About the Council
Our history is one of amazing delivery, renewal and regeneration: building social housing that set the bar in post-war Britain and maintaining one of the largest council housing stocks in the country; standing alongside and supporting our communities through seismic industrial and economic change; reimagining our city centre; working in partnership through the Covid pandemic; and supporting our diverse communities as a City of Sanctuary.
The people of Sheffield have created a powerful vision for the future – anchored in the Sheffield City Goals. The goals lay out six stories we want to be able to tell in 2035 that describe the city we aspire to be. They represent what we are working towards and the values we hold dear.
To deliver on the City Goals, the Council will need to do things differently. Future Sheffield is the Council’s transformation programme for becoming the council we want to be – better engaged with communities, focused on enabling residents and supporting local businesses, using technology to work smarter and working better with partners to leverage the wider capacity of the city around our shared goals.
We are already changing the way the council works: we have a Council Plan; a set of organisational values that resonate with our staff; and a recently agreed community strategy. We are starting to use technology to deliver services in more efficient ways; and we have been at the forefront of public sector reform, with the Sheffield Policy Campus being chosen to lead on the government’s Opportunity Mission. But this is just the start of the journey – and we need to build on these foundations to put Sheffield back on the map as one of leading councils and cities in the UK.
Our values
Our values have been developed by employees, for employees. They guide how we do things each day, irrespective of our role or location, helping to make our organisation a positive and productive place to work.
- People are at the heart of what we do
- We respect and support people
- We listen to people to understand what matters to them
- We treat people as individuals and value diversity
- We promote equality and challenge discrimination
- Openness and honesty are important to us
- Together we get things done
- Openness and honesty are important to us
- We communicate in a clear timely and effective way
- We create an environment where people can speak up
- We discuss challenges and work together to address them
- We explain what we can and can't do
- We share information and learning
- Together we get things done
- We all work to achieve the Council's priorities
- We actively include diverse views to guide our work
- We are adaptable and productive
- We improve what we do for the people we work for and with
- We take pride in doing our work well
Our strategic outcomes
These five outcomes are the structure for the Council’s priorities, for the money we spend and our performance framework so that we can be held to account for delivering for the city.
Further links
Sheffield City Goals Council Plan 2024-28 People Strategy 2025-28 Sheffield Growth Plan 2025-35
Future Sheffield Progress and Next Steps Fair and Healthy Sheffield Plan City Centre Strategic Vision Communities Strategy 2025–35