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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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#Response: Bradford Council’s cultural response to Coronavirus

This is a story of how the Bradford Council thought innovatively to support businesses, culture and communities throughout the pandemic.

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A Necklace of Stars in Derbyshire

A Necklace of Stars celebrates childhood and the night sky in words, song and stitches.

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A Wellbeing Map for Bourne, Lincolnshire

South Kesteven District Council’s mental health and wellbeing cross party working group worked in collaboration with health partners, a mental health charity and a community arts provider to investigate whether a local information resource would be useful to help reduce isolation and loneliness post Covid.

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Art power in Mansfield

Mansfield Museum successfully obtained funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to undertake the Creative Women Together project. This holistic and therapeutic project gives women at risk a special creative experience they can be proud of.

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Art UK public sculpture digitisation programme

Art UK’s unprecedented photography and digitisation project has resulted in the UK’s collection of over 14,000 public sculptures and monuments being freely available to view and search online for the first time ever.

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Arts and cultural commissioning at Kent County Council

The work began in 2012 with a series of events for arts practitioners and health-based commissioners to discuss joint working. This led to a £250,000 investment from the council’s public health and arts services, along with investment partners Artswork and Royal Opera House Bridge, for a pilot commission.

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Beats, Trials and Tribulations in Cambridge

Cambridge Junction, in partnership with HighRise Theatre and Romsey Mill charity, worked with young people at risk of exclusion or excluded from education and employment in a newly built area of Cambridge.

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Beyond Brontës: The Mayor's Screen Diversity Programme

Beyond Brontës was launched in 2019 by Screen Yorkshire and Bradford Metropolitan District Council (MDC). The initiative increases diversity in the screen industries by providing TV and film production training and work placements to young people aged 18 to 30.

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Challenging the Myth: Gainsborough’s Mayflower 400 Programme

Gainsborough’s Mayflower 400 cultural programme was a wide ranging arts-led approach to engage the public with a shared heritage connecting them to people and places across the world.

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Championing access to theatre in Reading's Arts and Venues service

During the pandemic, Reading Borough Council’s Arts & Venues service championed theatre, by staging live and digital performances, and maximised opportunities to improve our customers’ experience.

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