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Children, Young People and Families
Delivering 14-19 Reform: Next steps
This report sets out the timetable of reform to 2015 to ensure that the Department for Children, Schools and Families achieves its goals for all young people aged 14 to 19.
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) leaflet for Parents and Carers
The EYFS is a stage of children’s development from birth to the end of
their Þrst (Reception) year in school. This leaflet explains what the new EYFS is, what parents and carers can do and where to find local information about it. Published May 2008.
Back on Track: A strategy for modernising alternative provision for young people
This paper sets out a strategy for improving the achievement of pupils who spend time in non-school settings for a range of reasons such as permanent exclusion, bad behaviour, special educational needs or challenging personal circumstances. Published 20 May 2008.
Children on Bullying
This report summarises research on children's views on bullying. It covers children living away from home in England (in children's homes, boarding schools, residential special schools, residential further education colleges, foster care, adoption placements or residential family centres), those who are getting help of any sort from children's social care services of their local council and care leavers. Published 14 February 2008.
Delivering Improved Outcomes for Children, Young People and their Families: The crucial role of the new local performance framework
Information to workers in schools and children's trusts, local authorities and the third and independent sectors about how the new local performance framework for local authorities will drive improved outcomes in services for children, young people and families. Published 21 December 2007.
The Children's Plan: building brighter futures
The Government wants to make this country the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. The Children's Plan sets out how the Department for Children, Schools and Families is going to achieve that - by putting the needs of families, children and young people at the centre of everything we do. Published 11 December 2007.
Why your child's weight matters
This booklet is for parents and includes information on the National Child Measurement Programme. It looks at why maintaining a healthy weight is important and the steps that parents can take to help their family develop a healthy lifestyle. Published 13 September 2007.
Aiming High for Young People : Ten Year Youth Strategy
The Ten Year Youth Strategy sets out how the Government intends to transform facilities and support services for young people in England. Published 26 July 2007.
Teenage Parents - Next Steps: Guidance for Local Authorities and Primary Care Trusts
This strategy document provides guidance for local authorities and primary care trusts on the integrated services that Every Child Matters wants each local area to provide. It also gives details about the support that will be provided nationally to assist local delivery. Published 19 July 2007.
Reaching Out: Think Family, published 18 June 2007
This report, the first part of the Families at Risk Review, aims to show the impact that parent-based family circumstances have on the outcomes and life-chances of children.
Communities, Community Cohesion and Community Leadership
Guidance on Building a Local Sense of Belonging
This guidance suggests ways in which councils, voluntary groups and other organisations can encourage a sense of belonging. It is aimed at local cohesion practitioners and will be particularly relevant where they are working in areas where building a sense of belonging is a key priority or where it supports the delivery of improved community cohesion in other areas.
Fair Rules for Strong Communities
A cross-government plan setting out the values and characteristics that Ministers believe matter for strong communities. The purpose of the plan is to provide a clear statement of the Government's understanding of the issues facing communities and its approach to addressing them.
Community engagement and community cohesion
This JRF research explores the challenges to be addressed if government policies to promote community engagement are to be genuinely inclusive of newcomers as well as more established communities. Published July 2008.
Face to Face and Side by Side: A framework for partnership in our multi-faith society
This document sets out how faith communities, the Government and wider society can work together to encourage and enable greater local activity that brings people with different religions and beliefs together. Published 21 July 2008.
Identifying Hidden Need: Working with the third sector to engage with hard-to-reach groups
This case study identifies the extent and variety of hidden need among minority communities in the rural areas of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and considers how to include them in service delivery. Published 18 July 2008. Engaging Muslim Communities
This is a guide to engaging Muslim communities and ensuring they gain full access to public services, particularly housing. Published 18 July 2008.
Community Empowerment
This page is the home for information on community empowerment, which is the process of enabling people to shape and choose the services they use on a personal basis so that they can influence the way those services are delivered. Published July 2008.
Participation and Cohesion
Think tank Involve has published research, funded by the National Empowerment Partnership, into the
relationship between public participation, community cohesion and empowerment. Published 2008.
The Community Power Pack
This information pack has been created to help local groups to organise and facilitate discussions on the topic of empowerment. The pack contains suggestions for the format of the meeting, advice for facilitators and organisers and detailed information about key empowerment issues. Published 9 April 2008.
Challenges, Interventions and Change: An overview of neighbourhood renewal in six New Deal for Communities areas
This report presents the findings of research on neighbourhood renewal in six New Deal for Communities programme areas. It looks at why and how changes at the local level have occurred. Published 7 April 2008.
How-to guide: equality impact assessments
This learning resource has been developed by practitioners from across the sector. It offers clear guidance on conducting equality impact assessments (EqIAs). Published April 2008.
Improvement and Development Agency: Equality impact assessments
This learning resource has been developed by practitioners from across the equality and diversity sector. It offers clear guidance on conducting equality impact assessments. 20 March 2008.
