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Behaviour and Engagement

This section will highlight the importance of behaviour change and community engagement around sustainability.

Transport

This section covers how we can decarbonise transport, encourage active travel and implement more sustainability and resilience into our transport plans.

Biodiversity and Our Environment

This section covers how we can look after our natural environment, enhance biodiversity, reduce waste, and encourage a more sustainable method of land-use.

Energy and Housing

This section covers areas including planning, retrofit, sustainable and renewable energy, buildings, and construction.

Asking effective questions

Whatever your role in transformation, asking effective questions is a skillset that improves understanding, aids scrutiny and strengthens evidence-based decision making.

Smarter internal working

Smarter internal working means transformation through changing existing or creating new service delivery models, or making changes to the organisation structure, roles, processes or technology.

Resident transformation

Resident focused transformation is about delivering improved outcomes and benefits for residents, businesses and communities.

Councillor transformation toolkit

The councillor transformation toolkit has been designed to help councillors in their different roles supporting, enabling and scrutinising transformation.