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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Buckinghamshire Health and Wellbeing Board

Buckinghamshire is a first-wave integrated care system (ICS) within Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Sustainability and Transformation Partnership. This case study forms part of our integrated care system (ICS) resource.

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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Building an advanced digital infrastructure

Tameside has adopted a ‘thin layer model’ approach which sews together digital infrastructure assets across the city, more rapidly deploying fibre than via traditional methods.

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Building networked services to support private tenants’ health

Read about how Hackney Council is using design skills to better support tenants living in private rented accommodation.

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Burnley Borough Council: Improving Burnley’s Digital Connectivity

As part of the LGA’s Economic Growth Advisers programme Kada Research were commissioned to assess Burnley’s current digital connectivity and what networks, skills and technologies might best support digital growth across the borough. It involved a desk-based review, insights from elsewhere and a business telephone survey with 109 local firms. It culminated in a five-point digital action plan that, when implemented, would place Burnley well to exploit new digital opportunities.

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Bury council: Making sure vulnerable groups are not left behind

Bury has set up an uptake and inequalities task group, composed of council, NHS, HealthWatch and voluntary sector representatives to make sure vulnerable groups do not get left behind in the vaccine rollout out.

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Buy Local - North Yorkshire County Council

Buy Local is a new local business directory developed to be easy to register on and use for businesses and customers alike.

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Calderdale: Using the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) to run a school health day

For the last four years Calderdale Council has used the day its staff carry out the NCMP weighing and measuring to deliver important healthy lifestyle messages to the whole school community. This case study forms part of our resource on the National Child Measurement Programme

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Health and Wellbeing Board

Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are coterminous with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), which is developing into an integrated care system (ICS).

Cambridgeshire County Council and University College London: Procurement tools to measure and reduce carbon emissions

Delivery of net zero requires significant systemic change in the ways in which local authorities procure the goods and services they rely on. This project works to produce two tools to aid in scope 3 emissions reductions. Together these provide a standardised, transparent mechanism to measure emissions, along with a trajectory for best practice to effectively communicate the Council’s ambitions to its suppliers.