Leadership groups are a vital pillar of Local Area Coordination. They bring together a wide range of voices, including people with lived experience, local community members, and senior system leaders from councils, health services, voluntary and community organisations, and other sectors.

A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers at Swansea University, with Local Area Coordinators at Swansea Council and people they are alongside, shows why strong relationships are essential in Local Area Coordination.

Sarah Bogunovic has written an article in ‘Local Government First’, in which she talks about the growth of Local Area Coordination under Surrey County Council in an attempt to be less “hard to reach”.

In November 2021, the Local Area Coordination Network heard from Dee, a resident of York who has been alongside a Local Area Coordinator and has been a supporter of Local Area Coordination for multiple years.

Local Area Coordinator Byron talks about what brought him into Local Area Coordination and what people can expect when meeting him in the community.

On 6th June 2022, Nick Sinclair and Les Billingham spoke to the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee about Local Area Coordination.

This essay (‘A Better Way of “Leading” in the Post-Covid World’ by Nick Sinclair) was originally published in ‘Building A Bigger We: Insights from our Network’ by Caroline Slocock and Steve Wyler at A Better Way.

Community Organising and Local Area Coordination represent two distinct community approaches that share similar values and principles in both their philosophy and method. In this webinar, we explored some stories of the two approaches, where they are working well (and why), and the difference they are helping people make.

‘Power and Connection: The international development of Local Area Coordination’ is now available to download online for free.

The summative evaluation of the Local Area Coordination programme in the London Borough of Havering, compiled by Dr Sandhya Duggal, has now been published. The evaluation reviews data collected as well as interviews with people who have made use of Local Area Coordination, community members, Local Area Coordinators, and service managers.

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.