Category: Events
At this event we will talk through our latest research report, Where People Meet: How We Celebrate, Sustain and Reimagine Community Centres. Following the launch of the report, we would like to give our members the opportunity to hear more...
8th May, 2025
How can we build consensus on polarising issues in our communities? What opportunities might AI-powered technology offer to make this process easier, cheaper, and quicker? We are working with Demos to explore these questions through a groundbreaking new trial...
7th May, 2025
AI • Community Power • Events • Waves
This event is part of our ongoing offer to members, supporting local leaders and partners to navigate – and shape – the next chapter of the UK’s devolution story. As the landscape of English devolution evolves, the Government has...
22nd April, 2025
Community • Devolution and reorganisation • Place building • Strategy and leadership
We’re now onsite at the Guildhall and won’t be able to respond to messages at this time. Please refer to the information below for your last-minute needs. I CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE IN-PERSON EVENT We’re sorry you can’t...
15th April, 2025
Join senior officers and strategic leaders affected by Local Government Reorganisation to collectively navigate this period of significant change. We are convening a series of sessions bringing in leading local government figures with direct experience of unitarisation to share...
20th March, 2025
Community • Devolution and reorganisation • Place building • Strategy and leadership
Across policy and practice there is growing energy and momentum around the idea of place-based public service budgets. At its core this approach is about identifying, coordinating and pooling existing spending to enable more effective collaboration between public services...
20th March, 2025
Join senior officers and strategic leaders affected by Local Government Reorganisation to collectively navigate this period of significant change. We are convening a series of sessions bringing in leading local government figures with direct experience of unitarisation to share...
20th March, 2025
Community • Devolution and reorganisation • Place building • Strategy and leadership
Bridging the digital divide is essential for local authorities striving to create inclusive and thriving communities.
18th March, 2025
Join us for this member exclusive Lunch and Learn session focused on how to impactfully use participatory budgeting to engage with your communities. We’ve spent the last few months working with a small cohort of our members to...
12th March, 2025
Join senior officers and strategic leaders affected by Local Government Reorganisation to collectively navigate this period of significant change. We are convening a series of sessions bringing in leading local government figures with direct experience of unitarisation to share...
3rd March, 2025
Community • Devolution and reorganisation • Place building • Strategy and leadership
Tackling empty homes in the UK is a critical step toward addressing the housing crisis and revitalizing communities.
27th February, 2025
This roundtable event will hear the findings from Carnegie’s report and discuss how focusing on collective wellbeing can help to shape better policy decisions. Now in its second year, the Life in the UK Index provides a rich evidence...
17th February, 2025
Democracy • Environment • Inclusive Economy • Strategy and leadership • Wellbeing
Join us for this member exclusive Lunch and Learn session with Laura Hughes, Partner/Head of Public Law at Browne Jacobson, where we will delve into the Practical guide to the English Devolution Whitepaper she has just published. Laura will...
29th January, 2025
How do we tell better stories? Use data intelligently? Connect with diverse communities? Counter misinformation? Community-powered councils require a different kind of communications. Join New Local for our first workshop especially designed for local government comms professionals. This is...
6th December, 2024
Neighbourhood ways of working are being considered by many councils as a way to bring them closer to their communities.
4th December, 2024
At this event we will talk through our latest research report, Constructing Consensus: The case for community-powered development and regeneration. Unblocking the planning system is a top national priority, and there is wide support for the Government’s mission to...
22nd November, 2024
Join us for an inspiring, peer-driven session designed to tackle the real challenges and opportunities councils and communities face today. Our Innovation Exchanges offer a unique, interactive session led entirely by the experiences of your fellow council officers and...
11th November, 2024
Join us for an inspiring, peer-driven session designed to tackle the real challenges and opportunities councils and communities face today. Our Innovation Exchanges offer a unique, interactive session led entirely by the experiences of your fellow council officers and...
11th November, 2024
It is vital that public spaces work for the residents and communities that live and work in them. Whether the public spaces are high streets, parks, public service buildings, they all are part of the bigger picture of how...
11th November, 2024
The complexities of transforming health services are vast with many different priorities and variables to consider. Place-based systems leadership can unlock barriers and open doors within services to help deliver change. One of the key factors in ensuring all...
11th November, 2024
Community Power • Health and social care • Integrated Health Systems
Building community cohesion where trust and a sense of belonging are paramount is imperative to help communities and places thrive. We have seen recently what happens without a long-term commitment to maintaining strong relationships, or investment in social fabric...
11th November, 2024
Many councils have committed to net zero, but embedding climate resilience into whole-organisation transformation remains a major challenge. This session will explore how local authorities can integrate climate risk into their strategic planning and work through the significant impacts...
11th November, 2024
Discover actionable strategies and innovative solutions in this interactive ‘How we did it’ network session, where we’ll delve into a real-world case study from council officers who’ve successfully navigated complex challenges. This session offers a unique opportunity to learn...
11th November, 2024
Discover actionable strategies and innovative solutions in this interactive ‘How we did it’ network session, where we’ll delve into a real-world case study from council officers who’ve successfully navigated complex challenges. This session offers a unique opportunity to learn...
