Earlier this month, Local Area Coordination teams up and down the country celebrated Local Area Coordination Week, giving us the chance to stop and recognise the difference that this work makes every day.

At a time when many services are under pressure to do more, do it faster, and do it with less, there can be a pull towards standardisation that prioritises process over people. Local Area Coordination offers a different kind of consistency: one that holds firmly onto values and approach, while remaining flexible and responsive in practice.

The Local Area Coordination Team in Havering reflect on what makes Local Area Coordination such a unique and powerful support to people.

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