Designed to bring 10 diverse contestants together, we encourage everyone from all backgrounds, council service areas, and experience to apply. It is not about your prior experience, but about your leadership potential.
Local government needs leaders who reflect and represent their local communities, as the best ideas are generated by a diverse set of people from different walks of life.
The programme consists of five challenges that take place over the duration of six months, commencing in January or February and rounding up in July and the LGA Annual Conference where the winner is announced.
Each year local authorities’ core funding allocations for the forthcoming financial year are announced by Government in the provisional local government finance settlement.
Altair provided strategic support to the council through the development of a business case for the council to help meet one of its key corporate objectives – to identify and deliver new affordable housing sites and improve housing for vulnerable people – through the direct delivery of new council homes on available council land and through pursuing section 106 opportunities.
The Housing LIN worked with Your Homes Newcastle to develop an evidence base in relation to the future requirements and expectations of older people for housing and support services.
