16th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
At Norwich City Council we have a commitment to investigating whether the money we spend can have more positive outcomes than simply the purchase. This ethos is at the heart of our award winning floral displays around the city. The flowers and plants in both our civic displays and in many community planting projects around ...
16th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
Delivering Better Outcomes by working together Sandwell council has an active grants programme which includes spend of about £1 million each year on voluntary sector organisations that deliver free advice on issues such as benefits, debt, housing, immigration, employment. Six years ago, services were operating in isolation, with competition for funding, a lack of training, ...
16th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
In May 2018, the new Labour administration made a commitment to revitalise the Armed Forces Covenant in Plymouth. It was at its outset a vibrant challenging partnership made up of individuals and organisations who wanted to express their support for the military and veteran community. However, numbers attending the Covenant meetings were dwindling and at ...
29th March, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
What if people living in poverty could take the lead in challenging Salford’s leaders to work with them on tackling poverty? Would it make a difference to the decisions that are being made? Would new solutions be discovered? These were just a few of the questions that were being asked when Salford Poverty Truth Commission ...
5th October, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
In a workforce of 86 people (on a mixture of full time and part time contracts), 67% (n=58) are local Salford residents. In addition, 8 members of staff within the service are active in a voluntary capacity within a range of organisations within Salford. These include football teams and other sports organisations, churches, festival committees, ...
5th October, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Following a review of the Salford Equality Network’s (SEqN) priorities at its 6 October 2015 meeting, six task and finish groups were established charged with undertaking a refresh of a particular issue or theme that had been highlighted. One of these issues was focused upon ‘Maximising Opportunities’, which was about identifying the range of services ...
