Warrington Borough Council's vision is:

 "Putting the people of Warrington first – enabling them to thrive now and in the future"

To enable us to deliver on this vision we will make best use of the resources and assets available to us and our local communities to improve the quality of life for the people of Warrington.

Our values:

Closing the gap

• We have committed to closing the inequalities gap that exists within Warrington between the most deprived communities and other areas.
• We recognise that some areas and some individuals and families need more help than others
• We advocate that in tackling this we put the resident at the heart of the decision making process; and to work with partners to redesign services to ensure they are comprehensive and understand and respond to their needs
• We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and respect for the diversity of everyone: in relation to the services we provide, our employment practices and the arrangements we enter into with our partners

Making the council more open and transparent

• Being more proactive in telling you what’s going on in your area
• Making the council more open and accessible
• Make councillors more accountable to the people of Warrington all year round
• Learning from complaints, compliments and feedback
• Giving the people of Warrington more say about services and spend; and greater opportunity to influence council plans, policies and decisions
• Encouraging local businesses, smaller enterprises and the third sector to engage with us and compete for council contracts
• Supporting people and communities to become more actively involved in the work of the council

Living within our means

• providing value for money and business like services
• setting sustainable budgets
• making tough but necessary decisions
• spending money where need is the greatest; improving outcomes for the most vulnerable
• working with partners to understand the total cost of the services we provide to the people and communities of Warrington and reviewing the way we work to improve outcomes and deliver efficiencies
• actively pursuing opportunities to work with partners, existing and new, to deliver the most cost effective, value for money, quality services; and where we cannot do so to look to alternative means of service provision

You can read more in the Council_stratgey_2012-15_(4).pdf