Case studies

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.

If you have a case study you'd like to share here, please get in touch. Please use our case study template when submitting a case study.
Filter by topics
Filter by support type
Your search returned 619 results

West Yorkshire: Reducing risk of suicide in the Gypsy and Traveller community

West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership is working to ensure that people who have been affected by suicide can help to shape the training, support and resources on offer. One project has been looking to reduce the risk of suicide within West Yorkshire’s Gypsy and Traveller community.

View allMental health articles

Buckinghamshire: Creating smokefree sidelines and parks

Buckinghamshire Council launched Smokefree Sidelines in 2022. The campaign encourages local football clubs to not allow smoking or vaping at youth matches.

View allPublic health articles

Newham: Targeting manual workers and people with long-term conditions

Quit Well Newham was launched in January 2021. It provides quit aids such as nicotine replacement therapy and e-cigarettes alongside expert support from a stop smoking adviser

View allPublic health articles

North East Lincolnshire: Equipping children with the skills to say no

The INTENT programme was developed by team of psychologists at the University of Leeds and its use is now being supported by the social enterprise Evidence to Impact.

View allPublic health articles

Oxfordshire: De-normalising smoking through partnership work

The community fund, with grants of up to £1,000 at a time, is available for partners who want to run smokefree events and initiatives. 

View allPublic health articles

Southampton: Embedding stop smoking expertise across services

Residents in Southampton who want to quit smoking and need help can access national NHS materials and an eight-week package of help via many pharmacies or their GP practice if they need it.

View allPublic health articles

Suffolk’s communications response to CQC pilot

Matt Woor was Suffolk County Council’s Communications Lead for Adult Social Care when they volunteered to be part of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) pilot.

View allAdult social care articles

Discharge planning

How 'S', an autistic man living in Cornwall was discharged from hospital and supported to live an independent life.

Lincolnshire: Let’s embrace the ratings system

Lincolnshire County Council was the first council to go through a pilot CQC assessment. The council's Executive Director for Adult Care and Community Wellbeing Glen Garrod said he was motivated to put Lincolnshire forward because he believes it is time for social care departments to open themselves up to a system of inspection with ratings.

Nottingham City Council: Create the right environment and support staff

Following a non-statutory review, Nottingham City Council has embarked on significant improvement and transformation plans, with the appointment of an improvement and assurance board, but Director of Adult Health and Social Care Sara Storey still wanted to be part of the CQC pilot.