Dorset: Low carbon Dorset
The project This five-year programme of activities aims to help stimulate growth in Dorset’s low…
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Innovation Spotlight
Showcasing DCN member councils’ innovative approaches on place leadership, wellbeing and environmental issues
Cambridge: Tree Canopy
The project The Canopy Project is an urban forestry initiative which aims to increase tree…
West Lancashire: Green Tourism Programme
West Lancashire Borough Council: Green Tourism Programme The project The council has partnered with Green…
Stroud: Local Retrofit Leadership
Stroud District Council: Local Retrofit Leadership The project Stroud District Council was the first local…
Wychavon: Town Centre Prospectus
Wychavon Borough Council: Town Centre Prospectus The project The council has produced Town Centre Investment…
Torridge District Council: Appledore Clean Maritime Innovation Centre
Torridge District Council: Appledore Clean Maritime Innovation Centre The project Aspiration, youth opportunity / exodus…
South Staffordshire Council: Codsall Community Hub
South Staffordshire Council: Codsall Community Hub The project The Hub is a building the community…
Lewes District Council: Local Retrofit Action
Lewes District Council: Local Retrofit Action The project The council is working in partnership with…
Havant District & Portsmouth City Council and Coastal Partners
Havant District & Portsmouth City Council and Coastal Partners: Greening the Grey Project The project…
East Hampshire: Green Loop and Wayfinding Project
East Hampshire: Green Loop and Wayfinding Project The project The town of Whitehill & Bordon…
East Devon District Council: Clyst Valley Regional Park
East Devon District Council: Clyst Valley Regional Park The project The Clyst Valley Regional Park…
Stroud District Council: Brimscombe Port
Stroud District Council: Regeneration of a brownfield site in the industrial heritage conservation area at…
Stevenage Borough Council: Event Island
Stevenage Borough Council: Event Island Project The project Event Island Stevenage is a space in…
South Staffordshire Council: Business Place Partnership and Business Hubs
South Staffordshire Council: Business Place Partnership and Business Hubs The project The Business Place Partnership…
South Hams District Council: Plymouth and South Devon Freeport
South Hams District Council: Plymouth and South Devon Freeport The project Plymouth and South Devon…
Newark and Sherwood: Robin Hood Hotel Redevelopment
Newark and Sherwood: Robin Hood Hotel Redevelopment The project The site of the former Robin…
Lancaster: Placemaking with Young Adults
Lancaster: Placemaking with Young Adults The project Lancaster City Council is pioneering a new initiative…
Tewkesbury: Planning application tracker
Tewkesbury Borough Council: Planning application tracker The project Tewkesbury Borough is a fast-growing district. This…
East Suffolk: Digital Towns
East Suffolk: Digital Towns The project East Suffolk Council is installing free public wi-fi and…
North West Leicestershire: Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil rollout for council vehicles
The project As part of its commitment to reduce carbon emissions, the council has undertaken…
Dacorum: A place-based approach for Hemel Hempstead
Dacorum: A place-based approach for Hemel Hempstead The project Dacorum Borough Council is delivering a…
Newcastle-under-Lyme: Grosvenor Gardens
Newcastle-under-Lyme: Grosvenor Gardens Sunken Roundabout The project The council made a decision to redevelop this…
Stevenage Borough Council: Oaks Cross
Stevenage Borough Council: Oaks Cross Emergency Housing Scheme The project Stevenage is no stranger to…
North West Leicestershire District Council: Newmarket
North West Leicestershire: Newmarket, Coalville The project This project is the redevelopment of a derelict…
North Warwickshire and Nuneaton & Bedworth: Positive Energy Solutions
North Warwickshire and Nuneaton & Bedworth borough councils: Positive Energy Solutions The project The councils…
North West Leicestershire District Council: UAV Drones
North West Leicestershire District Council: The use of drones to investigate breaches of planning and…
North Devon: Community-led housing
North Devon District Council: Harnessing the potential of community-led housing The project The council has…
North Devon District Council: Accommodation pods
North Devon District Council: New temporary accommodation pods for rough sleepers The project The council’s…
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council: Patient Self-referral
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council: Patient Self-referral health prevention model The project Hinckley & Bosworth…
East Suffolk Council: Community Partnerships
East Suffolk Council: Effective Community Partnerships What is the project? When East Suffolk Council was…
Cherwell: You Move
Cherwell District Council: You Move and Move Together The project You Move is a family…
Cambridge City Council: Modular Pods
Cambridge City Council: Modular Pods for Homeless The project Cambridge City Council has worked with…
Breckland Council: Inspiring Communities
Breckland Council: Inspiring Communities Programme The project This is a £1 million programme to develop…
Blaby District Council: Housing Enablement Team
Blaby District Council: Housing Enablement Team What is the project? The Housing Enablement Team (HET)…
North West Leicestershire: Council office accommodation
North West Leicestershire District Council: Council office accommodation The project This project is the council’s…
North West Leicestershire: Tackling food poverty
North West Leicestershire District Council: Tackling food poverty The project COVID-19 and cost-of-living pressures have…
Bolsover: Community rail project
Bolsover District Council – Community rail project The Project The 32-mile Robin Hood Line is…
Broxtowe and partners: Notts Green Rewards
Broxtowe Borough Council: Notts Green Rewards The project Green Rewards is an online platform using…
Cherwell: Decarbonisation
Cherwell District Council: Decarbonisation of council assets The project The project relates to the decarbonisation…
