Nearly 3 million (!) people are economically inactive due to long term health conditions, according today's ONS. We wrote about these trends back in March - about the link between health + wealth, and how we need to rapidly shift the way we deliver services…

What does it take to lead in an age of permacrisis?

💠 Resilience as well as Efficiency
💠 Community as well as Institution
💠 Compassion as well as Decisiveness
💠 Mobilisation as well as Management

Adam Lent sets out a new path for the public sector newlocal.org.uk/articles/how-t…

Exploring innovative solutions for public service challenges, @WeAreNewLocal's latest report advocates for pooling public budgets by location to transform community support.

A vital read on maximizing the impact of public funds: buff.ly/3OxURyt

#PublicServicesReform

What kind of public sector leadership do we need in the context of ‘permacrisis’? Adam Lent sets out some early insights from New Local sessions with senior leaders in our network.
newlocal.org.uk/articles/how-t…

'Communities aren’t “demand”. Seeing people as unique assets and exploring ways to build citizen voice into service redesign, shifting power to communities is an essential prerequisite of radical place leadership.' - Brilliant piece on how to approach reform from ✨ Donna Hall ✨

'We know from our members across the country that officers and councillors need practical tools to map out and develop a tangible vision of what community power means' - Catriona Maclay shares learning from brilliant work with Wealden District Council
newlocal.org.uk/articles/commu…

#WalsallTogether will join the discussion on Delivering Effective Place-Based Care, hosted The King's Fund today! Focusing on how we build on the strength in our communities to improve wellbeing & prevent poor outcomes
kingsfund.org.uk/events/deliver… #KFPlaceBased

Looking forward to sharing our learning at this The King's Fund conference today

'The role of communities in a system under crisis', session chaired by Grace Pollard

#fridayread and a #fridaywatch like New Local we've got a keen interest in public sector reform and what was once called Total Place. It's one of the (many) reasons localism makes sense, especially in the midst of a #localgov funding crisis.
newlocal.org.uk/articles/total… Jessica Studdert

The Government must fix the £4bn hole in council funding arrangements for 2024-25 or risk severe impact to council services and the prospect of further councils in England facing effective bankruptcy.

Read our report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5804/cmse…

'The prize is a system which enables funding to follow need and by doing so, be much more capable of responding effectively to the different circumstances of places' - Jessica Studdert piece for The MJ reflecting on New Local new policy paper on place-based budgets.

'What sets Design Thinking apart from other service improvement approaches is its human focus.'

Great practical insights from Eleanor Brown - sharing three lessons from piloting design thinking at Enfield Council
newlocal.org.uk/articles/desig…

Revitalising our public services will require a place-based approach.

New New Local report with FGF argues that reviving the Total Place model will ensure:
💸 Public money goes further
📈 Outcomes improve
🏘️ Services better meet communities' needs
newlocal.org.uk/publications/r…

Excellent new report from John Denham & Jessica Studdert about integrating public spending within places.

Something of a revival of New Labour's Total Place initiative, which holds a lot of potential for decentralised and preventative public services.

Excited to read this and congrats to John Denham & Jessica Studdert on publication!

Demos' Public Services Taskforce will be looking to learn from Total Place - an experiment ended all too quickly.

Public services are in crisis & there is no quick financial fix.

We need to rewire existing spending around community priorities.

In a report out today, John Denham & Jessica Studdert call for place-based budgeting, reviving Total Place for today's climate.

👉newlocal.org.uk/publications/r…

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Join The King's Fund to explore how place-based partnerships are shaping health and care services

And the role of places and communities in addressing health inequalities locally

Ft. Grace Pollard 🌟

🗓️ 6-7 Feb
📍 Online
🎟️ kingsfund.org.uk/events/deliver…

#KFPlaceBased

One feature of #localgov financial predicament is that there is political consensus across councils of different stripes that the current situation is unsustainable and more funding is needed.

Barnet Council’s ‘graph of doom’ now looks prophetic…theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…