Tameside Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is one of ten authorities in Greater Manchester. Together they form the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

Our vision and priorities

Tameside council has a vision to create ‘A place where everyone can achieve their hopes and ambitions’.

To help us achieve this vision we have identified four key priorities part of our new 12-month Corporate Plan that we believe will make a difference to our residents’ lives.

The new Corporate Plan marks a year of transition as we work diligently to redevelop our 2025-2030 plan along with developing a Borough Plan, in collaboration with key partners.

 The corporate plan does not sit, or operate, in isolation. It nests within a wider regional and local framework. It has relevance to, and aligns with, regional work such as the Greater Manchester Strategy - Greater Manchester Strategy | Greater Manchester Strategy; the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership Strategy 2023-28ICP Strategy | Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership; and the Greater Manchester Standing Together Police and Crime Plan 2022-25 Standing Together Our plan for policing and safer and stronger communities in Greater Manchester 2024-2029 

Our Values

Our ‘STRIVE’ values are central to the council and underpin the way that we work, make decisions and do business. They are at the heart of everything we do as how we do things is just as important as what we do. They are embedded in our policies as well as the way in which we behave with colleagues, customers and partners. They enable transformational change, whilst driving continual improvement in delivering our priorities. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values.

Strive

Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.

Support
We work in a supportive environment and actively encourage supporting each other to bring about innovation, improvement and sustainability. Good health and wellbeing is important to all of us.

Trust
Trust is placed in us and we have trust in those that lead us. We feel empowered to support our residents and communities.

Respect
We relate to others in ways that we want others to understand and relate to us. The behaviour that we model sets what we expect.

Integrity
We conduct ourselves and the services we provide with honesty and fairness, modelling strong ethical and moral principles to ensure outcome driven results for our residents and communities.

Value Diversity
We are all recognised for our diversity, commitment, skills and achievements and will challenge inequalities.

Engage
We experience consistency in our everyday work by being involved, and having good quality and timely communication across the whole organisation. Our leaders are accessible and are open to discussions.

Our People

Our staff are the backbone of our organisation, bringing dedication, passion, and expertise to everything they do. They have our residents at the heart of everything and strive to be the difference in people’s lives. We deeply value their commitment and hard work, recognising that their well-being and growth are essential to our continued progress and the achievement of our priorities and ambitions. Together we are Team Tameside, and we are building a stronger, more resilient organisation that benefits everyone we serve.