We work to achieve sustainable growth, and to develop safe and prosperous communities that meet the diverse needs of everyone who lives and works here.
We will achieve this by putting Government policy into practice at local level, implementing key programmes and initiatives in partnership with regional and local organisations and by providing feedback to central Government to inform future policy.
Values
In all our dealings with partners, stakeholders and our own staff, we will:
Deliver on our objectives and responsibilities by:
- Understanding the needs of our stakeholders and partners
- Concentrating on clear priorities
- Being impartial and acting with integrity
Learn, develop and innovate by:
- Encouraging creativity and change and finding new and better ways of doing things
- Encouraging everyone to maximise their potential though learning, experience and constructive feedback
- Celebrating success
- Tackling weakness
- Using professional and specialist expertise
- Learning from what works best
- Monitoring our own performance, evaluating and improving
Being responsible for our own decisions:
- Taking measured risks
- Being honest when we have got things wrong
- Learning from mistakes, not condemning them
Value people by:
- Trusting and respecting all the people we work with
- Being visible and ready to talk
- Seeking and valuing opinions and suggestions
- Welcoming the opportunity to work with people of all ages and backgrounds and treating them equally
- Encouraging an effective work-life balance.
More information on the aims and objectives of Government Office for the South West is set out in our Business Plan.
