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Our Delivery Plan
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Our Delivery Plan
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At Babergh and Mid Suffolk, we have been delivering services for our communities and districts since coming together in 2011, and before this, in total for 50 years since 1974.
In 2023 we had new political administrations, leading to our new strategic plans – 'Our Plan for Babergh' and the 'Mid Suffolk Plan'. We still deliver the services that local government are here to deliver, but this applied a new lens to our work and a new purpose that Our Delivery Plan sets out.
This plan also delivers against the Government's missions and Outcomes Framework, and takes us forward into Local Government Reorganisation in 2028. And whilst the councils may change structure, local government will continue to deliver the priorities and approaches our communities and places need to improve the quality of people's lives.
Our Delivery Plan
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1. Our Purpose
Stewardship and leadership of our places for now, and the future
2. Our Missions
Create and maintain thriving and resilient local communities
3. Our Foundations
Enabling us to be effective, efficient and well-run in achieving our purpose
4. Our Approach
Informed by how we want to operate and what we need to do
5. Our Service Planning
The golden thread running through the whole organisation
Our Purpose
Stewardship and leadership of our places for now, and the future
Stewardship
- Responsible management
- Entrusted
- Custodians for future generations
Leadership
- Guiding
- Inspiring and enabling
- Trusting and trusted
Our Places
- Our strategic approach
- Uniqueness
- Individual needs
Our Missions
Create and maintain thriving and resilient local communities
Our Foundations
Enabling us to be effective, efficient and well-run in achieving our purpose
To achieve our missions, we need strong foundations
Across the organisation, our leadership teams, delivery teams and back-office functions will all enable one another, and be enabled, by ensuring we have the right foundations.
Structure and Processes
Ensuring our own governance, accountability and assurance is in place, enabling the organisation to achieve what it needs to.
People and Culture
Making sure our employees can learn and grow, and are encouraged, energised and enabled to deliver our ambitions.
Data and Technology
Supporting our organisation to provide the right data, evidence and technology.
Our Approach
Informed by how we want to operate and what we need to do
Informed by wanting to…
Deliver quality, reliable council services
Ensure financial responsibility and viability
Put sustainability and social justice at the heart of everything we do
Work with residents and partners to nurture engaged and resilient communities
Our Service Planning
The golden thread running through the whole organisation
We will develop service plans plans up to 2028, coupled with a continuous improvement approach embedded across the organisation.
This will ensure that every person in the organisation, and our partners, can see how our Missions translate into actions taken at the individual level.
We will make the connection to Our Missions and Our Approach in our Service Plans and then onto personal objectives.
This will ensure a continued focus on our priorities and how we deliver them.
We will monitor our service plans on an ongoing basis.
This will enable us to track progress throughout the organisation as we work towards delivery of Our Missions over the next 5 years.