Debate on the role of local government in reaching net zero, House of Commons, 5 June 2023
As place leaders, asset owners and significant purchasers, local leaders have the ability to impact on more than a third of emissions across villages, towns and cities.
Sexual health: How councils are driving innovation through partnership working
These case studies highlight the varied ways councils are working with trusted partners to help communities access sexual and reproductive health services.
Tackling the fragmentation of the sexual health system
In Derby and Derbyshire, local government, the NHS and voluntary sector organisations have set up a partnership to encourage innovation and new ways of working in sexual health. The approach is helping to tackle some of the problems caused by the fragmentation of the system.
Blackburn with Darwen People’s Jury on the Climate Change Crisis
Meeting over 30 hours between September and December 2022, the Jury heard from commentators on the causes and consequences of climate change and elected to hear more on education and communication, housing and transport.
Sustaining the smoking quit rate: the Essex Wellbeing Service
The Essex Wellbeing Service offers eight weeks of behavioural support in person, by video, or over the phone to any smoker over the age of 12 who lives in the county.
Local and regional action to tackle the harms of smoking in County Durham
Durham County Council and the Tobacco Control Alliance seek to support local smokers to quit while also promoting the conditions that incentivise quitting and prevent smoking uptake.
Tackling inequalities in Coventry by supporting smokers to quit
Since 2018, Coventry City Council has commissioned an integrated lifestyle service for adults offering support for smoking, weight management, physical inactivity and non-dependent alcohol misuse.
Camden and Islington aim to provide a high quality, accessible, evidence-based, outcome-focused and cost-effective stop smoking service to all smokers or tobacco users who live, work, study or have a GP in the two boroughs
