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The Christmas Countdown
In the countdown to Christmas, we are sharing some of the highlights of 2021 from the Local Area Coordination Network with you. Check back daily for our latest highlight. Day 1 This year we welcomed two more new areas to…
Safe Waiting
In this video series, Local Area Coordinator David Oliffe describes the concept of Safe Waiting. These five videos explore some of the elements of the relationship that a Local Area Coordinator builds when they are alongside someone. You can read…
Power and Connection – Q&A with key international leaders of Local Area Coordination
Watch the book launch of Power and Connection Following the launch of new book ‘Power and Connection‘ earlier this month, our Nick Sinclair joined authors Eddie Bartnik and Ralph Broad, along with Sian Roderick from Swansea University for a Q&A…
New book published about Local Area Coordination out now
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!…
Event: What is Local Area Coordination?
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…
Research in Practice – paid opportunity for community folk
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….
Local Area Coordination in Wiltshire
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….
Evaluation of Local Area Coordination in Derby has been published
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…
Permission, purpose, power
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…
Welcoming a new CEO to our host, Community Catalysts
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…