Improving Lambeth
This section sets out the how we are approaching the task of radically improving the quality of life for people in Lambeth and the services they receive from the council.
Lambeth's vision
Our vision is to ensure that by 2020 "Lambeth is a diverse, dynamic and enterprising borough at the heart of central London"
Read more about out vision and outcomes in the Sustainable Community Strategy and how we plan to deliver in our Local Area Agreement 2008-2011.
The Lambeth Annual Report for 2007/08 outlines how the council performed and used its resources in the last financial year. It gives clear, honest and understandable information to residents, stakeholders and partners about every aspect of the council’s work.
Lambeth is committed to using best value as a tool for improving all our services focusing particularly on the key areas.
Each year the Audit Commission produces a national league table of council performance through the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA), measuring each council's ability to plan, manage and deliver core services and how well they offer value for money.
The Corporate Plan sets out the council’s plans for the next three years. It responds to the concerns of residents, the political priorities of our Labour administration and shows how the council is helping to deliver its part of the LAA and the Sustainable Community Strategy. In addition, it sets out the improvements we will make to how the council, as an organisation, is run.
Early in 2007 Lambeth launched its new Sustainability Charter which replaced the Environmental Charter (2001).
Lambeth Council is committed to enabling our communities to play an active role in designing and delivering services which support and contribute to our community.
Lambeth's LAA is linked to a borough's Sustainable Community Strategy, in that it sets out what we will be improving in the next three-years.
In order to manage performance to deliver improvement we need to know how we are doing. We measure our performance against nationally as well as locally determined indicators.
The Sustainable Community Strategy is the borough's 12 year long term strategy, which sets out how we will improve the quality of life for people who live, work and visit Lambeth. The strategy is delivered by Lambeth First (the borough's local strategic partnership) and the council is a key member of this partnership.