Blog post by Andrea Wershof about Local Area Coordination in Haringey.

Local Area Coordination Assistant Manager in Swansea, Richard Davies, shares Hugh and Janet’s story.

In the countdown to Christmas, we share some of the highlights of 2021 from the Local Area Coordination Network with you.

Video featuring a conversation between John and Tara. The Local Area Coordinator, Tara, was first introduced to John through a friend of his from Church, who was concerned that John needed more support although knew John did not want social work involvement.

Local Area Coordinator, Emma, and author of ‘Circling the Square’ David Jones reflect on the ten powerful principles of Local Area Coordination and how they are represented in the personal and community stories told throughout the book.

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.

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.

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.

Nick Sinclair, Director of the Local Area Coordination Network, chats to Nick Plumb, Policy Officer at Locality, and Jill Greenfield, Director of Communities at Kirklees Council, about the Keep it Local Network and Local Area Coordination.

In a recent blog published by The MJ, Prof Donna Hall explores the idea that services only make sense when you connect them together, wrap them around individuals, families, and neighbourhoods, and co-create them with local people and grassroots organisations.