Case studies

To support the LGA ‘Be A Councillor’ campaign, Tower Hamlets created a programme to increase awareness of the role of a local authority councillor and the different routes to participation. As recommended in an LGA Peer Review report, this work targeted people from under-represented groups in the borough, including women.

Addressing housing shortages, by launching a Council House Building Programme (CHBP) to increase affordable housing stock through a combination of land-led new builds, acquisitions, and regeneration projects.

Dallaglio RugbyWorks is a charity, it delivers a programme using sports as an intervention for young people disengaged from education. It works with schools and uses a place-based approach working with Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision settings and in areas with high levels of deprivation and youth crime.

By prioritising direct housebuilding, acquisition of former council homes, partnerships with private landlords, and redevelopment of under-utilised sites, Broxtowe has delivered sustainable, high-quality housing solutions.

Over 300 people from a range of organisations, sectors and regions gathered at the Liverpool City Region (LCR) AI Summit on November 21, 2024. The summit highlighted Mayor Steve Rotheram's vision to establish the region as a national exemplar in the application of “AI for Good”.

Milton Keynes City Council staged the Milton Keynes AI Festival in late 2024, a celebration of the city's standing as a dynamic hub for artificial intelligence.

Building a city centre housing development including retail units to contribute to the ongoing regeneration of Redhill, Surrey.

Using close working relationships with community led and third sector organisations to renovate empty homes, increasing the delivery of affordable housing.

Delivering greater numbers of affordable homes at scale through partnership working, through using council owned land, in a way that leaves new affordable homes less at risk of being lost through Right to Buy.