Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

Vale of White Horse District Council

The Council's vision, aims and priorities

In November 2005 the Council adopted an updated vision statement:

Our Vision and Aims

"Our Vision is to build and safeguard a fair, open and compassionate community."

The Vale of White Horse District Council aims to:

• Strengthen local democracy and public involvement through access to information, consultation, and devolution of power so that everyone can take part in our community and contribute to the decisions which affect our lives
• Create a safer community and improve the quality of life among Vale residents 
• Encourage a strong and sustainable economy which benefits all who live in, work in or visit the Vale
• Help disadvantaged groups and individuals within the Vale to realise their full potential
• Provide and support high quality public services which are effective, efficient and responsive to the needs of people within the Vale
• Protect and improve our built and natural environment.      

Our overall aspiration is to protect and enhance the sustainability of the Vale through the economic, environmental and social vitality of our towns and villages.

The Council’s priorities have been developed to meet the most pressing needs of the Vale. In the 2008/9 budget we have introduced a new priority to tackle climate change. This will ensure that the Council plays its part in reducing greenhouse gases and preparing the Vale to meet the impacts of climate change such as the floods which so badly affected parts of the Vale in July 2007.

We are committed as an organisation to devoting extra focus and resources for the next four years towards our Corporate Priorities, which are:

• Facilitating the provision of affordable housing
• Creating a cleaner, greener, safer and healthier community and environment
• Improving and modernising access to our services
• Rising to the challenge of climate change

We have one further Corporate Priority which covers the way the Council is run to improve our efficiency and strengthen our capacity to deliver services, which is:

• Building our capacity through managerial and organisational development.