International leaders of Local Area Coordination Eddie Bartnik and Ralph Broad have co-authored a new book “Power and Connection” in collaboration with key contributors including Nick Sinclair and the English and Welsh Local Area Coordination Network. Buy the book here!…
Come and explore Local Area Coordination, an evidence-led approach that is helping many areas of England and Wales wrestle with some big questions: How do we… Get alongside people and families in a way that builds capacity to achieve good…
Community Catalysts is running a full day online workshop 4 times for Research in Practice during mid-October to mid-November. The workshop is aimed at practitioners (social workers and similar) and is all about Local Area Coordination, strengths and assets-based approaches….
This visual report, created by the Local Area Coordination Network for Wiltshire Council, aims to understand the impact of Local Area Coordination from the perspective of their service and community partners (introducers) as part of a much bigger internal evaluation….
Following the decision in early 2021 to expand Local Area Coordination across all seventeen wards of Derby, the latest evaluation looks at Local Area Coordination in Derby 2018 – 2021. The analysis of outcomes looks at the impact of Local…
Social Care Future hosted their online Spring Gathering on 27th May 2021 which saw the launch of the ‘Whose Social Care Future is it anyway?’ Inquiry group’s first findings and lessons from 12 months of sharing the Social Care Future…
The Board of Community Catalysts is delighted to announce the appointment of Pip Cannons as our next CEO, taking over from our founder Sian Lockwood who is retiring later this year. Pip has a proven track record of development and…
The Local Area Coordination Network is delighted to release this collection of reflections on the 10 principles of Local Area Coordination, kindly offered up by the contributors to our Conference in 2020. We believe these principles are amongst the fundamental…
In this video and blog, Nick Sinclair explores the link between Local Area Coordination and prevention. The video was recorded as part of the #ItsOurCommunity event last month which was hosted by The Festival of Debate, The Centre for Welfare…
Tuesday 16th February, 1 pm – 5 pm This online event will bring together many speakers, including Nick Sinclair – Director of the Local Area Coordination Network, to focus on the idea that the future of social care must be people…