Local author David Jones recorded a selection of neighbourly stories from Cwmbwrla, and produced a book alongside the Local Area Coordinator Emma and a group of diverse community members with extensive local knowledge.
The Local Area Coordination Network is delighted to release this new report, containing a collection of reflections on the 10 principles of Local Area Coordination, which were kindly offered up by the contributors to our Conference in 2020.
March ’21 edition of the Local Area Coordination Network Newsletter.
In this video and blog, Nick Sinclair explores the link between Local Area Coordination and prevention. The video was recorded as part of the #ItsOurCommunity event last month which was hosted by The Festival of Debate, The Centre for Welfare Reform, Citizen Network, and the Yorkshire Socialist Health Association.
February ’21 edition of the Local Area Coordination Network Newsletter.
The ‘It’s Our Community’ conference has been developed by the Centre for Welfare Reform, the Yorkshire Socialist Health Association, and the Festival of Debate, and will focus on the idea that the future of social care must be people powered, rights-based, and organised at a neighbourhood level.
January ’21 edition of the Local Area Coordination Network Newsletter.
The Local Area Coordination Network invited 10 people to consider one of the 10 principles each and give their perspective in a 10-minute talk. They, along with Eddie Bartnik, came together at the Local Area Coordination online conference to share their thoughts.
December ’20 edition of the Local Area Coordination Network Newsletter.
Nick Sinclair, Director of the Local Area Coordination Network, reflects on a recent webinar for the Local Government Association.
Nick recently had the pleasure of collaborating with a contingent of people from Swansea, giving an online presentation on how Local Area Coordination there had responded during Covid times, as well as our collective vision for its future across Wales.
In this blog, Nick Sinclair and David Robinson explore the concept of a ‘social covenant’ discussed in Danny Kruger’s recent report, ‘Levelling Up Our Communities’, arguing it must be formed around values, trust, morality and relationships.
