Case studies

A dedicated Adult Social Care project team was created to manage Suffolk County Council's involvement in the Care Quality Commission (CQC) pilot, and communications was a key part of the project from the very beginning.

Bristol City Council worked closely with local third sector organisations and residents in deprived areas to revolutionise the way funding for local groups was awarded.

'We Are Staffordshire’ was built on a mission to ignite a collective pride in Staffordshire’s people and for that pride to put the county on the map as THE place to live, work, visit and study. Louisa Shaw, Place Brand Manager, provides further insight.

This case study describes how we provided support to Ashfield District Council to develop a place narrative with the community at its heart.

‘Be Bold, Be Birmingham’ was the memorable strapline that Birmingham City Council developed to promote its ‘2022 Commonwealth Games Proud Host City’ narrative. This case study explores how the council worked with this theme to promote civic pride and engage with all communities across the city.

In our webinar ‘Climate change: what next for local authorities?’, Manchester City Council set out the communications work it is undertaking to help make Manchester a zero carbon city by 2038.

Holly Garner and Parveen Devi, communications officers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, share their innovative approach to getting people back to the high street, and boosting the local economy, as part of the post-pandemic recovery.

Not sounding like a council, and user-generated content, were the hallmarks of this successful campaign. Louisa Dean, head of communications at the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, explains how the council encouraged people to return to local high streets and attractions to support the post-pandemic economy.

On Wednesday 10th February, Hertfordshire County Council and other local agencies completed their ‘surge testing’ pilot in the EN10 area of Broxbourne for the new South African variant of COVID-19.

The North of Tyne Combined Authority detail how they helped create opportunities for Mayor Jamie Driscoll to directly engage with his constituents.