Local Government Association

We are the national voice of local government, working with councils to support, promote and improve

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LGA corporate environmental policy

As the voice of local government, the LGA aims to lead by example. This policy sets out our commitment to tackling the climate and ecological emergency and the steps we will take in order to achieve this.

Challenge 3: Wiltshire Council

In March the LG Challenge 2024 cohort headed to the South West to tackle their third challenge, hosted by Wiltshire Council.

Financial resilience in children’s services

Alongside the wider LGA corporate finance offer, we have a specific offer to help local authorities to better understand the use of resources and capacity across children’s services and the impact of this on budgets.

Cyber security and resilience blueprint series

The LGA is developing a series of blueprints to support councils review and establish their strategic and operational approach to managing their cyber defences and bolstering their resilience plans in the event of a cyber-attack.

A stronger place

‘Place-branding’, ‘place-building’, ‘place-leadership’, ‘place-based approaches’. These are terms you will probably have heard before, and will certainly hear again. The terminology crops up so often because within it lies the potential to achieve the goals that public service drives towards.

Go digital

Digital can reach a far greater audience. Social media is great way of gauging people’s views, responding to enquiries and letting your community know what you are up to.

Beyond the usual suspects

Done badly, consultation and engagement can fall into the trap of disproportionately involving those who are keenly motivated or find it easy to engage.

Understand your local area

The role of representing or serving a group of several thousand local people is complex because of the patterns of change in social and political life in recent decades.

You're not alone

As this refresh and previous versions of New Conversations guides show, the context within which local authorities have to carry out community engagement is always changing. As such, we want to see this as a dynamic and evolving guide to make sure you are supported to meet the needs of your communities.

Building stronger communities

As well as direct relationships between councils and the community, high levels of trust can also benefit relations between different groups within the community.

Reaching out

When engaging the public, local authorities want to hear from residents who reflect the full perspectives, knowledge and identities of their communities.