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Innovation in local government is about improving the lives of the people in our communities. Browse through our case studies to see the many innovative programmes councils are involved in.

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New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership – ‘Culture Drives Growth’ strategy

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is supporting sector leadership and employing innovative approaches to support local economic growth through its creative and cultural sector strengths. This case study forms part of the Value of culture - regeneration section of our online Culture Hub.

New Beginnings - Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

New Beginnings is an LGBT youth group which caters for 11 to 19 year olds. It launched five years ago to provide a safe space for young people to socialise and learn life skills, as there is little support for this group within other everyday environments.

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New Charter Group: Accommodation for offenders

New Charter Group in Tameside supports high-risk offenders in finding stable accommodation to break the cycles which underpin offending.

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New Forest District Council: providing affordable housing through a core strategy

The Council recognises that there is a very high need for affordable housing in the Plan Area.

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New models of service delivery and creative councils

A key objective of the LGA's 'Rewiring Public Services' campaign is to transform public services so that they prevent problems instead of just picking up the pieces.

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Newark and Sherwood District Council - Appraisal for development of temporary accommodation

In early 2019, the Local Government Association commissioned Neil Morland & Co Housing Consultants to work with Newark and Sherwood District Council to complete an appraisal for the development of temporary accommodation on an existing site, Seven Hills in Newark.

Newcastle City Council Agile project management

Newcastle faces a tough financial future. In order to meet its targets for reducing costs, the council recognised that it had to deliver solutions that would promote greater customer self-service, enable its workforce to operate more effectively, and promote closer collaboration with partners and community groups.

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Newcastle City Council: a working city; tackling inequalities; decent neighbourhoods

Newcastle operates a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach in which health and wellbeing is embedded across the council.

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Newcastle Gateshead CCG: trusted assessment

The approach to implementing trusted assessment involved identifying the best team to develop trusted assessment – using an interface team of nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist and social worker. The approach to implementing trusted assessment involved:

Newcastle Gateshead: testing new models to improve transfers of care

For Newcastle Gateshead CCG, one of the very best things occurring as a result of being part of the NHS England New Care Models programme has been the opportunity to test and evaluate new models. This example of how local areas are working to implement overall system change forms part of our managing transfers of care resource.