Tackling Poverty & Inequalities through System Convening
- April 2024
- Lead Member Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Categories Strategy
One year after the country’s first lockdown, we shouldn’t dwell on what we’ve lost but focus on how to do better
The chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic has marked us all. It has changed our reality forever. There is no point in trying to bring back the old. All we can do now is rise up and face new challenges in new ways. Humanity has always excelled at turning calamities into ingenuity.
Solutions that think independently
The pandemic has been a blow to the quality of public services. Councils have been struggling with a surge in queries, information bottlenecks and the vulnerable people queuing up their digital channels. An increase in funding is helpful, but only if it is distributed wisely and used on effective solutions. Solutions that streamline work, offset financial losses and help more people than humanly possible. We need solutions that think independently.
