New sports club aims to tackle loneliness
Medway Council has been awarded £9,800 from Sport England to launch the Sporting Memories Club which will be held at Strood Sports Centre starting in October. The first hour of the club will be devoted to talking and remembering past sporting events and activities and during the second hour residents will take part in light […]
Vaux housing scoops national award
Sunderland City Council’s innovative new housing development, which will be a centrepiece of the Riverside Sunderland urban quarter, has scooped the Homes England Masterplanning Award at the 2022 Housing Design Awards, recognising the trailblazing nature of the properties being built. The scheme, which will deliver 132 new homes, was showcased last week, just days after work […]
APSE award for Salt Ayre leisure centre energy efficiency project
The council came away with the top prize in the ‘Best Climate Action or Decarbonisation Initiative’ category at this year’s APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) awards. The awards recognise and celebrate councils that have achieved excellent results in different service areas. Using £6.8million in funding from the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), the […]
What councils need from the new government to make levelling up a reality – Webinar hosted by LGC
Join us to hear what is likely to be next for the levelling up agenda and learn how councils within the Key Cities network have already used government funding, partnership with the private sector and wider collaboration within the network to use levelling up to unlock opportunities. Speakers: Councillor John Merry, Deputy City Mayor & […]
Upcoming autumn events
Next week we will be exploring the opportunities available in levelling up. See below for dates and links to more details on each event. A round up of the discussions at the fringe event is available from our blog post. Tuesday 27 September – Creating Healthy Cities – room 4A, ACC Liverpool (inside the […]
Dan Norris
Dan Norris is the directly elected Mayor of the West of England representing an area of around a million people. His responsibilities include transport, skills and the environment. Since his election he has secured £2/3rds billion for transport, introduced a Good Employment Charter and launched an ambitious retrofit programme. He also plans to make his […]
Cllr Brigid Jones
Rob Parsons
Andy Street
Key Cities and Levelling Up: What is needed from the new Government?
With projects now coming to the fore, the opportunities within the levelling up agenda are beginning to emerge, with many places leading the charge in what is possible. However, the process for securing levelling up funding is too short term in outlook, creating confusion and uncertainty, which is making it unnecessarily challenging for local government […]
