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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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Testing the Miyawaki method in our urban greenspaces through the Trees Outside Woodland project

The £4.8 million, five-year Trees Outside Woodland project is funded by HM Government’s Shared Outcomes Fund, and delivered in partnership with The Tree Council, Natural England, Defra, and five local authorities.

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Cheshire and Merseyside: tackling health inequalities across a region

For Cheshire and Merseyside, as with many Marmot Places, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked collective action across the region’s nine local authorities to address and tackle existing and deepening health inequalities.

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Carbon counting in Darlington

Grass verges, open land, woodland and individual trees have all been counted in an independent audit commissioned by Darlington Borough Council.

North Yorkshire Council: Using AI to reimagine Children’s Social Care

North Yorkshire Council's successful proof-of-concept has positioned it at the forefront of AI-powered solutions for children's social care.

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Dorset Council: acoustic monitoring in care homes

Dorset Council, with funding from the Digitising Social Care Programme, are piloting the use of innovative acoustic monitoring in care homes across the whole of the Dorset Integrated Care System.

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Somerset Council: Using Microsoft Copilot to improve productivity

Somerset Council took a pioneering step by launching a discovery project to explore Microsoft Copilot.

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Birmingham City Council: the Foundry

Birmingham City Council established the ‘Foundry’ to accelerate digital transformation and help the council close its budget gap whilst building digital skills and capability. 

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Warwickshire County Council: “Access to Food” – exploring LLMs for citizen needs

Warwickshire County Council's Access to Food project uses large language models to understand citizens' access to healthy food options.

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West Berkshire Council: Development of generative AI tools

West Berkshire Council are experimenting with the use of generative AI within services.

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Health and Wellbeing support for care experienced young people using a social prescribing approach

The ESCC set up a project based on a ‘social prescribing' approach to personalised care. The project aimed to use Personal Health Budgets to support care experienced young people who were identified as experiencing difficulties with their Mental Health and Wellbeing, whose lives were impacted adversely from their own experiences in life, as well as through the Covid-19 pandemic.

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