Graph showing example of heart rate (variability) synchronisation for a citizen and their Local Area Coordinator pair.
2 May 2023

New Study Uncovers the Science of Relationships in Local Area Coordination

A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers at Swansea University, with Local Area Coordinators at Swansea Council and people they are alongside, shows why strong relationships are essential in Local Area Coordination.

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21 November 2022

Local Area Coordination is Growing in Surrey

The following article (originally published in September 2022 in ‘Local Government First’ (LGA-first-675-Sep22-web-res.pdf (lgafirst.co.uk)) is written by Sarah Bogunovic. She…

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27 June 2022

Reflections from the Network

On the 22nd March 2022 two citizens of the City of York, Glynn and Steve, generously shared their stories and…

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24 June 2022

Dee’s Story

In November 2021 the Local Area Coordination Network heard from Dee, a resident of York who has been alongside a…

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20 June 2022

Swansea share what it is to be a Local Area Coordinator

Swansea Council has one of the biggest Local Area Coordination teams in England and Wales and recently became the first…

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10 June 2022

Local Area Coordination goes to the House of Lords

On 6th June 2022 Nick Sinclair, Director of the Local Area Coordination Network, and Les Billingham, Director for Adult Social…

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25 May 2022

Building A Bigger We – A Better Way Publication

A Better Way of ‘Leading’ in the Post-Covid World by Nick Sinclair This essay was originally published in Building A…

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24 May 2022

Community Organising and Local Area Coordination

Community Organising and Local Area Coordination represent two distinct community approaches that share similar values and principles in both their…

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11 May 2022

Power and Connection now available online

We are pleased to announce that Power and Connection: The international development of Local Area Coordination is now available to download…

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14 April 2022

We’re recruiting!

We are looking for a Local Area Coordination Network Manager to join our team. With this role we are seeking…

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9 February 2022

Summative Evaluation of the London Borough of Havering Published

The summative evaluation of the Local Area Coordination programme in the London Borough of Havering has now been published. The…

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19 January 2022

Bird boxes and communities: Hugh and Janet’s story

In December 2021 we hosted our Local Area Coordination Network Gathering with over 70 of our Network members coming together…

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