25th March, 2021 / Andrew
Founded in 2013, the Lambeth GP Food Co-op is an innovative co-operative of patients, doctors, nurses, and residents creating food growing spaces across the 45 general practice (GP) surgeries in the London borough of Lambeth. The co-op’s objective is to transform unused land in GP surgeries (e.g. alleyways or scrubland) into food growing spaces. Patients ...
9th May, 2020 / Nicola, CCIN
The C.Co mission is to deliver demonstrable value and insight to the public sector. So, when the coronavirus crisis hit all spare capacity, we had was immediately directed at supporting the sector with the coronavirus response. We chose to volunteer our time with our local, Local Authority – Cheshire West and Chester Council. What struck ...
22nd April, 2020 / Nicola, CCIN
The Challenge: In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, the government advised Local Authorities to set up ‘Community Hubs’ in each borough to support the 1.5m people considered to be ‘most at risk’ of severe illness should they contract the virus. Initial guidance of how to set up and run the hubs, from Central Government, was ...
9th March, 2020 / Nicola, CCIN
Collaborative partnership is at the heart of our approach to transforming the health and social care system in Telford and Wrekin. The dynamic Integrated Place Partnership programme works together to improve outcomes for local people by adopting a strengths based approach – focussing upon offering early help, targeted prevention and a joined up response at ...
2nd March, 2020 / Nicola, CCIN
Many adults with highly complex and extreme mental and social vulnerabilities fall between the cracks. They do not fit into standard care settings and often do not present in a way that allows care services to support them. Indeed, many do not present at all because they resent or fear authority. People like ‘John’ a ...
22nd August, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
We were asked to engage with a wide range of people using a story-telling approach to identify the key priorities for the new Adults Alliance Health and Wellbeing strategy over the next 5 years and begin to define a new relationship/nature of engagement between organisations and communities. Read more: Health and Social Care in Dudley ...
19th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
The PSTA are supporting Somerset County Council and NHS Somerset CCG to work together, using local projects to influence a system change towards prevention, early intervention and joined-up working. Three cohorts of 30 have completed a Somerset Academy so far, and a fourth is now underway. The county and its partners have been looking to ...
19th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
Generations are coming together across the Royal Borough of Greenwich with a series of activities bringing nursery children together with elderly residents. The benefits of intergenerational activities, such as reducing social isolation and fostering community links, have been known for quite a while now. The Council’s Early Years’ service has brought together a number of ...
16th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
Putting residents at the heart of decision making is fundamental to Norwich City Council’s approach to cooperative working and opportunities to put this into practice are explored whenever we get the chance. So when the local CCG came to us with a pot of funding and asked how they use it to create a whole ...
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
Unlike many other Library Authorities across the country Sandwell is proud to have retained all 19 of its libraries despite year on year reductions in funding: We continue to operate a mobile and home library service Working together with volunteers, Friends groups and partners libraries have developed as lively, community and cultural hubs with free ...
15th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
In April 2019, fourteen leading public sector organisations based in Cardiff signed the newly developed Healthy Travel Charter, committing themselves to supporting and encouraging their staff and visitors to travel in a sustainable way to and from their sites. Through fourteen ambitious actions, the charter promotes walking, cycling, public transport and ultra-low emission vehicle use. ...
15th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
The School Holiday Enrichment Programme (SHEP) is an award-winning, multi-agency programme which provides good-quality meals, nutrition skills, sports education and enrichment activities to children living in areas of need in Wales. SHEP was developed and piloted in Cardiff during summer 2015 by Education Catering at Cardiff Council, the Public Health Dietetic Team from Cardiff & ...
27th September, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
April 2017 saw the launch of Southampton Healthy Living – a new and innovative partnership of health, voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. Southampton Healthy Living offer a single service to enable individuals, families and communities develop more control over their lifestyle by helping create communities where healthy behaviour is the norm. Health_Healthy Living_Southampton City ...
3rd April, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
Childhood obesity in Rochdale is increasingly mirroring patterns of socio-economic deprivation. Reducing childhood obesity is a high priority for Rochdale Borough Council. Weighing and measuring at reception and year 6 presents an opportunity to engage with families of children who are overweight or obese and offer appropriate support. The Energy Club is the main programme ...
3rd April, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
Working ‘Better Together’ in Knowsley is about everyone coming together, pooling resources and expertise to have a greater impact on tackling the Borough’s key challenges. Knowsley Council’s current Corporate Plan outlines what the Council hopes to achieve in the coming years, with the following co-operative principles setting out how it will: Be a strong community ...
27th March, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
Overview Those commissioning public services are increasingly being expected to oversee rapid large-scale local change that achieve financial savings, but also to make services more accessible, personalised and focused on prevention. In Lambeth they have seized the opportunity to transform the mental health care system. By creating a radical new commissioning model and set of ...
19th March, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
This is a campaign launched by the Council to fight for a healthy borough. Our local primary schools are working co-operatively to help deliver change by signing up to the daily mile, which means that children walk, run or jog outside for 15 minutes every day. 18 children’s centres have introduced the ‘daily toddle’ which ...
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, ...
