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Restore active travel funding for councils

Sexual health services at risk of breaking point

2023 Local Government Apprentice of the Year announced

Tree Canopy Cover Survey and Planting Strategy

Babergh and Mid Suffolk used the National Tree Map to establish tree canopy cover across both predominantly rural districts, allowing them to understand tree cover to ward level and spatially, along with the value of benefits trees provide us with.

Restore active travel funding for councils – LGA on NAO report into Active Travel England

It is disappointing that councils have seen an unexpected £200 million cut to their budgets for active travel projects

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Inclusive entry-level positions

Barnsley Council’s ‘inclusive offer’ creates opportunities for young people who need extra support to benefit from work.

Adult social care assurance: the return of regulation and the role of elected members, 6 June 2023

Presentations from this event are available here.

Sexual health services at risk of breaking point: LGA responds to UKHSA statistics on new STI diagnoses

These new statistics continue to show that local council-commissioned sexual health services are at risk of breaking point, with rising demand coming at the same time as real terms cuts to funding

Population Intervention Triangle toolkit

Place based approaches for addressing health inequalities, material developed by the LGA and Public Health England.

Technical Briefing 3: Developing Effective Partnerships and Engagement with Residents and Community Groups

This third Technical Briefing outline ways of engaging with residents and the wider community to further green ambitions.

Low Carbon Affordable Housing Development Framework Assessment Tool: Mid Devon District Council

Assessing the carbon impacts of development proposals and identifying the most cost effective methods of achieving higher performance standards.

Service continuity and Care Market Review

You can read the letter from DHSC to DASSs outlining the Service Continuity and Care Market Review from Tom Surrey, Director of Quality, Adult

Markets and modelling project

Phase 1 of this commissioning and market shaping work covers current care market analysis. Phase 2 covers predictive modelling.

During phase 1, PCH

Market sustainability and contingency planning

The following resources help commissioners think about how to support their local markets become more sustainable, as well listing resources that can

Market shaping and viability support programme

This is centred around a series of events with speakers from councils, care providers and other partners who will share their knowledge and expertise

Costing care

Working with care providers to understand costs

This CIPFA guidance aims to enable and equip commissioners with the knowledge and skills to support

Cost of care

In the lead up to the cost of care exercises being submitted by 14 October 2022, we have been providing a wide-ranging programme of support to

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