Excellent new report from John Denham & @jesstud.bsky.social 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 & @jesstud.bsky.social on publication! Demos' Public Services Taskforce will be looking to learn from Total Place - an experiment ended all too quickly.

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…

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…

"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…

"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" - @jesstud.bsky.social piece for The MJ reflecting on New Local new policy paper on place-based budgets.

#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… @jesstud.bsky.social

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

#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

"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…

"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 ✨

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…

Exploring innovative solutions for public service challenges, New Local'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

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…

🆕We gathered examples of innovative approaches to working with communities in the health & care system. And explored how practitioners can enrich their own work by embedding community power. newlocal.org.uk/publications/c… Here’s a short 🧵 on the highlights

NEW: New Local report- a practice review of community-powered heath & care. We’ve long made a strong case for community power: this report matches big vision with practical next steps. It’s full of inspiration, case studies & tips for progressing community-led approaches.

For anyone interested in moving to more community powered approaches in our health and care system, this Practice Review provides some brilliant examples of how people are making it happen. With big thanks to Grace Pollard for leading the review.