Publications

Setting out the changing role of a firefighter

We are determined to be a service that reflects the communities it serves.

A publication on some of the practicalities of how councils can deliver social value through their commercial activity.

This guidance is for councils faced with challenges around vacancy on their high streets and in their town centres and provides an overview of potential methods to tackle it.

Learning about the impact of the Sport England and Local Government Association Leadership Essentials Programme for officers. This publication is a summary of research commissioned by Sport England and the LGA in July 2021.

This document outlines our ambitions for a child-centred recovery, drawing together every aspect of policy and service delivery to create the places people want to live in and plan for the future.

This submission, separated into five distinct chapters, sets out how local government can act as the driver to achieve shared priorities between central and local government.

As we look ahead towards the future, we now stand ready to play an equal part with Government to support an inclusive economic recovery – helping young people to ensure that the next generation doesn’t become a lost ‘pandemic generation’ with scars for years to come.

The handful of case studies featured in this councillors’ handbook demonstrate the excellent work of ACE services, but there are hundreds more great examples out there.

The asset-based approach sees citizens and communities as co-producers of health and wellbeing. It promotes community networks, relationships and friendships as a way of providing mutual help and support and empowers communities to control their futures and create tangible resources for themselves.