Rushcliffe Borough Council is officially one of the top councils in the UK. The Council was rated as ‘Excellent' with a top score of 4 in the nationwide organisational assessment which was the major part of the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) in 2009. Rushcliffe was one of only four district councils to be given this top grading out of 236 councils nationally.

Leicestershire County Council's aim is to make Leicestershire the best place in which to live and work - by listening and acting on local people's views, leading partnership activity and delivering great public services that offer outstanding value for money.

Following Mansfield District Council’s Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) in 2003, Equality and Diversity was considered a key area for improvement and immediate action was taken to address this, incorporating equality targets into the Corporate Plan aiming towards achieving Level 4 by 2009. With this goal successfully achieved the Authority are now aiming for ‘Excellent’, against the revised Equality Framework.

The strategic alliance of High Peak Borough Council and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and the sharing of its services, including an Equality & Diversity Policy Officer, has already begun to generate savings and increase efficiency in just under a year.