This podcast continues our series ‘weathering the storm’. The session is hosted by Nick Sinclair with special guests Jon Franklin and Claire McCarthy-Reed from the Local Area Coordination team in Swansea, Wales. Jon and Claire talk about the team’s response…
During one of our first online Local Area Coordination Network Gatherings, a Kirklees Council Local Area Coordinator shared an update about an approach that was been taken there to ensure good communication between the emerging Mutual Aid Groups and the…
This podcast continues our series ‘weathering the storm’. The session is hosted by Nick Sinclair with special guests Jennie Cox and Joe Micheli from the Local Area Coordination team in York. Joe and Jennie chat about Jennie’s recent paper ‘It’s…
In this article Jennie Cox, Senior Coordinator in the Local Area Coordination team at the City of York Council, explores how being an asset based area has helped organisations and communities across York come together through the Coronavirus pandemic. Over…
This new report from Neil Lunt, Laura Bainbridge and Simon Rippon draws upon published evaluation studies of Local Area Coordination and explores the opportunities and challenges associated with implementing strength-, assets- and placed-based initiatives models within Local Authority social service…
We are pleased to launch our first full episode of our new podcast series ‘weathering the storm’. The session is hosted by Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson with special guest Ralph Broad. The podcast explores courage, hope and possibilities through…
We’re excited to launch our new report ‘It’s Time for Local Area Coordination’. The report outlines what Local Area Coordination is and how it offers huge and long lasting positive impacts on individuals, communities and public sector bodies. Local Area…
The formative evaluation of the Local Area Coordination programme in Haringey has now been published by Leeds Beckett University. The evaluation reviews the Haringey programme to date following the initial set up in late 2017. The evaluation reviews data collected,…
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…
The independent evaluation of the Local Area Coordination programme in Suffolk has now been published. The evaluation was compiled by the University of Essex and shows that the programme: Reduced demand on other services (health, police, education, council) Reduced the…
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