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‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’ progress assessment: a transparent and joined-up system

In summer 2023, the Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel set up three sub-groups to focus on prevention, led by the Local Government Association and St Basils; recovery and intervention, led by Housing Justice and Thames Reach; and transparent and joined-up systems, led by the Centre for Homelessness Impact and London Councils.

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Youth justice resource pack

Councils are responsible for the safety and wellbeing of all young people in their areas. When it comes to youth justice, that responsibility means working with young people to prevent them from coming into the youth justice system in the first place, and supporting those who do to make sure it doesn’t define them, and they still have good life chances.

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Your first ten days as a portfolio holder for children's services

This guide is intended to help provide some structure to your first few days in office, and to cut through some of the initial ‘noise’, so that you can focus on what’s important straight away, and what you need to be thinking about going forward. 

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Working with schools to improve the health of school-aged children

While the health of older people gets lots of attention in the debate about the future of the NHS and the ageing population, there has been a host of warnings about the state of children’s health too.

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Working with faith groups to promote health and wellbeing

There is a growing body of research which shows how faith groups can have a positive impact on both the health of their members and wider communities.

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Working with business to improve the health of our communities: case studies

This resource describes how public health in a number of councils has started to use the opportunities of a local government setting to improve health and wellbeing.

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Working to support positive parenting and relationships. What can councils do?

A set of case studies showing how councils can support positive parenting and relationships.

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Working in partnership

Working in partnership: creating an effective rough sleeper strategy

On 19 May over 30 councils attended a morning roundtable to discuss their priorities for the new rough sleeping strategy, due to be released later in the year. The roundtable was broken up into three workshops to look at what central government, local government and the third sector can do to help end rough sleeping.

Working in partnership. How councils can work with the voluntary sector to increase civic participation.

Working in partnership – how councils can work with the voluntary and community sector to increase civic participation

Local democracy is strongest when there are high levels of civic representation, where citizens voices are heard and taken into account in local decision-making.

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Workforce Support impact survey 2018-19 COVER

Workforce Support impact survey 2018-19

This report considers the impact of the LGA’s Workforce Support programme.

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Make It Local

To deliver priorities for the public the Government needs to #MakeItLocal

Make It Local

By the start of 2025, we will have had a general election. This is a moment of opportunity.

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