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


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


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


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


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


Join us for this member only Lunch and Learn session. New Local’s recent policy paper Place-based Public Service Budgets set out a case for ensuring better value for public money across all spend in an area. The report set...

28th March, 2024


Big Local is a Lottery funded programme that committed £1m each to 150 neighbourhoods across England. These communities were given 10-15 years to spend the funding, at their own pace and according to their own plans and priorities. The...

29th June, 2023


There is an urgent need for action in response to the growing number of people across the UK affected by deepening poverty. Working in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation , we recently published a report on ‘designing out’...

13th June, 2023


The Local Government Association, New Local and TPXimpact are working together on an exciting project to capture and celebrate examples of innovative community engagement.    Over the past few months, we’ve heard inspiring stories of councils, communities and partner...

6th March, 2023


The Local Government Association, New Local and TPXimpact are working together on an exciting project to capture and celebrate examples of innovative community engagement.    Over the past few months, we’ve heard inspiring stories of councils, communities and partner...

6th March, 2023


Came to Stronger Things and want to hear more? This follow up event, held with our headline partner TPXimpact, will explore in more depth the practical steps for organisations to achieve their community power ambitions to a high standard.

8th April, 2022


National debates about social care are dominated by funding. But we can’t stop there. Today, paternalistic or transactional mindsets still dominate how we think about social care. It’s essential that any new national settlement puts the people who draw...

13th October, 2021


Throughout 2020, Londoners’ lives have been simultaneously hyper-localised and more geographically removed. How we use our home-space, the activities we undertake in our local areas and how we move around the city, has all changed very quickly. Although this experience has...

2nd February, 2021


In this event, we propose a new, community-led employment support for people with disabilies and health conditions.

23rd October, 2020