Case studies

Tackling poverty and inequality is at the heart of the overall vision for the future of Leeds. The Financial Inclusion team take an innovative, test and learn approach to support residents with dignity and deliver on this ambition.

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

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.

Ready, Sett Go is a free physical development programme for nurseries and school reception classes. It’s a 10 week programme that uses physical activity and play to develop children’s fine and gross motor skills (large and small muscle movements). These skills are important for a child’s fundamental movements but also contribute to a wider range of developments such as writing and communication.

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.

Luton, a town with a population of 225,300, is a diverse community where 55 per cent of residents come from ethnic minority backgrounds.

In 2019, the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, already conscious of the persisting health inequalities across its region, commissioned the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) to help establish a Marmot City Region, focussing on reducing health inequalities in the social determinants of health.

The impact of the pandemic persuaded Waltham Forest to undertake a focussed piece of work on health and equity, leading to a local Marmot report produced by the UCL Institute of Health Equity.

Coventry became the first ‘Marmot City’ in 2013 after approaching the UCL Institute of Health Equity for support in reducing health inequalities in the city.

Every Marmot Place is different. Factors such as geography, demography or the economy impact on the social determinants of health and in turn the local population.