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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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22 May 2026

Neighbourhoods for Living Well event

A summary of the workshops at an event held in partnership with the National Innovation Centre Ageing (NICA).

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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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5 May 2026

Hearing people where they are: a recipe for engagement success

Debbie John, Programme Catalyst at Community Catalysts, shares what’s unique about Big Conversation projects and how she sets them up for success.

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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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16 April 2026

A call to be much more ambitious

Alex Fox, CEO at Community Catalysts, calls for us to be more ambitious about how we plan for and use Direct Payments, to improve people’s lives and save money.

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14 April 2026

Council report shows social impact of community micro-enterprise project

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s Social Investment Impact Report shows that the Community Micro-enterprise Development Programme results in economic and social value.

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13 April 2026

Leading with humanity: a journey into social leadership and community driven change

Dalanya Morris, Patient and Service Engagement Manager at Sutton Primary Care Network, shares her experiences and learning from the New Social Leaders of Neighbourhood Health and Wellbeing programme.

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6 April 2026

Expansion of community micro-enterprise programme to West Oxfordshire

New two-year contract to expand community micro-enterprise development to West Oxfordshire.

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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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