Integrating New Migrants
This report provides guidance for those producing information packs and resources for migrants arriving in their local area. Published 19 March 2008.
Local e-Government and Social Inclusion: Moving from a digital divide to social inclusion
This study reports on best practice among local authorities in England in 2003 and 2004. It draws primarily on the experience of Beacon councils under round four of the programme of social inclusion through information and communication technology. It emphasises the ongoing role of councils as strategic enablers in bringing together public, private and voluntary sector agencies in tackling the digital divide. The Cabinet Office intends to review this divide in 2008. Published 14 March 2008.
Unlocking the Talent of our Communities
This document sets out the Government's commitment to make changes that give people more local influence, control and ownership of local services, such as employment, health, education and transport. Published 5 March 2008.
More responsive public services? A guide to commissioning migrant and refugee community organisations
A practical guide from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on commissioning migrant and refugee community organisations (MRCOs) to deliver public services. Published 20 February 2008.
Community Cohesion Impact Assessment and Community Conflict Prevention Tool
This tool allows local authorities to assess whether the activities they are planning will have a positive impact on cohesion in their neighbourhoods. Published 4 February 2008.
Communicating Important Information to New Local Residents
This leaflet introduces the IDeA web-based guidance on communicating community cohesion information to new migrants. It gives advice on what information to include and how to present it. Published 4 February 2008.
Sustainable Communities Act 2007: A guide
The Sustainable Communities Act received Royal Assent on 23 October 2007. It aims to promote the sustainability of local communities. This guide describes the Act and what will happen next. Published 1 February 2008.
Citizenship Survey: April-September 2007, England and Wales
This release provides headline findings from the first and second quarters of the 2007-08 Citizenship Survey, covering 1 April 2007 to 30 September 2007. It covers active and empowered communities, community cohesion, and racial prejudice and discrimination. Published 17 January 2008.
The Drivers of Black and Asian People's Perceptions of Racial Discrimination by Public Services: A qualitative study
This report presents findings from research commissioned in order to understand the drivers of Black and Asian people's perceptions of racial discrimination in eight key public services. It report sets out the factors that contribute to perceptions of discrimination or fairness. It concludes with a range of recommendations, based on the respondents' suggestions, on how to ensure that public services are perceived to be fair. Published 17 January 2008.
Building Cohesive Communities: The crucial role of the new local performance framework
This gives information to workers in local authorities and the third and independent sectors about how the new local performance framework for local authorities will drive improved outcomes in community cohesion. Published 21 December 2007.
An Action Plan for Community Empowerment: Building on success
This document brings together the actions that Communities and Local Government is taking to enable more people to play an active role in the decisions that affect their communities; from participatory budgeting and measures to strengthen the role of local councillors, to the empowerment of young people and calls for action through petitions and other forms of participation. Published 19 October 2007.
Learning to change neighbourhoods: Lessons from the Guide Neighbourhoods Programme - Evaluation Report
The report presents the key lessons learned from the Guide Neighbourhoods Programme and suggests ways of taking forward the principle of citizen-led learning in community empowerment and turning the lessons into actions. Published 17 October 2007.
Commission for Racial Equality: A lot done, a lot to do - Our vision for an integrated Britain
This document outlines the state of UK race, with facts and statistics relating to all aspects of British life, from young people, health and education through to employment, communities, sport and local government. It sets out the challenges faced in creating an integrated society and some key steps that need to be taken to reduce prejudicial inequalities, growing social segregation and declining participation. Published 19 September 2007.
Urban Design Compendium
This compendium, published by national regeneration agency English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation examines the factors that make neighbourhoods stimulating and active places in which residents feel comfortable and safe. It highlights leadership, integration, collaboration, long-term involvement and legacy as being the five fundamental building blocks of sustainable development. Published 19 September 2007.
Respect Handbook: A guide for local services
This handbook is intended as an easy-to-use document that elected members, senior police officers and strategic managers in councils, as well as a wide range of other local services, can use to assess the services they provide. It reflects learning from around the country and is designed to help everyone implement the Respect programme locally. Published 2 August.
Our Shared Future - final report of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, published 14 June 2007
The Commission's report, Our Shared Future puts forward a wide-ranging set of recommendations for practical action to address cohesion and integration issues at a local level, along with suggestions for a national framework to support these.
Community management and ownership of assets, published May 2007
An independent review has been published on community management and ownership of assets such as buildings and land. The review was led by Barry Quirk, Chief Executive of Lewisham Council. You can also read the Government's response to the review.
East European Immigration and Community Cohesion
This Joseph Rowntree Trust study profiles new immigrants from five Eastern European countries living in the London Boroughs of Harrow and Hackney and the City of Brighton and Hove. It explores how the presence of these new immigrants affects community cohesion. Published May 2007.
