Les Billingham, Head of Adult Social Care and Community Development at Thurrock Council and one of the Local Area Coordination Network’s founding areas, has had his recent blog published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence. The blog considers sustainability…
Thinking big, starting small and growing – learning on journeys to Asset Based places The 12 Local Area Coordination areas in England and Wales are, I think, singularly and collectively demonstrating many of the key factors outlined in the Asset…
Sam Clark and Ralph Broad of the Local Area Coordination Network had their blog published as part of the Independant Age Doing Care Differently series. Read the full blog here. The blog series and surrounding piece of work by Independent…
Relationships and Networks – “A Human sized piece of work” in social care? Blog by Sam Clark In late May I got to spend several days with Eddie Bartnik, one of the people who 1st developed Local Area Coordination in…
More than 80 people joined us and the City of York Council on 26th May to share learning and ideas on strengths based ways of working that require us to shift how we work together & the power across communities…
The Network in partnership with City of York Council are hosting a workshop on 26th May in York. It is a free workshop particularly aimed at those in leadership positions of all kinds across community, social care or health organisations…
Swansea University Evaluation of Local Area Coordination in Wales – Out Now from Ralph Broad It is really exciting to see the new Local Area Coordination formative evaluation by Swansea University, in partnership with the Western Bay Health and Social…
Six innovations in Social Care – brief outlines In February the Local Area Coordination Network were part of a meeting hosted by John Bolton at the Kings Fund. The meeting included people working on a range of issues in Health…
The evaluation of Local Area Coordination in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea by Swansea University, in partnership with the Western Bay Health and Social Care Programme has been published. Swansea University Local Area Coordination Evaluation Report 2017 It is a…