Local Innovation

The aim of the team is to accelerate local authority action and innovation around neighbourhood empowerment, community engagement, and wellbeing, by working with local authorities, the voluntary and community sector, public agencies and central government.

Our work will focus on finding ways to promote innovation in these areas, combining action research, practical projects and policy development work to achieve this.

*Neighbourhood Action Network

Neighbourhood Action Network is a new programme designed to encourage and accelerate innovation in neighbourhood working, using action learning, action research and experimentation

*The Local Wellbeing Project

The Local Wellbeing Project The Local Wellbeing Project brings together the foremost UK expert on practical ways to increase happiness, Professor Lord Richard

*Transforming Neighbourhoods

Transforming Neighbourhoods A two-year programme of research, innovation and practical action designed to encourage a major devolution of power to neighbourhoods

*The London Collaborative Project

The London Collaborative Project is a new programme aimed at increasing the capacity of London's public sector to respond to the key strategic challenges facing the capital.

*Local Social Innovation

Local Social Innovation This report investigates why some places innovate more effectively to meet social need and how local innovation can best be supported

*Ward Councillors

Ward Councillors The report explores how the role of ward councillors is likely to develop over the next five years given current legislative and policy changes affecting local government.

Housing Associations and Neighbourhood Governance

Housing Associations and Neighbourhood Governance Many housing associations have built up strong relationships with residents and communities and now provide a wide range

Understanding Social Networks in Neighbourhoods

Understanding Social Networks in Neighbourhoods Improving community engagement and empowerment and local service delivery by mapping networks of local relationships

*How to develop a local charter

How to develop a local charter This report was commissioned by CLG as a guide for local authorities wishing to develop a neighbourhood agreement or charter with local communities

*Seminar Series: Building New Communities

Building New Communities A seminars series exploring how experience from previous regeneration schemes can inform work on growth areas and Eco-towns.

*Neighbourhoods Taskforces

Neighbourhood Taskforces is a new model being developed to tackle entrenched problems in areas where community capacity is low and services have difficulty engaging residents.

People walking along pavement in Bethnal Green

FixMyStreet

FixMyStreet is a new web-based mapping tool to make it easy for people to talk to their local authoricy about broken civic infrastructure in their neighbourhood.

*Neighbourhoods Know-How

Neighbourhood Know-How is a neighbourhood wiki, built as a resource to help anyone who wants to get involved in neighbourhood activity or find information about getting things done.

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Living and Community

Neighbourliness + Empowerment = Wellbeing

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