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The Innovation Zone at the LGA Annual Conference is a lively interactive space offering delegates a chance to engage, learn, and think about how they might do things differently within their councils. The theme for this year’s Innovation Zone is 'Resilience and Renewal' and the space will feature more than 30 talks on subjects including adults and children's services, community wellbeing and health, climate change, economic renewal and growth, digital, equalities, diversity and inclusion, and more. All sessions will be creative and interactive, with a focus on providing delegates with learning to take back to their councils.
If you have any questions about the Innovation Zone, please email innovation@local.gov.uk
Calls for action
Behavioural Insights programme 2022/23
As part of our Behavioural Insights programme 2022/23, we are seeking applications from groups of local authorities who can work together in an existing partnership to run a behavioural insights trial in their local area to address a behavioural challenge and reduce demand on public services. If you are interested in participating in this year’s programme as part of a consortium of local authorities in your area, please complete our short application form by Monday 23 May at 12pm or email behaviouralinsights@local.gov.uk if you have any queries.
How ‘data mature’ is your council? – trial our data maturity self-assessment tool in 2022
How well does your council use data for decision-making? We’re partnering with councils to trial the use of a data maturity self-assessment tool during 2022, and your council can take part too. We’re inviting councils at any stage of maturity from ‘data unaware’ to ‘data masters’ to take part in the trial. The self-assessment tool is easy-to-use and takes no more than 10 to 15 minutes to complete. By participating, you will be able to:
- track where your council is in its data journey
- plan your next steps towards data maturity
- compare your council against other councils and across different service areas
- encourage conversation on the data needs of your council
- work collectively to raise standards and to improve cultural and work practices.
Find out more about our data maturity trial or email transparency@local.gov.uk to take part.
Webinars and other events
Thursday 26 May, 10–11.30am | Online
The first in our series of roundtable events will provide equalities leads with an opportunity to get together, share successes and brainstorm the challenges they face in their work. Challenges include:
- understanding what we want to achieve and why
- identifying priorities on our long equalities ‘to do lists’.
Join us to discuss equalities action plans and strategies.
Monday 20 June, 5.30–7.30pm | Online
All newly elected councillors from across the country are invited to attend our welcome event which will serve as an introduction to the Local Government Association and the support we offer to newly elected councillors. You will have the opportunity to:
- explore the national challenges facing councils
- hear top tips from experienced councillors to equip you in your new role
- take part in a breakout session with councillors from your LGA political group.
Tuesday 28–Thursday 30 June | Harrogate Convention Centre, King's Road, Harrogate HG1 5LA
Join us in Harrogate for the biggest event in the local government calendar, where we’ll be discussing the latest issues affecting local government. Access useful information about the conference, and book your place at the LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition now.
Latest publications and reports
LGA sector support offer 2022/23 – supporting the local government sector
Our summary of our sector support offer highlights the range of support available to councils during the 2022/23 financial year, including enhanced support relating to devolution, leadership, financial resilience, climate change and more. In addition, our Corporate Peer Challenge programme and remote peer support offer provide valuable opportunities for councils to review their position and look ahead to the future. For further information on the sector support offer and our Corporate Peer Challenge programme please contact the LGA principal adviser for your region.
Climate change reporting guidance for local authorities
Our newly-published guidance document on climate change reporting supports the updated and downloadable Greenhouse Gas Accounting Tool, which has two reporting tabs for capturing scope 3 emissions. The tool aims to assist local authorities in understanding:
- the scale of reporting
- what to report
- how to set an action plan for future reporting.
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LGA climate action plan roundtables
We are supporting councils in the creation and development of their climate action plans by organising a series of climate action plan roundtables which will bring councils together to discuss and share learning through facilitated peer support. Find out more in our climate action plan roundtables frequently asked questions (FAQs).
Four essential steps for delivering digital inclusion projects and initiatives
We have worked with public sector technology specialists Socitm Advisory and the wider local government sector to compile a 'bundle' of resources to support councils in tackling the digital divide, including our Digital Learner Checklist – a dynamic spreadsheet which councils can use to assess residents' digital progress and to create baseline assessments for digital inclusion projects involving both workforce and communities. The resources also feature guidance on using 'personas', which can be used to design services based on user needs and assess the impact of digital inclusion initiatives.
LG Inform and LG Inform Plus
For more information on subscribing to LG Inform (our free data benchmarking platform) and LG Inform Plus (our paid data benchmarking subscription service) contact us at lginform@local.gov.uk or lginformplus@local.gov.uk
New reports available on our data benchmarking platform LG Inform – view data specific to your local area
Housing affordability changes in your area since 2011
Our new dynamic LG Inform report on housing affordability shows, for each local authority area, how housing affordability has changed over the last 10 years and what has driven the change. For example, the report shows that – on average – working people purchasing a home in England in 2021 could expect to pay around 9.05 times their annual earnings – compared to 6.8 times their annual earnings in 2011.
Latest data on children in low-income families
Use our new dynamic LG Inform reports on children’s health and wellbeing to access the latest Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data (2020/21) on the proportion of children aged between 0 and 15 who are in:
For example, the proportion of children aged between 0 and 15 in absolute low-income families in England was 15.1 per cent (down from 15.8 per cent in 2019/20).
Use the report modifiers at the top of each LG Inform report to find out the situation in your area.
first magazine
The LGA's membership magazine, 'first', is delivered free each month to just under 18,000 councillors and local authority chief executives. Access first magazine online to browse all news articles, features and opinion pieces, including those from past issues.
Councillors who receive the magazine should also be receiving the first e-bulletin. If you find that first online and the first e-bulletin satisfy your need for information from the LGA, please consider helping us reduce our carbon footprint by opting out of receiving the magazine. Councillors and officers can sign up for the first e-bulletin using their council email addresses.
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