Our Purpose and Values
Our purpose is to strengthen local government so communities thrive. Our vision is to champion and be the voice of local government, ensuring it has the resources, powers and support to deliver the best possible outcomes.
Our strategic goals
Goal 1: To champion and represent local government
We will promote local government as a vital force for national and regional progress, securing its rightful role in shaping decisions, policies, and resources that affect communities.
Goal 2: To continually improve local government
We will build strong partnerships and networks to provide support, helping local authorities improve through a peer-based, sector-led approach.
Goal 3: To inspire and promote innovation in local government
We will celebrate and accelerate the development and adaptation of new ideas that help local government continue to lead the way in public service excellence.
Goal 4: To maintain a strong and sustainable Local Government Association
We will continue to be a strong, member-led organisation that delivers value by remaining financially resilient, people-focused, and innovative.
Our values
Collaboration
We value collaboration, to pursue shared goals by encouraging and utilising diverse perspectives and working with internal and external colleagues across the organisation.
- Trust –We build and maintain trust and develop relationships to achieve our goals.
- Share –We communicate clearly and share knowledge to support each other’s success and enhance collaboration.
- Co-create –We design, build or test solutions together including partners and those with lived experience, making best use of our diverse talents to achieve our goals.
Inclusion
We value inclusion, where everyone feels valued, understood, and supported to contribute meaningfully.
- Dignity –We treat every person with inherent worth, ensuring they feel valued, supported to contribute and recognised for who they are, regardless of their role or background.
- Empathy –We seek to understand the perspectives and experiences of others, deepening our connections to lived experience.
- Compassion –We translate empathy into action, responding with fairness and care to ensure our decisions reflect diverse experiences.
Ambition
We value ambition, reflecting our desire to achieve best possible outcomes for local government, communities, and individuals.
- Commit – We align our effort to achieve our organisational goals, delivering consistently high performance by making best use of our resources, skills, capacity and capabilities.
- Improve –We continuously learn, adapt and enhance the quality and impact of our work to deliver measurable improvement for members and their communities.
- Innovate – We explore bold and creative ideas, challenge norms and scale solutions that drive meaningful change.
Respect
We value respect, to ensure fairness, recognition, and shared accountability.
- Celebrate – We actively recognise each other’s strengths and achievements, making time to acknowledge high standards and the impact of our work. We praise and reward the positive impact we make.
- Listen – We listen with curiosity, not judgement, embracing different experiences and circumstances then use evidence to respond accordingly.
- Accountable – We hold ourselves, and each other, to account to deliver high performance. We seek and offer meaningful, constructive feedback, learning as we go. We challenge poor performance and behaviour.