This workbook has been designed as a learning aid for councillors. It can be equally used by those who have been recently elected. Or to reflect on aspects of your role even if you have been elected for some time. The workbook is a useful reminder of some of the key skills, approaches and tactics involved in neighbourhood and community engagement. Regardless of whether you are in control, opposition or a No Overall Control council.
Between March and April 2024 the LGA conducted an online survey of district and single-tier councils asking them to share information about their public health funeral provision. This aimed to help the LGA understand the prevailing trends around public health funerals at a national and local level.
This guide sets out seven key learnings on how to take a systems approach to create place-based change. The learnings come from five council-led projects in England who took part in a grant-funded programme, Shaping Places for Healthier Lives.
The guide was co-produced with a group of Coram Voice A National Voice (ANV) Ambassadors from across England who have been involved in participation. The purpose is to support councillors, council officers and those working in other organisations who want to work with those with care experience.
Understanding the necessary conditions for councils with adult social care responsibilities to move to collaborative, strength- based, preventative approaches.
A practitioners' guide to applying the community coordinated approach for adult social care front door model. This report is linked to a strategic overview of the model.
The School Attendance Support Survey was sent to all education authorities in England in order that the Local Government Association (LGA) could get a clear picture of the extent to which councils were incurring extra costs where they were already adhering to the Department for Education’s non-statutory guidance, and use these findings in on-going lobbying work with DfE.
Local government plays a vital role in championing inclusion health for our most vulnerable communities. This report and the case studies within it offer insight into the optimal ways of working with inclusion health groups, whilst also shining a light on the scale of work required to improve healthcare for a diverse range of people across England
