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 Community Wellbeing Hub created by Bath & North East Somerset Council, HCRG Care Group (formerly Virgin Care), the 3SG and other third sector partners in March 2020, and has won recognition for its services in the annual Municipal Journal Awards.
Worcester City Council has achieved its ambition to become an excellent local leader in equality, diversity and inclusion, through a comprehensive Strategy which was built from the LGA framework for EDI. Councillors set officers the challenge to raise the council’s performance in this area and senior leaders have personally championed many initiatives throughout the three years of the Strategy’s delivery. We have been bold, positive and persistent. Inclusive practice is now demonstrably embedded at all levels in the council. We have earned the trust of local communities and partner organisations through our track record of delivery.
In 2010, the youth services in Blackburn with Darwen (BwD) faced budget reductions following the Government’s austerity measures, which impacted the availability of suitable youth services for young people
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.