About Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire has a rich and varied culture.
700 years of legends about Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest. In the 17th century Newark in Nottinghamshire played an important role in the English Civil War.
In 1607 “The Pilgrim Fathers” left Bassetlaw, later leaving the UK on the “Mayflower” and forming the oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in the USA.
Our famous faces include literary greats such as Lord Byron, D. H. Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe to contemporary artists like Jake Bugg and Paul Smith.
Nottinghamshire has also been the home of great pioneers such as Salvation Army founder William Booth and Jesse Boot who established Boots the Chemist.
Bramley apples, Ibuprofen, the Raleigh Chopper bicycle and MRI scanning also all originated from the county of Nottinghamshire.
During the industrial revolution canals and railways came to the county, and the lace and cotton industries grew.
During the 19th century and for most of the 20th century collieries mining became an important economic sector.
Today, health and manufacturing are the largest industry sectors of employment in Nottinghamshire with major employers including Alliance Boots PLC, the NHS, Inland Revenue and ourselves.
Our service
We deliver a wide range of services to the people of Nottinghamshire, including education, social care, transport and roads, planning & environment, waste and recycling, economic development, registrations and more..
Our council serves a population of over 824,822 including nearly 200,000 children.
Our departments include Adult Social Care and Health, Children and Families, Chief Executive’s, and Place. Find out more about each department below.
We excel across the range of services we provide, ensuring we deliver high-quality front-line services. Where improvements are needed, we have comprehensive plans in place and continue to make significant progress. Like all Local Authorities, we have faced significant reductions in resources, along with increasing demand and costs, particularly for services to the most vulnerable in our communities. Despite these challenges, the Council has maintained financial stability through transformation and efficiency, a testament to our excellent workforce. We are building on this transformation to think and act more strategically within our local public service system, ensuring our financial sustainability is well-positioned for the future.
An in-sight into some of the groundbreaking work we are involved in:
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)’s groundbreaking Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) prototype fusion programme at the former coal-powered West Burton power station site marks a new era of technological advancement and economic growth for the region. This programme aspires to position the UK as a global leader in commercialising fusion energy, placing Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands at the heart of the clean energy revolution. The Council played a pivotal role, working closely with our partners, in securing STEP at West Burton. We continue to drive forward the delivery of wider economic benefits and foster partnerships and relationships to ensure the ongoing success of the regional collaboration around STEP.
STEP offers a transformational opportunity to build on our region’s strengths and proud heritage in energy production and advanced manufacturing. It positions the region at the forefront of the next major development in energy generation. The intention is for STEP to act as an anchor for the wider area and a cluster point for green industries, attracting major industry, innovative businesses, and world-leading research in fusion, clean energy, and related supply chains from around the world. North Nottinghamshire has significant potential, with its energy infrastructure of former coal-fired power stations, alongside other opportunities from the Government, such as the East Midlands Investment Zone, to become a national and international focal point for inward investment over the coming decades.
Further information on the STEP programme can be found here: STEP - One mission. One vision. One planet. (ukaea.uk)
Council Departments
Adult Social Care and Health
The department offers advice, information, care and support to meet the needs of older people and adults with physical disabilities, mental health needs and learning disabilities across the county.
View the Adult social care and health structure chart.
Children and Families
The Children and Families Department brings together a range of services for children, young people and their families. The department has a mix of directly delivered and commissioned services that are primarily designed around the needs of vulnerable children, families and communities.
View the Children and families structure chart.
Chief Executive's
The Chief Executive's department brings together the functions which support and enable services and activities across the County Council under the following key areas:
- Finance, Infrastructure and Improvement
- Public Service Reform
- Customer, Governance and Employees
View the Chief Executive's structure chart.
Place
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The Place Department brings together a range of services with an ambition to create places that meet the needs and aspirations of the people of Nottinghamshire. The department is made up of three divisions:
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Green Growth, Assets and Infrastructure Division which is responsible for a range of functions to help drive the growth and prosperity agenda including economic development, regeneration, land and assets, planning and development management.
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Communities and Place Division, responsible for helping to make Nottinghamshire a connected and sustainable place, with services including waste, environment, highways, and transport. The Division also currently includes voluntary and community sector support, cultural services, trading standards, emergency planning, community safety and birth, death and marriage registration.
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Public Health – we have recently realigned Public Health into our Place department to ensure a closer alignment with all communities with the intention of it becoming deeply aligned with our community and public protection functions. This will leverage a strengthened approach around early help and prevention ensuring the building blocks of good health and wellbeing are at the foundation of building community resilience and the work of the wider Council and its partners.
View the Place structure chart.
How we work
The way that the 'political machine' of the County Council works is similar to how Parliament works.
There are 66 elected Councillors (or Members) in the County Council and all elected Councillors sit in Full Council.
Councillors can be members of national parties, form local groups of Councillors or stand as non-aligned independent Councillors. The largest group forms the ruling group. The Council operates an Executive Leader and Cabinet model, which means that decisions are taken by the Cabinet and individually by Cabinet Members, as well as by authorised officers.
Find out more about how the Council works
Our values
As a Council, what we do is important, but equally important is how we do it. Our values and behaviours are created through our people, inspired by a common purpose of providing excellent public service to citizens of Nottinghamshire. Our values are at the heart of everything we do and ensure that we do the right things in the right way. We create and sustain our inclusive culture through our collaboratively developed Nottinghamshire Way
Our workforce tell us that they feel valued and they are proud to work for Nottinghamshire County Council. Our most recent engagement sessions heard the following from our workforce:
“Great working environment – positive, values based and inclusive”
“NCC has a great culture, it is a very supportive place to work”
“We genuinely care about our jobs”
“We want to be the best we can be”
“Proud of what we’ve achieved so far, that’s because of all of us”
It’s crucial to us to listen to and learn from our residents. The response rate to our 2023 annual budget survey was amongst the highest across Local Authorities who undertook similar budget engagement activities. Our residents share positive feedback about how they feel about Nottinghamshire and the Council. 69% of respondents to our 2023 annual budget survey were positive about their local area as a place to live. A further 43% were satisfied about the way the Council runs things. Our residents tell us that the top three services which benefit them the most are: community and public transport, environmental, and care and support for vulnerable adults and older people.
Employee Benefits
As an employer, we offer a wide range of flexible and family friendly employment initiatives and working arrangements to the majority of our employees. These are aimed at creating a positive working environment in which employees are able to work to their full potential and achieve a healthy work/life balance.
Discounts with local suppliers
Charitable giving through payroll
Local government pension scheme
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Nottinghamshire County Council is committed to promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing for all its employees.
The council has implemented several initiatives and has extensive programs to support staff, including an Employee Assistance Program, flexible working hours, coaching and mentoring, support for managers on managing team members with mental health and wellbeing issues and mental health first aid training.
The council’s values and employee benefits reflect this commitment to creating a positive work environment in which employees feel supported.
Our approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing is proactive, and we strive to be a leader in promoting wellness in the workplace.
