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Preparation for Assurance Peer Challenge Report, Cornwall Council

Final report - October 2023

"We need to acknowledge capacity and demand is complex"

Gareth Jenkins is a partner at Changeology Group. For the past 15 years, Gareth has worked in health and social care both as an NHS employee and external consultant. Specialising in transformation, change, performance improvement and productivity, he has worked across the UK and Ireland delivering better outcomes for staff and patients. Changeology have been working with the Better Care Fund (BCF) Support Programme to deliver improvement support in systems. This is the first of a two part blog.

LGA State of the Sector report: The Visitor Economy

As leaders of place, councils play a crucial role in planning and developing their local visitor economies. Councils are direct providers of visitor and tourist attractions, including castles, historic buildings, museums, theatres, galleries, piers and amusement parks, and they act as destination management organisations for their areas.

Local Government Disability Champions Network (LGDCN)

The Local Government Disability Champions Network (LGDCN) is an informal network of council officers and councillors which is open to anyone in local government who has a formal or informal role as a Disability Champion, is Disabled or considers themselves an ally.

Land use, land-use change and forestry, and agriculture routemap

The land use, land-use change and forestry (referred to as ‘land use’ for brevity), and agriculture sectors are a major contributor to UK greenhouse gas emissions. In 2018, emissions from land use were 12.8 MtCO2e, equating to two per cent of the total, due to playing a significant role in balancing emissions through carbon sequestration and carbon sinks.

Children's services improvement

We offer councils a wide range of support on children's services improvement on a free-of-charge or subsidised basis.

Waste routemap

Waste accounted for five per cent of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, with significant reductions in emissions from waste being due to changing waste disposal practices.

Transport routemap

Domestic transport was responsible for 22 per cent of UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, making it the highest emitting sector. The amount of road traffic increased by six per cent compared with 2008 figures, and ownership of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) rose to 25 per cent of the market share, increasing emissions from cars.