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.
Durham has participated in the National Recruitment Campaign for three years, as the North East region was involved in the regional Pilot back in quarter one in 2024. The four resourcing leads have extensively leveraged the LGA Campaign Toolkit to address longstanding recruitment challenges.
Barking Riverside is an ambitious new development along the Thames Estuary, in an area that has historically seen limited investment. Multiple partners are currently delivering new homes, rail and river transport links, schools and services. As part of the development, a new health hub is being planned in an area where there is currently no GP provision.
To unlock the land needed for new housing, the existing school on the site had to remain operational while a new one was built. This required a complex, two-phase construction process, significantly increasing costs and threatening the viability of the entire scheme. In March 2021, a £900,000 capital grant from the Land Release Fund (LRF) - part of the One Public Estate programme - helped to make EdCity possible. The grant funded demolition of the old school and nursery buildings, removing a major financial barrier and enabling the project to continue.
The Best Start Family Hubs transformation is building on successful outreach efforts, including funding for voluntary organisations, targeted home learning, and community development programmes. These programmes aim to reach families in need, by providing services closer to their communities. The transformation is also focusing on capturing improvements in outcomes through family feedback surveys, case studies, and data tracking, with the goal of better connecting families with hub services and measuring the impact on individual children and families.
The review was commissioned to support WMCA’s aim to deliver better quality housing for disabled people with the goal of reducing health inequalities in the region, as part of its wellbeing delivery priorities.
All Family Hubs previously known as Start Well Family Centres have worked hard to ensure that families are made to feel comfortable and welcome when visiting our venues. All venues have key information display boards which link to the provision of services and knowledge for our families to access.
Since 2015 Liverpool has looked at how to change the narrative around itself as a music city. While celebrating our music heritage we needed to showcase the diversity of our current music offer and the strength of our music industry sector. The establishment of a Music Board and a Music office put the building blocks in place for a Music Sector Development programme which would show that the music industry could be a key economic driver. We already had a good base on which to build with companies such as Sentric, Ad Lib and Modern Sky based in the city region.
All Set West is a bold skills package for the West of England region; designed to support emerging talent to access opportunities in scripted film and TV production.