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4 June 2026

Strengthening Local Area Coordination practice: evaluating ‘Safe Waiting’

A project that will focus on evaluating and strengthening ‘Safe Waiting’, a core Local Area Coordination practice.

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11 May 2026

Local Area Coordination: addressing the very big and the very small

Reflecting on Local Area Coordination Week, Alex Fox, CEO at Community Catalysts, speaks about what makes the approach different and unique from other community based initiatives. 

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1 May 2026

The uniqueness of Local Area Coordination: it’s not what is done, but how it’s done

Nick Sinclair, Programme Director at Community Catalysts, asserts what makes Local Area Coordination unique is not what is done, but how it is done.

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25 March 2026

Neighbourhoods that nourish or ‘neighbourhood soup’?

Alex Fox, CEO at Community Catalysts, talks about some of the practical ways we can make the vision of neighbourhood health a reality.

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26 February 2026

‘Neighbourhoods for living well’ event in Newcastle

A partnership event with the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing that will focus on living well in North East neighbourhoods.

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23 February 2026

Local Area Coordination: a human rights based approach to disability support

An article, published in Disability and Society, asserts that Local Area Coordination aligns with current policy priorities on human rights.

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10 February 2026

Neighbourhoods for living well

Nick Sinclair, Director of the Local Area Coordination Network, reflects on what we need to live and age well in our neighbourhoods.

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28 April 2025

Celebrate Local Area Coordination Week 2025

A national celebration of the work of Local Area Coordination teams across the country and the impact of the approach.

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13 January 2025

Total Place: an opportunity to reimagine public services

Nick Sinclair and Donna Hall argue that key shifts are required in the delivery and philosophy of public services.

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21 October 2024

Bringing co-production to life

Tom Richards, Local Area Coordination Network Manager, shares how the Local Area Coordination recruitment process brings co-production to life.

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13 May 2024

New research reveals positive impact of Local Area Coordination

Strengths of Local Area Coordination revealed in first ever multi-site evaluation.

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31 May 2023

Tackling the blocks to care capacity

Dear Friends Here at Community Catalysts, we have the pleasure of knowing people like Dawn and Local Social CIC and hundreds and hundreds of…

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