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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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Connecting children and young people at risk of exploitation to community sports providers to improve outcomes

Active Essex Foundation connected referred children and young people to a sport or physical activity provision delivered by an organization local to them. Activities offered included football, parkour, boxing, rugby, martial arts running and cycling.

North Yorkshire Council: Using AI to reimagine Children’s Social Care

North Yorkshire Council's successful proof-of-concept has positioned it at the forefront of AI-powered solutions for children's social care.

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Health and Wellbeing support for care experienced young people using a social prescribing approach

The ESCC set up a project based on a ‘social prescribing' approach to personalised care. The project aimed to use Personal Health Budgets to support care experienced young people who were identified as experiencing difficulties with their Mental Health and Wellbeing, whose lives were impacted adversely from their own experiences in life, as well as through the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Manchester City Council: People’s Panel for AI: Building skills, confidence and residents’ voices

Manchester City Council is placing a strong emphasis on incorporating resident views into the development of AI-powered front-line services.

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Halton Borough Council: Digital front door in family hub services

Halton Borough Council has created a Digital Front Door into its Family Hub Services partnering with Beebot AI.

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Hertfordshire County Council: AI road maintenance robot

Hertfordshire County Council, technology company Robotiz3d and academics at the University of Liverpool have successfully developed an innovative AI-powered solution for road maintenance.

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Kingston Council: Using AI in Adult Social Care administration

Kingston Council has piloted an AI-powered solution aiming to streamline the process of writing case notes and assessments, freeing up valuable time for social workers to focus on direct client care.

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Newham Council: Establishing the UK Centre for Artificial Intelligence for the public sector

Newham Council and the University of East London have forged a strategic partnership to establish a UK-based centre dedicated to pioneering AI research, training and solutions for the public sector.

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Barking and Dagenham: ‘We’ve got the mandate to take next step’

The London borough approached Partners in Care and Health (PCH) to undertake a peer challenge to look at how public health resources were being utilised. The Director of Public Health saw the peer challenge as an opportunity to further develop place-based partnership working. The process has helped the council know what is working and where it needs to do things. differently.

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Greater Manchester: Improving infection control and Tuberculosis approaches

A Partners in Care and Health (PCH) peer worked with Greater Manchester’s 10 Public Health Teams to improve infection prevention and control in early years settings and measures to tackle Tuberculosis. Two support programmes ran side-by-side over a five-month period in 2023. Greater Manchester report it has established a clear blueprint for improvement.

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