Tag: Council Voices

Tom Chigbo, Community Engagement & Participation Manager at TPXimpact, shares his experience of and insights from Stronger Things 2023.

12th July, 2023

Community Power • Council Voices • Stronger Things

Shuff Tariq and Sarah Cooke explain how Manchester delivered one of the most successful homelessness projects in the UK.

4th April, 2023

Community engagement • Council Voices • Homelessness • Poverty and inequality • Public Services

How can councils turn town centre buildings into vibrant community-led hubs that benefit local people and strengthen the local economy?

2nd December, 2022

Asset transfer • Council Voices • Innovation • Place building

With a difficult winter looming, councils are searching for innovative ways to support their residents. In our latest ‘How We Did It’, Alison Dunn of Gateshead Council shares her experience of setting up a coordinated warm spaces project.

22nd November, 2022

Charities • Community engagement • Council Voices • Interview • Local government • Poverty and inequality • Powerful Communities

How does a council rebrand its place, building a story and narrative that helps it to thrive? We explore how it was done in York and Hackney.

19th May, 2022

Council Voices • Innovation • Local government • Narrative building

In our latest How We Did It event, we spoke to Zoe Sharratt of Gateshead Council. They've passed around 45 buildings and spaces to communities.

18th May, 2022

Asset transfer • Council Voices • Events • How to guide

Interview with Waltham Forest's Laura Butterworth on lessons learnt from hosting a citizens' assembly.

28th February, 2022

Citizens Assemblies • Community engagement • Council Voices • Crime and justice • Events • Local government

Sheffield University’s Dr Matthew Wood shares three tips for councils aspiring to bring communities into decision making.

5th January, 2022

Community engagement • Community Power • Council Voices

Bonnie Hewson explores how co-production can help rebuild trust between councils and communities.

10th November, 2021

Community Cohesion • Community engagement • Council Voices • Local government • Local government reform

Stories aren’t a distraction from action but rather a way to nurture and inspire it.

3rd November, 2021

Community Cohesion • Community engagement • Council Voices • Local government

Watch videos from the New Local event.

30th September, 2021

Community Power • Community Voices • Council Voices

For many in local government, the Covid-19 pandemic has been defined not only by huge hardship and challenges, but also by renewed purpose, new partnerships and rediscovered passion for their work. As society takes steps towards ‘normality’, we ask...

4th August, 2021

Council Voices • Covid-19 • Local government

Last month, Camden Council became the 54th member of New Local’s network of councils. Director Nick Kimber explores how community power is helping to build a better borough, and why learning and sharing with peers is more vital than...

28th June, 2021

Council Voices • Councils Respond • Members • Strategy and leadership

Neil Prior, Head of Transformation at Pembrokeshire County Council reflects on the transformation that the Covid-19 pandemic fuelled in his council - particularly in forging a closer relationship between public officials and their local community.

27th January, 2021

Community Power • Community Voices • Council Voices • Local government • Shifting the Balance • Video

A vlog from Katie Kelly, Depute Chief Executive - Safer Communities, at East Ayshire Council in Scotland. In 2013, Katie helped set up the council's Vibrant Communities Service - a ground-breaking approach to sharing power between the local authority...

7th December, 2020

Build Back Better • Community Power • Community Voices • Council Voices • Covid-19 • Interview • Mobilisation • Strategy and leadership

We're talking to people leading change in local government about their work, their place, and the pandemic.

10th July, 2020

Build Back Better • Community Power • Council Voices • Covid-19

We're talking to people leading change in local government about their work, their place, and the pandemic.

23rd June, 2020

Council Voices • Covid-19 • Interview

We talk to people leading change in local government about their work, their place and the pandemic.

17th June, 2020

Build Back Better • Council Voices • Covid-19 • Interview

In our Decades in Days series, we talk to the people leading change in local government. They tell us about their work, their place, and the effect of COVID-19 on both. We find out how they are dealing with...

2nd June, 2020

Build Back Better • Council Voices • Covid-19