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.
Sounds Around is a game designed in partnership with Northumberland Care NHS Foundation Trust for care professionals to use with people with dementia or brain injury.
CreateSpace was a two-year partnership project of five cultural organisations across the West Midlands, working with art practitioners, to improve participant wellbeing.
On 10 May 2021, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launched Let’s Do London. It was the biggest ever domestic tourism campaign to support the reopening of central London, protect jobs and kickstart growth.
A new model of working with partners in the 10 Greater Manchester boroughs, that addresses social inequalities and increases access to arts, culture and music.
The case study describes Museums Northumberland bait’s use of the Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) to build quantitative evidence of the positive impact on wellbeing of taking part in arts and culture.
The Professors are an independent performing arts company, named for professing our knowledge and demonstrating our particular expertise in arts and collaboration. They are a group of learning disabled and non-disabled artists, create their own performances, films, installations, music, events, and exhibitions.
Surrey County Council have been exploring the role of commissioned, publicly funded culture in challenging health inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic with NHS.
Calderdale Council hosted 'Fuel Your Knowledge', an event attended by people from across health, voluntary, banking and education sectors to understand how partnership working can support those affected by the rising cost of living.
In December 2020, Greater Manchester's Ageing Hub and partners launched a campaign to support older people who are not online with practical information to keep well in winter.
To help lower-income residents with the rising cost of living and food inflation, Kirklees Council is working with charity ‘The Bread and Butter Thing’, a mobile food pantry that increases access to affordable, healthy, and nutritious food.