Case studies

In Spring 2025, Plymouth Active - Plymouth City Council’s in-house-run leisure centre - launched a collaboration with Parkinson’s UK to provide free swimming and Good Boost sessions for individuals living with Parkinson’s.

Active North Yorkshire is the recently formed leisure section of North Yorkshire Council. It employs two people whose remit is to increase physical activity and participation of disabled people across the county.

The aim of the project is to increase the number of people with lived experience of disability, mental health and long-term health conditions to be more active and move in a way that suits them. The project includes workforce development, primary data collection and a focus on system change.

Wiltshire Council launched the Warm and Safe Wiltshire programme in 2015 to provide energy advice to local residents. 10 years on, the public health team have expanded the programme in collaboration with libraries and community spaces to reach residents across Wiltshire.

A growing demand on care resources across the health and social care continue to challenge the system. This is leading to missed operational standards, including delayed hospital discharges and potential risks to patient safety. In particular, the availability of community care hours is a key factor in acute hospital delays.

Kirklees Council reviewed all double up packages of care in commissioned domiciliary care services to generate workforce capacity within domiciliary care services.

Manchester had previously trialled a single-handed care initiative, but it had not achieved lasting success and eventually lost momentum.

Previously, the service relied on external trainers for moving and handling training, which caused delays for new starters and impacted service delivery.

Relaxed Inclusive Autism Friendly Tennis: Working with Hinckley and Bosworth Council(HBBC) supported a “Come and Try it Day” at Sport in Desford, offering young people with a disability the chance to try a range of sports.