has reduced levels of preventable ill health and premature mortality across all communities

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Thriving places

  • Everyone has access to affordable housing options
  • Fife’s main town centres stand out as attractive places to live, work and visit
  • All our communities benefit from low levels of crime and anti-social behaviour
  • Every community has access to high quality outdoor, cultural and leisure opportunities

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Inclusive Growth and Jobs

  • Economic activity and employment in Fife is improving faster than in the rest of Scotland
  • Economic activity and employment in mid-Fife is catching up with the rest of Fife and Scotland
  • Fife has year on year increases in visitor numbers and tourism spend

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Community-led services

  • Our public services are more joined up and acting ‘one step sooner'
  • Fife’s communities and individuals are more involved in local decision making and in helping to plan and deliver local services

Our current focus

In 2012 we carried out a three-year review of the Plan for Fife, combined with our experience from the Covid-19 pandemic.
We sharpened our focus on the priorities for recovery and renewal.

We reviewed the position again and decided to retain those focussed commitments for 2024-2027. The pandemic has passed, but its legacy, and the increasing cost of living, are part of everyday life.

The latest Strategic Assessment shows that Fife continues to face persistent issues which are causing social, economic and environmental harm to people and communities.



Our community planning journey so far

  • 2014

    What is fairness?

    Fairer Fife Commission established to: "Take a strategic overview of the scale, scope and nature of poverty in Fife and the effectiveness of activity currently undertaken to address such poverty."

  • 2015

    Fairness Matters

    The Commission's report "Fairness Matters" was published on November 30, 2015 listing over 40 recommendations to deliver a "significantly fairer Fife by 2030.

  • 2017

    Plan for Fife 2017-27

    For the first time in Fife there’s one Plan for the future of public services – setting out our ten-year ambitions for bringing about change in Fife.

  • 2021

    Recovery and Renewal

    We carried out a three-year review of the Plan for Fife, combined with our experience from the Covid-19 pandemic. We sharpened our focus on the priorities for recovery and renewal.

  • 2022

    Leadership Summits

    A series of focused conversations on public service redesign involving 100 leaders across the Fife Partnership.

  • 2024

    2024-27 update

    We reviewed the position again and decided to retain those focussed commitments for 2024-2027. The pandemic has passed, but its legacy, and the increasing cost of living, are part of everyday life.

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