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.
Port of Poole Maritime Industrial Cluster's decarbonisation plan aims to achieve a 40 per cent reduction in emissions by 2035 and reach net zero by 2050, driving sustainable growth within the Port of Poole Maritime Cluster.
Cumberland Council has eight Community Panels with delegated powers and devolved funding. This model has empowered local councillors to take ownership of specified decision-making within their communities.
The East Sussex Wellbeing and Employment ESWE service (ESWE) is funded equally by East Sussex County Council Public Health and by Eastbourne Borough and Lewes District Councils. It launched in June 2021 to address the increasing homelessness crisis in the UK.
The Champs Public Health Collaborative is a ground-breaking model of collaborative leadership, with its nine councils and the NHS working together to tackle health inequalities across the sub region.
Wiltshire Council’s Public Health Team commissioned a pilot programme of 18 mobile dental outreach clinics across supported accommodation sites in Trowbridge, Chippenham, and Salisbury.
Buckinghamshire Council has 8 community boards. These boards do not have devolved powers, instead working to facilitate strong partnership working to identify solutions to local issues, and have a budget to fund local projects that the community identifies as priorities
Fifty zero-emission double-decker buses will be in operation in Plymouth and South-East Cornwall by December 2025, thanks to £31.87 million of joint investment by, Plymouth Citybus (part of the Go-Ahead Group), the Department for Transport (DfT), Plymouth City Council and Cornwall Council.
Walsall Council and Walsall NHS Trust have a dedicated teenage pregnancy team, funded by Walsall Public Health, with more than twenty years’ experience of providing both support and prevention initiatives across the borough.
Following the publication of The Better Birth Maternity review in 2016, East Sussex Healthcare Trust established the Lighthouse Team. This decision was prompted by the high under-18 maternity rate in Hastings, which in 2017 was 68 per cent higher than the England average (Office for National Statistics, 2019).