Case studies

Councillor Steve Darling MP was able to use his lived experience as a Disabled person to change the culture within the council, raising awareness and working with other Disabled colleagues to reduce barriers for staff and councillors.

Holding council meetings online, first adopted in response to the COVID-19 lockdowns, has led to a greater diversity of elected councillors in this geographically large council area.

Tower Hamlets Council faced the challenge of an ageing workforce and was eager to attract younger talent. They identified the T Level programme, as a valuable tool for supporting succession planning.

On 2 October 2024, South Cambridgeshire District Council hosted its Climate and Environment Advisory Committee meeting at Comberton Village College. Students representing three local secondary schools enjoyed a morning of officer-led workshops around the themes of circular economy, air quality, sustainable food, water resources, and biodiversity.

Southampton Climate Commission is an independent body that brings together key actors to drive, guide, support and track local climate action. The commission will respond to local needs and challenges and the work of the commission will reflect these local conditions.

Rotherham Council has developed an early years education and childcare strategy to raise awareness of this important stage of development in a child’s life and ensure oversight of the identified priorities for the borough, with a particular focus on early identification of need.

Using the Chatterbug programme in Knowsley; an area with one of the lowest educational attainment outcomes in England, to address speech, language and communication challenges, referrals to speech therapy services reduced by ninety percent in two years.

The Isle of Wight is a county of two halves. In the summer the island is very busy with a large influx of tourists. In the winter it is very quiet. For people working in social care on the island it can be quite hard to not bump into people you are supporting in a range of non-support environments.

In 2020, ADASS, LGA and Skills for Care agreed five national shared workforce priorities.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council was keen to explore how they could use the national shared workforce priorities to support the adult social care workforce programme that they were developing locally.