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.
Recognising that there is a relationship with the wider determinants, and that the council has control or a strong influence over these and related service areas, the City Council sought to apply a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach to a new cross-council Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs strategy, to optimise efficiency, effectiveness and outcomes.
The pandemic followed shortly after. The public health team worked with housing colleagues during this period, keeping people experiencing homelessness safe, and enabling their health and wider needs to be met. This included developing support to enable people to access skills development, apprenticeships and work and providing outreach dental care.
The Annual report recommended adopting a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach to reduce health inequalities and ensure health considerations were embedded into all council decisions. This recommendation was endorsed by Warwickshire Health and Wellbeing Board in March 2021, setting in motion a coordinated effort to embed HiAP principles across the council and its partners.
To make this happen, a proposal was taken through the Council’s chief officer and key member groups and all Departmental Management Teams, for health considerations to be routinely embedded in key council decision-making processes.
Women and girls are typically less active than their male counterparts, with four in 10 women not active enough to ensure they get the full benefits of physical activity. Yet research suggest that women benefit more than men from physical activity.
Trafford Council have used the legacy of UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 as a huge opportunity for women and girls across Trafford to engage in a healthy lifestyle through football.
Worcestershire’s community grant programme has enabled hyperlocal projects aimed at increasing levels of physical activity for women and girls to be developed.
National children’s charity, the Youth Sport Trust worked collaboratively with Active Partners Trust (APT) to develop and deliver a programme of intervention to schools in targeted communities, to increase engagement and enjoyment of physical activity.
In Sefton, the provider Mersey Care's health visiting services have embarked on an evolving journey, to address deep rooted challenges such as poverty, health inequalities and logistical complexities of service delivery across a diverse borough.
Royal Borough of Greenwich have implemented an ambitious, co-produced corporate parenting partnership strategy through a dynamic corporate parenting partnership board. With children and young people, being a driving force behind this.