by Rupert Lawler | Jul 26, 2022 | Climate, Place
To ensure inequality isn’t baked into responses to the climate emergency, all communities need to be part of the action. IMPOWER can support councils to identify the spaces in which disengaged communities can be influenced to act. At the Local Government Chronicle’s...
by Joel Trounce | May 28, 2020 | Adult social care
Whilst many local authorities have been delivering online support, advice and guidance for some time, Covid-19 has forced North East Lincolnshire council to accelerate and widen this approach. Guest blogpost written by Matt Clayton, Group Manager Safer at North East...
by Sarah Atkinson | Apr 15, 2020 | Children's social care
Covid-19 has presented new safeguarding risks for vulnerable children and families living in our communities. As The Guardian reported last week, child protection referrals have plummeted by more than 50% in some areas of England. The pandemic presents a perfect storm...