West Suffolk: Solar for Business initiative
West Suffolk Borough Council: Solar for Business Initiative The project The council has invested in…
Cambridge: Community Engagement Partnership approach
Cambridge City Council: Community Engagement Partnership approach The project Cambridge City Council is working in…
North Warwickshire and Nuneaton & Bedworth: Step into Your Tenancy
North Warwickshire and Nuneaton & Bedworth borough councils: Step into Your Tenancy The project The…
Stevenage: Nightlife Crisis Café
Stevenage Borough Council: Nightlife Crisis Café The project The council identified a need for early…
Broadland: Food Innovation Centre
Broadland: Food Innovation Centre The project Broadland District Council (BDC) has worked with partners including…
Watford: River Colne
Watford Borough Council: Rediscovering the River Colne project The project Rediscovering the River Colne is…
Rother and Wealden: Rye export hub
Rother and Wealden district councils: Rye export hub The project This is an export hub…
Lancaster: Home Improvement Agency
Lancaster: Home Improvement Agency Integrated Adaptations Service The project Lancaster City Council’s Home Improvement Agency…
Oxford: Energy Superhub
Oxford City Council: Energy Superhub Oxford The project Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO) is one of…
Craven: Low carbon retrofit
Craven District Council: Low carbon retrofit The project Craven District Council unanimously declared a Climate…
Havant: Tracer pebbles
Havant Borough Council: Tracer pebbles The project The council, working through its Coastal Partners Partnership,…
North Devon: Homes for Ukraine
North Devon District Council: Homes for Ukraine approach The project The council has spearheaded a…
Lichfield: Driving nature recovery
Lichfield District Council: Driving nature recovery The project The Driving Nature Recovery project works to…
Stroud: Valleys natural flood management project
Stroud District Council: Valleys natural flood management project The project This project is working with…
Pendle: Eco-friendly housing
Pendle Borough Council: Eco friendly housing The project This is an eco-friendly affordable housing development…
Babergh and Mid Suffolk: Tree canopy
Babergh and Mid Suffolk district councils: Tree canopy survey and tree planting strategy The project…
Epsom and Ewell: Digital engagement
Epsom and Ewell: Digital engagement for the town centre masterplan The project At a time…
East Devon: Innovation and resilience fund
East Devon District Council: Innovation and resilience fund The project The Innovation and Resilience Fund…
East Hampshire: Pinewood pods
East Hampshire: Pinewood homeless pods The project A former community hall in Whitehill & Bordon…
New Forest: Mental health practitioner
New Forest District Council: Integration of mental health homelessness practitioner The project In November 2021…
Stafford: Local plan engagement
Stafford Borough Council: Local Plan Engagement The project This is a multi-functional community involvement and…
North Warwickshire: Household welcome bundle
North Warwickshire Borough Council: Household welcome bundle The project The council developed this project to…
Reigate & Banstead: Health creation networks
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council: Health Creation Networks The project Given the council’s responsibilities for…
Tewkesbury: Bulky waste
Tewkesbury Borough Council: Bulky waste business transformation The project This is an end-to-end review of…
Tendring: Primary school wellbeing hubs
Tendring District Council: Primary school wellbeing hubs to transform lives in a safe pace The…
South Norfolk: District Direct social prescribing
South Norfolk Council: District Direct social prescriber The project The project was initiated in response…
Cambridge: Decarbonising transport
Innovation Spotlight Environmental theme Cambridge City Council: Electric vehicle transition – decarbonising transport The…
Pendle: The Yes Hub
Innovation Spotlight Wellbeing Pendle Borough Council: The YES Hub The project The council…
Watford: Town Hall Quarter
Innovation Spotlight Instilling Pride in Place and Creating Prosperity Watford Borough Council: Watford Town Hall…
Council tax: ‘Our logo is on the bill but we’re not getting the funding’
Council tax: ‘Our logo is on the bill but we’re not getting the funding’ Funding for police and crime commissioners (PCCs) now takes up a greater proportion of many council tax bills than funding for the council issuing the...
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Districts’ expertise must be embraced if Hunt’s growth plan is to be optimised
Districts’ expertise must be embraced if Hunt’s growth plan is to be optimised Jeremy Hunt’s Budget has the potential to empower local places to drive growth if the Government embraces the unique power of district councils – as the most...
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‘New funding will save many leisure centres – for now’
The District Councils’ Network is pleased that the Government has listened to our call to support the crisis-hit leisure sector. As part of the Spring Budget, the Treasury has announced a one-year £63m fund will support leisure centres with pools,...
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First anniversary of Homes for Ukraine: councils discuss their support for Ukrainians
The anniversary of the Homes for Ukraine scheme being launched has highlighted the work of councils to help support Ukrainians escaping war. English councils have strived to offer sanctuary to nearly 86,000 Ukrainians who have fled Putin’s invasion under the...
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District councils will thrive with financial freedom
District councils will thrive with financial freedom There is a balance to be struck between financial prudence and securing future growth opportunities, writes Kelly Watson, Head of Local Government Relationships at CCLA, in response to a CCLA/DCN roundtable on district...
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