Cooperative Engagement Toolkit – Rochdale Borough Council
27th April, 2021
CCIN funding has enabled a programme of co-design with Health and Social Care, Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social En ... Read More
Case Studies
Co-operative councils are actively seeking to meet the social and economic priorities of their place in new and better ways. These case studies provide a snapshot of co-operative practice.
Lockdown anniversary – a lost year or a push for innovation? – Cheshire West & Chester Council working with ICS.AI
26th March, 2021
One year after the country’s first lockdown, we shouldn’t dwell on what we’ve lost but focus on how to do better T ... Read More
Growing Food, Growing Healthy Communities – Lambeth GP Food Co-op
25th March, 2021
Founded in 2013, the Lambeth GP Food Co-op is an innovative co-operative of patients, doctors, nurses, and residents cre ... Read More
Good Help in Rochdale – improving lives with a new way of engaging – Rochdale Borough Council
10th March, 2021
What is Good Help? Good Help is a way of working with people that builds their confidence and purpose; helping them to p ... Read More
Holiday Hunger – Tackling food poverty in school aged children – South Ribble Borough Council
2nd March, 2021
School holidays are normally considered times where children can enjoy themselves with friends and family; no early morn ... Read More
Using Artificial Intelligence to respond to Covid-19 queries – Cheshire West & Chester Council working with ICS.AI
26th February, 2021
Context As the pandemic hit in March 2020, councils found themselves as first port of call for many coronavirus queries. ... Read More
Tackling the Digital Divide in Schools – South Ribble Borough Council
9th February, 2021
Throughout the Covid-19 restrictions, since the new school year began in September 2020, it was clear that when classroo ... Read More
Grow, Share, Cook – Plymouth City Council
27th January, 2021
The Plymouth Fairness Commission report published in 2014 spent a year of listening to Plymouth citizens to find out wha ... Read More
Community Health Champions – York City Council
27th January, 2021
Community Health Champions are people who, with training and support, voluntarily offer their skills and passion and mak ... Read More
Reading in Schools Consortium – Bristol City Council
27th January, 2021
Bristol applied to broaden and scale its Volunteering in Primary Schools Initiative Boosting Reading @Primary (BRP). The ... Read More
Green Recovery – Oxford City Council
6th October, 2020
Oxford City Council’s recovery revitalised the city centre to benefit communities, create liveable streets, start gree ... Read More
Test, Track and Trace – Oldham Council
6th October, 2020
The introduction and roll-out of local test, track and trace arrangements Covid-19 has seen an exacerbation of existing ... Read More
Protecting the Medically Shielded – Telford & Wrekin Council
6th October, 2020
Telford & Wrekin Council utilised data and collaborative relationships to target additional resources at those most ... Read More
Leek Community Cupboard / Survive Together Leek – Staffordshire County Council Labour and Co-operative Group
6th October, 2020
The introduction of food bags and the creation of a new community hub to meet the needs of low-income families. Covid-19 ... Read More
Providing Early Help for Children and Families – Birmingham City Council
6th October, 2020
To identify vulnerable families that were struggling and provide a range of local support for them during the challenges ... Read More
Establishing a Covid-19 Support Hub – South Tyneside Council
6th October, 2020
Council staff collaborated with the community and voluntary sectors to offer immediate help to those at the greatest ris ... Read More
New Partnerships and Collaborations – Bristol City Council
6th October, 2020
On behalf of and in partnership with NHS Bristol North Somerset South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group Partn ... Read More
Homelessness – Cardiff Council
6th October, 2020
Cardiff Council took over two large hotels and re-purposed two new shipping container schemes to provide safe and self-c ... Read More
Returning to School after Lockdown – Hull City Council
6th October, 2020
Resources to support children and young people’s emotional health and wellbeing on returning to school during the Covi ... Read More
City Centre Recovery – Castle Quarter – Cardiff Council
6th October, 2020
Cardiff Council has delivered an innovative new public space and outdoor seating area, the ‘Castle Quarter,’ to supp ... Read More
