LOCALITY MATTERS

Locality Matters works with organisations that want to build stronger, more resilient, healthier communities, communities that ultimately place less pressure on public services. Our belief is that many of the challenges faced by our public services can in part be addressed through empowering communities. Giving local people and local organisations far greater involvement in the design, commissioning and delivery of services. Much of our work has historically been with Local Government, local councils have traditionally taken a lead in community development even though, for the most part, the benefits of building stronger more resilient communities accrue to other areas of the public sector, in particular the health system... Through our work we are seeking to change that model to deliver lasting devolution of power, money and responsibility. That means that our work needs to be data driven. We need to build a detailed evidence base with statutory providers around the challenges they..

Primary location: United Kingdom