Our April newsletter is out!
This month’s edition includes: York evaluation Growth in Swansea team ‘Strengths-based approach’ webinar and more… Read the newsletter here Read past copies here Sign up to receive copies directly to your inbox here
Summative evaluation of York Local Area Coordination programme has been published
The summative evaluation of the Local Area Coordination programme in York has now been published. The evaluation was compiled by the University of York. The evaluation reviews data collected along with interviews with people who have made use of Local…
Our March newsletter is out!
This month’s edition includes: York photography exhibition From Singapore to Swansea….and beyond! We’re about what is strong, not about what is LACKing and more… Read the newsletter here Read past copies here Sign up to receive copies directly to your…
We’re about what is strong, not what is LACking – a blog by Nick Sinclair
In researching my job interview presentation last year, I quickly picked up that language was a really important part of the strengths-based model of Local Area Coordination. I also noted that in some of the stuff I’d been reading the…
Our February newsletter is out!
This month’s edition includes: Collaborating for real change – social prescribing and Local Area Coordination blog Links to a host of recent publications featuring Local Area Coordination and asset-based approaches Annual conference for the Wales School for Social Care research…
Collaborating for real change – social prescribing and Local Area Coordination – a blog by Nick Sinclair and Sian Lockwood
Community Catalysts really welcomes NHS England’s commitment in its Long Term Plan to the social prescribing model. The plan has an ambitious goal of employing one thousand more link workers by 2021, with the expectation that they will work with…
Our January newsletter is out!
This month’s edition includes: Reflection on Derby’s care leaver project Trailblazing GPs in Swansea Derbyshire blog News from Singapore and more… Read the newsletter here Read past copies here Sign up to receive copies directly to your inbox here
Changing paths in Derbyshire. The power of good life conversations – a blog by Nick Sinclair
On a recent visit to Derbyshire I had the privilege of hearing Colin’s story. His story is one about changing paths, both literally and metaphorically. The part of Colin’s story highlighted here shows the importance of exploring what someone’s vision…
Trailblazing GPs in Swansea help to grow Local Area Coordination
Local Area Coordination is growing in Swansea and now covers the Cwmtawe area thanks to partnership working from forward-thinking GPs in the Cwmtawe Cluster Network. The new Local Area Coordinator post is funded by the Welsh Government’s transformation funding which was…
Working with young people to support them ‘to get a life not a service’- one year on
The Derby team are heading into the second year of their ‘Innovation Programme’ project working with young people linked to the care system and have put together some reflections about their learning to date. The team have used the Local Area Coordination…