Case studies

Innovation in local government is about improving the lives of the people in our communities. Browse through our case studies to see the many innovative programmes councils are involved in.

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Westminster City Council - social media case studies

Westminster City Council won the comms2point0 UnAward for 'Best low cost/free communications campaign' for: Cementing Westminster as the nation's wedding and civil partnerships capital.

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Case Study - Tackling Child sexual exploitation

Tackling Child sexual exploitation.

A collaborative approach to Helping Older People Remain Independent in their Homes.

A collaborative approach to Helping Older People Remain Independent in their Homes.

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More fences mean fewer ambulances

How your communities are the answer to your budget problem.

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CSE toolkit - Additional case study material: Tackling child sexual exploitation

Case studies range from multi-agency approaches, regional initiatives, awareness raising campaigns and comprehensive service reviews.

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Applying Behavioural Insights

         

Essex County Council – Thurrock Council and Southend Councils - #TogetherWeCan domestic abuse campaign – Bronze award winner – public sector communications academy 2016

Despite domestic abuse being a national issue that affects huge numbers of people, it's a problem that's often hidden and that people can find extremely difficult to talk about. This can mean that victims, or people at risk of abuse don't always know where to find information that can directly help them.

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Building an active and engaged subscriber base

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council's communications team reviewed existing data across different council departments to grow its subscriber base to over 75,000 residents.

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Health - Establishing health and wellbeing boards case studies - Walsall

In 2012, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, through its Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB), created a short development programme. It was intended to bring a greater focus and coherence to the work being undertaken across the borough to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. The programme was designed to:

Health - Establishing health and wellbeing boards case studies - County Durham

The council and partners in Durham took an inclusive approach by ensuring that the main NHS providers were included in the decision-making process in order to drive improvements in health and wellbeing and to add value to the current way of working and to ensure a more coordinated patient pathway.