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.

In this video series, Local Area Coordinator David Oliffe describes the concept of Safe Waiting.

Following the launch of new book ‘Power and Connection‘ earlier this month, Nick Sinclair joined authors Eddie Bartnik and Ralph Broad, along with Sian Roderick from Swansea University, for a Q&A session hosted by Simon Duffy and the Centre for Welfare Reform.

International leaders of Local Area Coordination Eddie Bartnik and Ralph Broad have co-authored a new book called ‘Power and Connection’. Join us at the launch event.

We are hosting an online event on ‘What is Local Area Coordination?’. This session will be of particular interest to those working in health and local government who want to do things differently.

Community Catalysts is running a full day online workshop four times for Research in Practice during mid-October to mid-November. The workshop is aimed at practitioners (social workers and similar) and is all about Local Area Coordination, and strengths and assets-based approaches.

Following the decision in early 2021 to expand Local Area Coordination across all seventeen wards of Derby, the latest evaluation looks at Local Area Coordination in Derby 2018 – 2021.

Nick hosted a session with Cath Barton at Social Care Future’s Spring Gathering on ‘Permission, purpose, power’. They explored the idea of permission, and who has the power to give it, using breakout rooms to prompt discussion from a personal and professional angle.

The Board of Community Catalysts is delighted to announce the appointment of Pip Cannons as our next CEO, taking over from our founder Sian Lockwood who is retiring later this year.

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.