Our neighbourhoods matter. 

They are a part of what shapes our lives, and they are fast becoming the lens through which we see the future of public services.  

From Rewiring the State to NHS Neighbourhood Teams, there is now irresistible momentum behind organising services closer to the communities they serve. But there is also a risk that, as neighbourhoods become the latest organising principle for public services, we take the ‘easy win’ of simply moving teams or services into neighbourhoods. If that’s all we do, we will miss a much bigger opportunity to redesign, not just how our services work, but what they are for. 

‘Where power lives: neighbourhoods in the rewired state’ is where we start that redesign.

This isn’t an event where you will leave inspired but wondering what will actually change. It’s the place where bold neighbourhoods thinkers come together and are challenged by one another.

Over the course of the day, we’ll focus on bridging sectors together to consider the role of community-led action, public service reform, neighbourhood health, place-based systems, relational practice, policy making and practical delivery, rather than allowing each to remain in separate conversations. You can expect:

Challenge, not affirmation:
space to test assumptions and have honest, sometimes uncomfortable conversations

Both the why and the how:
we’ll hold both the why of neighbourhood working, as a route to more relational public services whilst also remaining focussed on the ‘how’ of doing this

A balance of thinking and doing:
content that moves both the ideas and the action forward

Room to follow what matters to you:
sessions shaped by participants’ own priorities, not just a fixed agenda

Real connection-building:
plenty of opportunity to meet people working on the same problems from different angles

Hands-on workshopping time:
not just panels and presentations, but space to actually work through problems together.