Crime and Community Safety
Wealden's Scrutiny Review of Killed and Seriously Injured
"Sharing Responsibility - Changing Behaviour." A review of the number of people killed and seriously injured on Wealden's roads by a Working Party of the Community Scrutiny Committee, Wealden District Council.
East Sussex Alcohol Harm Reduction
East Sussex Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy 2009-2012
East Sussex Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy Action Plan
East Sussex Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy Leaflet
Youth Crime Action Plan
This action plan sets out a comprehensive, cross-department analysis of how the Government is going to tackle youth crime. It sets out a triple track approach of enforcement and punishment where behaviour is unacceptable, non-negotiable support and challenge where it is most needed, and better and earlier prevention. Published 15 July 2008.
Anti-social and Other Problem Behaviour Among Young Children: Patterns and associated child characteristics
This study explores patterns of anti-social behaviour in young children and the associated personal and familial characteristics. Published 15 July 2008.
Preventing Violent Extremism: A strategy for delivery
This short booklet explains the Government's plans for countering violent extremism to protect the security of the UK in the long term. Published 4 June 2008.
Delivering Safer Neighbourhoods: Experiences from the New Deal for Communities programme
This report presents findings from research on crime and community safety in the New Deal for Communities programme. Published 7 April 2008.
LAAs and domestic violence
Domestic violence remains a serious problem in all areas of the country. This series of case studies examines how three local authorities are using their LAAs in different ways to address the issue. Published 11 March 2008.
Violent Crime Action Plan
This plan is the first of its kind to focus solely on crimes involving serious violence. It sets out what the government, together with police and local agencies, will do over the next three years to cut homicide, knife crime, gun- and gang-related crime and sexual and domestic violence. Published 18 February 2008.
LAAs and Anti-social behaviour
This quartet of case studies highlights how LAAs are being used to tackle anti-social behaviour in four different areas of the country. Read how issues such as pupil exclusions from school and support for families confronting eviction are being challenged with the help of LAAs. Published December 2007.
National Offender Management Service: The crucial role of the new local performance framework
This gives information to workers in offender services, local authorities and the third and independent sectors about how the new local performance framework for local authorities will drive improved outcomes in offender services. Published 4 January 2008. East Sussex Safer Communities Strategy 2007-2010
The plan describes how partners will work together to tackle crime, disorder, antisocial behaviour and drug and alcohol problems in East Sussex. It is based on meetings with partners and a study of crime and disorder in the county.
'Cutting Crime - a new partnership' - the Home Office crime strategy
The Home Office crime strategy sets out the main lessons learned over the past 10 years and looks forward to building on the lessons to address new crime challenges. Published 19 July 2007.
Culture, Sports and Leisure
IDeA Culture and Sport Resource
The new 'culture and sport' resource provides policy and strategy information, improvement support - including the new improvement toolkit - and a variety of good practice, advice and learning.
Artists and Places: Engaging creative minds in regeneration
This report provides practical advice for clients and developers, drawing together the lessons learned from a two-year scheme in which artists were brought into the development process. Published 29 April 2008.
LAA Culture and Sport Toolkit
The Purpose of this online toolkit is to support Local Strategic Partnerships to embed culture and sport within their Local Area Agreement, provide clarity about how culture can support the aims of the sustainable community strategy and to raise awareness of the important contribution that culture and sport can bring to community life. The toolkit aims to link culture to national and regional strategies as well as with key policy areas. Promoting Sport Toolkit
This toolkit is a collection of simple-to-use tools to help promote sport and active recreation to the public. It includes a library of community sport photos free for use in posters, leaflets, websites and adverts. There is a link to the promoting sport blog, which contains the latest research, announcements and information from Sport England on promoting sport.
A Survey of Live Music in England and Wales in 2007
This survey covers live music and examines perceptions of the impact the new Licensing Act has had on the willingness and ability of secondary venues to stage it. Published 17 December 2007.
Economy, Jobs and Prosperity
The Credit Crunch and Regeneration: Impact and implications
This report by Professor Michael Parkinson assesses the effect of the credit crunch on regeneration. It looks at what might happen next and what the key implications are for partners involved in regeneration. It is aimed at regeneration practitioners and policymakers, local authorities, regional development agencies, housing market renewal pathfinders, new deal for communities areas, urban regeneration companies and economic development companies.
Dealing with the recession: new guidance
The IDeA and the Local Government Association (LGA), in partnership with the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE), have undertaken a survey of councils on the implications of the recession. More than 150 councils replied.
From Recession to Recovery: A Local Perspective
This report from the Local Government Association (LGA) has received considerable media attention, with an analysis of how London and the South East will take the brunt of the recession.