11th November, 2024
Bridging the digital divide is essential for local authorities striving to create inclusive and thriving communities. Addressing digital literacy challenges empowers individuals to better access opportunities and engage with local and broader initiatives that impact their lives. Increasing digital...
11th November, 2024
Tackling empty homes in the UK is a critical step toward addressing the housing crisis and revitalizing communities. With thousands of properties lying unused while housing demand continues to soar, councils bringing these homes back into use can significantly...
11th November, 2024
At this event we will talk through our latest research report, Constructing Consensus: The case for community-powered development and regeneration. Following the launch of the report, we would like to give our members the opportunity to hear more about...
7th November, 2024
Using outcomes-focused relational working to reduce demand on statutory services can be difficult, but it has the potential to help local authorities effectively deliver preventative interventions.
5th November, 2024
Childrens' Services • Health and social care • Prevention • Public Services
Get ready to celebrate and get inspired at Your Next Generation Celebration. After an exceptional year of connection and growth, we are delighted to offer participants of our Next Generation programme one final opportunity to come together. This celebration...
23rd October, 2024
Our coaching programme brings together the rising stars from councils to collaborate on real-world challenges they encounter in their roles. It’s an invaluable opportunity for professional growth, while also fostering innovative solutions that can benefit your council. The core...
22nd October, 2024
Our coaching programme brings together the rising stars from councils to collaborate on real-world challenges they encounter in their roles. It’s an invaluable opportunity for professional growth, while also fostering innovative solutions that can benefit your council. The core...
22nd October, 2024
Our coaching programme brings together the rising stars from councils to collaborate on real-world challenges they encounter in their roles. It’s an invaluable opportunity for professional growth, while also fostering innovative solutions that can benefit your council. The core...
22nd October, 2024
Our coaching programme brings together the rising stars from councils to collaborate on real-world challenges they encounter in their roles. It’s an invaluable opportunity for professional growth, while also fostering innovative solutions that can benefit your council. The core...
22nd October, 2024
We put Hal Khanom in our ‘How We Did It’ hot seat to hear how the London Borough of Barnet has developed its equalities strategy, A Fairer Barnet.
17th October, 2024
Community engagement • Community Power • Equality • Local government • Strategy and leadership
Working towards a fairer share of wealth across a locality helps bind communities together and gives the impetus to help drive forward the local economy.
15th October, 2024
New Local is working with independent funder The Rayne Trust to undertake research into the role that community assets such as community centres have in public life. Local authorities have an important part to play in the future of...
1st October, 2024
Creating a strategy that is shaped by frontline services as well as those accessing them is vital for local authorities.
17th September, 2024
Join us for this member only Lunch and Learn session with Catherine Mangan, Professor of Public Management and Leadership at the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham and New Local Board member. It’s 10 years since...
23rd July, 2024
Making the case for preventative services can be difficult, so it is vital that interventions can evidence their efficacy. Bridges Outcomes Partnerships have been working as part of the changing systems in children’s services in Norfolk and Suffolk where,...
23rd July, 2024
Colleagues throughout local government are still stuck between the rock of shrinking resources and the hard place of rising demand in many (if not all) service areas. The effect of the cost of living crisis is creating increased volatility...
23rd July, 2024
Tackling inequalities within communities is a vital issue for all local authorities. But often equalities strategies do not deliver for residents in a way that they expect or need. How can you centre equity in your Council’s work to...
22nd July, 2024
Neighbourhood ways of working are being considered by many councils as a way to bring them closer to their communities. The opportunities it can foster include building better relationships and delivering services alongside communities. At this How We Did It...
19th July, 2024
Councils have long aspired to engage residents in hyper-local decisions and collaboration through local democratic structures like Area Forums. There are great examples out there, but amidst a huge trust gap between citizens and public institutions, many councils are...
18th July, 2024
Maximising and building a strong local economy is essential to help communities thrive. Councils can use economic levers and work with their communities, anchor institutions and businesses to help drive forward their local economy. At this session we will hear...
18th July, 2024
Lydia Hutchings and Beth Kilheeney explain how the Greater Manchester Better Outcomes Partnership works with young people to prevent homelessness and how the project is being evaluated.
11th July, 2024
Community Power • Homelessness • Measurement and Evaluation • Public Services • Young people
Real-time data is a powerful tool for councils. Throughout the life cycle of a project, data can show what works and what doesn’t, leading to better decision making and improved outcomes.
10th July, 2024
Our latest research project has focused on exploring Community powered regeneration. The project is in partnership with Browne Jacobson and Local Partnerships. We have been exploring how the current approach to development could create more opportunity for participation and...
11th June, 2024
Our latest research project has focused on exploring Community powered regeneration. The project is in partnership with Browne Jacobson and Local Partnerships. We have been exploring how the current approach to development could create more opportunity for participation and...
11th June, 2024
Watch recordings from our flagship community power event of the year. Password: SkyFullOfStars Member Events A confidential and safe environment in which participants share and learn real-life insights.
4th June, 2024