Stronger Things Partners

We are grateful to all of our Stronger Things partners, without whom we could not bring this event to life.

LEAD partner

@ICClimited are driving forward the transformation of public service organisations in order to build trust, speed progress, and deliver better cities, towns and places. They work with public sector leaders to tackle the knottiest problems by rethinking everything – creating organisations fit for a modern world, that can simultaneously grow relevant local services, shared local prosperity and financial resilience for the future.

MEDIA partner

@themjcouk Follow The MJ for local government news, incisive comment, in-depth features and interviews, business analysis and the top recruitment vacancies in the sector.

EVENT partner

@cityoflondon Dedicated to a vibrant and thriving City, supporting a diverse and sustainable London within a globally successful UK.

Builds on the learnings from local government pioneers, evidence from past regeneration programmes, and the recent experience of the Big Local programme: a first-of-its-kind initiative that puts power, resources and decision-making into the hands of local communities. https://3ni.co.uk/about/

Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life.

Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design focus on Inclusive Design process and projects, linking this to developments in Design Thinking and Creative Leadership. With a three-decade history, we are the longest-running centre for design research at the RCA.

BADGE CAFE is a pop-up service provider that helps people relax, create and connect by making unique badges out of old books and magazines. We bring our “crafty utopian hangouts” to you, delivering drop-in events across multiple sectors, tailored to your organisation’s needs.

@carecityuk.bsky.social A social enterprise working with communities, health and care partners to create innovative change of local benefit and national significance.

Co-operatives UK is the voice of the UK’s co-operative movement, we support and empower co-operative enterprise to create a fairer society.

GoVocal is a digital engagement platform to make public decision-making more inclusive, participatory, and responsive.

Jeder Institute – creates positive change for individuals and communities. They bring people together to realise their full potential, increase collective knowledge, explore insights and engage community members in conversations that matter to empower individual’s choice and control.

@jrf-uk.bsky.social JRF is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty. The Emerging Futures is dedicated to harnessing collective intelligence and imagination, collaborating in a way that society can reimagine the future.

@lgcplus Local Government Chronicle, all the latest news, analysis, briefings and opinion on UK local government

@localtrust.org.uk a place-based funder trusting local people to transform and improve their neighbourhoods.

@MEAMcoalition Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) – A coalition of @clinks_tweets, @homelesslink, @mindcharity and @collective_voice dedicated to tackling multiple disadvantage.

@NorseGroupLtd combine breadth, expertise, and scale with the insight of a local partner and the values of the public sector – driven by the belief there is always a better way to deliver for the public.

Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) are a spin-out research consultancy from the Social Disadvantage Research Centre at the University of Oxford.

Peabody Community Foundation’s mission is to provide quality homes and deliver a range of services to support people when they need it most.

Public service transformation academy @ServiceReform – a not-for-profit social enterprise whose mission is to drive better outcomes for people and communities by developing the local, civil, social and health sectors’ capabilities to collaborate, innovate and lead.

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust – a charity and non-departmental public body awarding grants across the UK to projects serving the armed forces community.

The We’re Right Here campaign is working to build a united movement for community power, spanning places and communities across the UK as well as the political spectrum.