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Housing and homelessness case studies written by our team of experts in ‘Place‘.

Local Partnerships continues to be at the forefront of enabling councils and local authorities to meet their housing and homelessness challenges. We are proud to present five new case studies that highlight our work in optimising housing repairs, unlocking funding, and driving innovation in affordable housing delivery.

From Milton Keynes, where we helped optimise a £165m housing repairs and maintenance programme, to Manchester, where our data-driven models are helping to reduce homelessness, our strategic support has been instrumental. We’ve also worked on housing delivery vehicles (HDVs) to help councils build faster and more efficiently, unblocked stalled social housing sites in Wales, and secured £6M funding to jumpstart the UK’s largest housing regeneration project in Wirral.

Our expert-led, collaborative approach ensures immediate improvements and sets programmes up for long-term success, directly benefiting thousands of households across the UK.

Commercial waste services are a vital component of effective Recycling and Waste Management strategies, directly influencing the reputation, operational efficiency, and financial health of local authorities.

Optimising these services can lead to significant improvements in performance and financial outcomes for local councils.

The Commercial Waste Toolkit is designed to support local authorities in evaluating and enhancing their commercial waste operations. A well-structured commercial waste service not only enhances service delivery but also drives profitability, market share, and adaptability to future policy changes. At Local Partnerships, we have a proven track record of helping local authorities successfully navigate these critical transitions.

Electric Vehicle and Charging Infrastructure Grant

We hosted a webinar to introduce the 2024-2025 ZEV and EVCI grant programme, which aims to support public sector organisations in Wales in their transition to zero-emission vehicles. The webinar was accompanied by a detailed slide deck that walked participants through the key aspects of the grant, including eligibility, funding details, and the application process.

The slides covered the main goals of the grant, such as promoting cleaner transportation and reducing carbon emissions, with specific targets for the adoption of ZEVs by 2025 and 2030.

Additionally, we provided guidance on related topics, such as sustainable staff travel, to help organisations align with broader decarbonisation efforts.

The webinar and slide deck were designed to give participants a clear understanding of how to take advantage of this funding opportunity and make meaningful progress toward greener transportation solutions.

Business case related member decisions

It has always been important that significant investment and transformation decisions are subject to rigorous challenge and are evidence based. The increasing pressure on councils’ finances over recent years has only served to make it even more vital that well written and presented reports for members relating to complex business cases are developed by officers to ensure sound decision making by councils.

This business case related member decision document provides good practice guidance for officers regarding how best to develop and present a report for members to make a significant decision.

The prioritisation matrix is an invaluable tool designed to assist decision-makers in identifying the most promising change projects to advance.

Through Local Partnerships transformation offer, we supported more than 15 authorities in 2023. Our work ranged from developing practical tools and conducting options analyses to providing strategic support, consistently driving impactful and informed decision-making.

Local Partnerships is excited to share with you this year’s Impact Report 2023 – 2024.

This year we have created this microsite within our website to help you navigate and read through the whole report. Please use the links below to download the PDF or access the microsite.

Climate Action Plan: Decarbonisation and Helping schools to decarbonise

Schools collectively spent £630m per year on energy costs in 2019, which is likely to be higher with current prices1.  They are responsible for 24% of all public sector building emissions in England2 and, following the launch of the Department for Education’s sustainability and climate change strategy, will be required to have a climate action plan in place by 2025.  

While many schools sit outside of a local authority’s direct control, they are a significant contributor towards your area-based and/or Scope 3 emissions. So how can local authorities support schools to reduce costs and emissions? 

Local Partnerships has collaborated with the Energy Systems Catapult and Ashden to develop decarbonisation guidance for schools’ sustainability leads, be that operational staff, teachers or school governors.  

Using mapping tools to help councils make decisions – how geo-analytics can support decision making.

The webinar covers : how mapping tools can improve decision making in the design and delivery of council services  what data, tools and inputs are required to develop an effective mapping tool  how users practically use a recent mapping tool we developed to get the insight they need other use cases where similar mapping approaches could support councils