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Principles met

  • Co-production

    We will develop systems that enable citizens to be equal partners in designing and commissioning public services and in determining the use of public resources.

  • Community leadership and a new role for councillors

    We will explore ways for councils to act as a platform for helping the community to contribute to local outcomes, and to re-think the role of councillors as community connectors, brokers and leaders.

  • Innovation

    We will embrace innovation in how we work with local communities to drive positive change.

  • Learning

    We will capture and ‘expand’ the experience and learning from individual projects and approaches in order to encourage broader application of co-operative principles within individual member Councils and across the Network.

  • New models of meeting priority needs

    In exploring new ways of meeting the priority needs of our communities we will encourage models, such as co-operatives and mutuals, which give greater influence and voice to staff and users. in designing and commissioning public services and in determining the use of public resources.

Following recent challenges, the Council began rebuilding, with changes to senior leadership and the appointment of a new Executive Leader and Cabinet, offering an opportunity to fundamentally reset our relationship with residents, rethink our neighbourhood working arrangements, and set a strategic direction for growth across Tameside.

A new way of working and a new way forward

Tameside Council is an ambitious organisation, and as we emerge from austerity, we are committed to using our resources to promote inclusive economic growth, regenerate town centres, and empower communities to contribute meaningfully to decision-making that impacts them. These ambitions have resulted in three clear objectives:

– Rebuild our relationship with residents to foster trust and enable meaningful collaboration.

– Redesign our Neighbourhood Forums into effective and empowered committees that encourage residents to participate.

– Establish a long-term vision for Tameside’s future through a partnership-led Borough Strategy.

It was clear to all of us that we couldn’t achieve any one of these objectives without achieving all three, presenting a unique opportunity to do things differently and cooperate with our residents in their communities to help them shape the future of their towns.

To this end, and driven by the Council’s new political leadership, we created Cabinet in the Community, a series of open and honest Member-led conversations in each of the borough’s nine towns, where the whole Cabinet made themselves available to discuss issues and answer questions.

Town events with public and members

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