SWCouncils

About Us

South West Leaders brings together 20 local authority Leaders...

South West Councils brings local authorities together to ensure the best deal for their areas and works collaboratively to...

South West Employers (SWE) has extensive experience of providing both employment support and training opportunities for local government staff... 

South West Improvement & Efficiency Partnership (SW IEP) helps councils and their partners to deliver better services...

The South West Secretariat provides officer support for the four Member-led organisations above...

 
Members and Meetings
 

Our Work

Employment Services and Organisation Development
Recruitment, Learning and Development, Employment Services

Working for the South West 
Collaborative working for the region

Improvement and Efficiency 
Support for authorities and other public bodies delivered through four workstreams

Total Place
Building upon the strong partnership working in the region

Regional Policy and Strategy
More information about our key work areas
 

Corporate Documents

 

Annual Report

Current and previous Annual Reports can be downloaded here...

Business Plan

The Business Plan can be downloaded from this site or copies can be obtained from the Secretariat by email...

Casebook 

Examples of good practice in local government have been showcased in a series a publications produced by SW Councils called Casebooks ...

Complaints Procedure

The Secretariat has a complaints procedure, which can be downloaded from this site...

Constitutions

The constitutions can be downloaded from this site...

Declaration of Members Interests

A Member must register their financial and other interests in the Secretariat register. A copy of a template can be downloaded from this site...

Freedom of Information

The South West Resources and Management Committee, on behalf of the regional organisations, is committed to working in an appropriately open and transparent way...

Public Participation

Meetings of South West Councils are held twice a year and are open to members of the public.