Convene, Capacity, Build, Coordinate: A neighbourhood working playbook for local government

Local government is critical to helping neighbourhoods recover. As a result, it is important that local government bodies are supported to consider their role in neighbourhood working.

While this is particularly timely for those places that have been given funding through Pride of Place, our rationale is that thriving neighbourhoods improve outcomes and lives for local people everywhere, and the challenges faced by local government are also
shared across the country.

This paper is not a prescriptive plan for how to engage with these initiatives or operate at neighbourhood level more generally. Instead, it sets out ICON’s learning for local government in England on how to support neighbourhoods through empowering local people. Ultimately, each council will have to find its own way to work with local residents, but there are principles that we believe are useful for all councils to consider as they listen and respond to local needs.

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