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.
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).
Since 2022 the service has been commissioned by Public Health through Home-Start, an organization with a successful track record in supporting parents of all ages, with a dedicated Coordinator providing a key point of contact and working closely with other services.
WILD Young Parents is the largest UK voluntary sector young parent organisation supporting over 20,000 parents and children over the last 33 years. Based in Cornwall and part funded by Cornwall Council, WILD aims to give young parent families a fair start and to prevent repeated patterns of intergenerational trauma and adversity.
Funded by Hertfordshire County Council, Ohana is a free support group established in Hertfordshire in direct response to the voices of care experienced young parents, staffed by a blend of employed coordinators and volunteers.
Established in 2017, the North East Young Dads and Lads (NEYDL) provides intensive and often long-term support to improve the lives of disadvantaged young fathers, expectant dads and non-birthing people aged 25 and under. NEYDL’ vision is for young dads to be valued and supported in their role as parents.