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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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Sheffield’s linking of UPRNs to council tax data to support over 70’s living alone

At the start of COVID-19 the council wanted to identify over 70’s living alone to ensure they were given sufficient support, however, the council didn’t have an effective way of identifying this target group.

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Leeds City Council uses UPRNs to identify shielding individuals during COVID-19

In March 2020 with the onset of COVID-19, Leeds City Council needed to identify clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) people who had particular health conditions, particularly those who needed to shield or be protected from COVID-19.

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Mole Valley’s use of UPRNs to link datasets to support clinically extremely vulnerable people

Mole Valley District Council believed that if NHS shielding datasets were linked to UPRNs their identification of, and support offered to clinically extremely vulnerable residents (CEVs) in the district would be improved.

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Dundee Council: Mitigating climate change risk

In March 2018, Dundee City Council signed the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, committing the Dundee Partnership to develop a Climate Action Plan within two years to reduce city-wide carbon emissions by 40% by 2030.

Hertfordshire County Council: Sustainability action plan

Hertfordshire County Council developed an action plan to set out the policies and strategies needed to embed sustainability across all their operations and services.

Rural response - Shropshire Council

The COVID-19 economic taskforce has focused on bringing partnerships together to deliver SC’s pandemic response.

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Rapid response and convening - Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire County Council quickly responded to the economic, health and well-being impact of the pandemic in three main ways: convening partners to provide coherent recovery responses, bidding for funding, driving digital delivery and working with partners to protect apprenticeships and vulnerable young people.

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Digitising the service offer and supporting people to in-demand jobs - Halton Borough Council

HBC has been able to build on their longstanding partnerships with employers including housing associations and major corporations to continue to offer joint job training and employability programmes during the pandemic.

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Digital service transformation and partnership - Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire has taken a partnership approach with the eight district councils to identify gaps in government support and local needs and priorities.

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Reaching priority communities and service integration - Bristol City Council

COVID-19 has created the conditions to enable better working across all council services and being able to use different offers and services to reach people most adversely affected and help them back into a job and for those further left behind, into an employment pathway.

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