Case studies

This has been inspiring communities and encouraging people to take responsibility for their environment since 2012. Residents and local businesses are responsible for the care and maintenance of the gardens created, resulting in a 43%  reduction in the number of cleansing requests received for fly-tipping, graffiti, fly-posting and dirty streets. 

Nottingham City Council have undertaken a survey of the vacancies in the city centre to support its economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and to develop a long-term vision to diversify its offer to attract more people to live, work and visit the city. The report has highlighted new options that can fill these vacancies to reflect a more diverse city centre. These include creating a night-time economy, as well as new leisure activities whilst increasing the public realm space in the city centre and aligning it to its new vision for its Broadmarsh centre.

It provides a range of community services with the aim of engaging people in active lifestyles. The trust has been remodelled in recent years, with a shift to co-production and a new outcomes-based agreement.

Active Herts is a research led and independently evaluated project which uses evidence-based behaviour change techniques to support inactive adults to increase their physical activity levels.

The project context The Active Family Challenge was set up to encourage children away from the TV and computer and increase their physical activity levels. It was also designed to provide research for Bristol City Council into gaps in services. It aimed to find out whether focusing on the whole family would increase activity.

ACT emphasise the importance of having trusted people, including local councillors, for residents to speak to.

Blackpool has developed fully integrated online processes for its high-volume waste management transactions, including bulky waste collection requests, missed bin reports and fly-tipping notifications.

In Greater Manchester, we have set a challenging target of a carbon neutral city-region no later than 2038. Urgent action is needed to put us on a pathway towards achieving this goal which must include tackling the residential component of carbon emissions.

Find out how South Kesteven District Council are using design skills to tackle the housing issue in their area – link to case study and videos.

South Kesteven District Council’s mental health and wellbeing cross party working group worked in collaboration with health partners, a mental health charity and a community arts provider to investigate whether a local information resource would be useful to help reduce isolation and loneliness post Covid.