In this article Jennie Cox, Senior Coordinator in the Local Area Coordination team at the City of York Council, explores how being an asset-based area has helped organisations and communities across York to come together through the Coronavirus pandemic.

Blog piece by Nick Sinclair, exploring how Local Area Coordinators have had to turn on a sixpence and support local government-led efforts to respond.

This new report draws upon published evaluation studies of Local Area Coordination, and explores the opportunities and challenges associated with implementing strength-, assets- and placed-based initiatives models within Local Authority social service settings.

We are pleased to launch our first full episode of our new podcast series ‘weathering the storm’. The session is hosted by Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson with special guest Ralph Broad.

In our series entitled ‘it’s all about’ we will explore some moving and incredible stories from the past year of people who have moved closer to their vision of a good life and started making their contribution in their community. This piece looks at ‘having no pre-defined agenda’.

In our series entitled ‘it’s all about’ we will explore some moving and incredible stories from the past year of people who have moved closer to their vision of a good life and started making their contribution in their community. This piece looks at ‘taking back control’.

March ’20 edition of the Local Area Coordination Network Newsletter.

In our series entitled ‘it’s all about’ we will explore some moving and incredible stories from the past year of people who have moved closer to their vision of a good life and started making their contribution in their community. This piece looks at ‘thinking whole’.

In our series entitled ‘it’s all about’ we will explore some moving and incredible stories from the past year of people who have moved closer to their vision of a good life and started making their contribution in their community. This piece looks at ‘being present, approachable and flexible’.

February ’20 edition of the Local Area Coordination Network Newsletter.

In a crossover of her work and studies, Tara Hughes has written this blog piece about Local Area Coordination in Wales in relation to the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act (2014).

Blog piece by Jennie Cox, tentatively exploring whether the use of ‘mental health’ as a catch-all for the disruptions of human life may lead to problems which adversely impact on a person’s ability to navigate through the inevitable difficulties of living.