Leading your area through the SEND reforms: how strong digital foundations protect children, families and councils
The Government’s recent Schools White Paper and the accompanying SEND reform proposals represent a significant shift for local areas.
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How Warsop health hub is redefining social value in community leisure
Delivering £487,950 in social value in 2025 – the equivalent of £260 per person, surpassing the national average of £230 – Warsop Health Hub is proving that well-designed community leisure can have a measurable and transformative impact.
Building a single view of your residents with data and AI skills
Local authorities hold vast amounts of data across services, from housing and social care to customer contact and finance. Yet that information is often spread across disconnected systems such as spreadsheets, customer relationship management and service platforms (CRMs) and service platforms, making it difficult to build a clear, actionable view of residents
Rethinking public health: why leisure matters more than ever
By rethinking the role of leisure and placing prevention at the heart of service design, local authorities can deliver lasting benefits for the communities they serve.
Helping councils maximise their early years impact
The innovation foundation Nesta is offering free support to assist local authorities to develop their Best Start in Life national plans.
Connected Spaces, Stronger Communities: Using Co-Location to Improve Health Outcomes
Alliance Leisure’s Will Gardner makes the case for co-location – bringing health, leisure and community services together within a single, integrated facility – to improve health outcomes.
Using AI to help unpaid carers when it matters most
Digital tools now offer councils a practical way to spot needs earlier and connect residents to help before they reach breaking point. Support for unpaid carers demonstrates the power of this approach.
How procurement can drive stronger local services and communities
The UK’s local government sector can free up much-needed cash by tackling the way it buys everyday items used in the world of work – meaning more time for staff and better value for local communities
How smarter procurement is helping local authorities deliver
Embracing digital procurement means local authorities can reduce spend, boost local communities and help meet net-zero targets.
Clay Cross Active: A Flagship Community Hub Driving Health, Wellbeing and Regeneration in North East Derbyshire
In July 2025, the doors of Clay Cross Active, a revolutionary new leisure and wellbeing hub, opened for the first time in Derbyshire. The £26.3m project acts as a blueprint for local authorities wishing to embrace the co-location of health, social, and wellbeing services, and is set to transform the lives of the local community it has been tailored to serve.