East Sussex Business Survey 2008
The results of the 2008 East Sussex County Council Annual Business Survey of nearly 1,000 businesses are now available.They form 4 survey result reports covering Enterprise; Skills; Transport and; Accommodation:
Enterprise Survey Results 2008
Skills Survey Results 2008
Transport Survey Results 2008
Accomodation Survey Results 2008
Local initiatives to help workless people find and keep paid work
This JRF study looks at existing evidence on interventions to help workless people into paid employment and highlights key messages for the Government's Working Neighbourhoods Fund. Published July 2008.
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Statistics for the UK and Regions
This page provides statistical data on small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK. Published July 2008.
Rural Financial Poverty: Priorities for action
This report provides a rural perspective to inform policy makers and practitioners working to reduce financial poverty. Published 16 July 2008.
Buy and Make a Difference: How to address social issues in public procurement
This pamphlet is a practical guide to show public procurers how they can help address social concerns in what they buy and in their expectations of suppliers. Published 11 June 2008.
Innovation Nation
This white paper sets out the Government's plans to encourage innovation in order to raise productivity, foster competitive businesses, meet the challenges of globalisation and live within environmental and demographic limits. Published 13 March 2008.
Delivering Economic Prosperity in Partnership: The crucial role of the new local performance framework
This document provides information about how the new local performance framework for local authorities working alone or in partnership will operate to drive improved economic outcomes for local areas. It is particularly aimed at those working in the economic development field. Published 8 February 2008.
Let's Talk About Money: Your money guide - Leaflet for offenders
This leaflet aims to help offenders get to grips with some of the basics of managing money whilst in prison, preparing for release and on supervision in the community. Published 8 February 2008.
Employing Workers from Overseas
This free leaflet provides essential guidance for employers, employment agencies and businesses on their health, safety and welfare responsibilities for temporary (including migrant) workers. Published 9 January 2008.
2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehesive Spending Review
This report presents updated assessments and forecasts of the economy and public finances, describes the reforms that the Government is making to achieve its goals and sets out the Government's priorities and spending plans for the years 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11. Published 9 October 2007.
The Future of The Rural Post Office Network: report of four focus groups to inform government consultations, published 29 June 2007
The purpose of this project was to inform the Commission for Rural Communities' response to the Department of Trade and Industry's consultation on proposed changes to the post office network.
Economic Blueprint for the Eastbourne Hailsham sub-region
In 2006, Momentum, Eastbourne's regeneration partnership commissioned Rubicon Regeneration to prepare an Economic Blueprint for the Eastbourne Hailsham sub region. An executive summary, action plan and economic profile of the area is now available.
Education, Learning and Skills
The Extra Mile: How schools succeed in raising aspirations in deprived communities
This publication focuses on children whose families have been poor for generations. It looks at ways of raising the aspirations of children from deprived communities, and engaging them in their education. Published 11 June 2008.
Every Child a Reader Toolkit
This toolkit provides advice and guidance on how to introduce and implement the Every Child a Reader programme for children with the most severe difficulties. Published 1 May 2008.
Green Day: A climate change activity kit for schools
This activity kit provides ideas, activities and resources for holding a green day in any school, making it a more sustainable place in which to work, play and learn. Published 29 April 2008.
Raising the Achievement of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils
The case studies featured in this booklet and DVD provide examples of how three schools in different contexts have developed a range of provision to support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils. Published 8 April 2008. Developing Financially Capable Young People
This report identifies good practice in personal finance education. It also examines the case for personal finance education being part of the curriculum for all 11-18-year-olds and considers current weaknesses in provision and barriers to future development. Published 12 March 2008.
The Power to Change Lives
World Class Skills, published today in response to the Leitch review of skills, sets out how the Government will introduce new legislation to give adults a legal right to free training for the first time. Published 18 July 2007.
Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
UK Climate Projections 2009
The UK Climate Projections 2009, based on Met Office science, illustrate the extent of the changes the UK might face in the absence of global action to cut emissions - warmer and wetter winters, hotter and drier summers, increased risk of coastal erosion and more severe weather.
South East State of the Environment 2008
The eighth annual report by the Environment Agency looking at how out environment has changed and the impact people and businesses are having on it.
The Code for Sustainable Homes: Case studies
This publication sets out a number of detailed case studies on actual Code Homes that have been completed since the poliy's inception in 2007. The case studies show the different ways of achieving various levels of the Code and also highlights potential pit-falls for developers.
The Environment in Your Pocket
This is the twelfth edition of The environment in your pocket, published by Defra. This is an annual publication containing material on various environmental themes including climate change, air quality, waste and recycling, land, coastal and marine waters, radioactivity, wildlife and inland water. The main theme of this year's publication is climate change and a larger section has been devoted to topics relating to climate change.
Sustainable Development and Local Decision-Making
This new report published by the Sustainable Development Commission explores the role of local strategic partnerships and local area agreements in delivering sustainable development.
Adapting to Climate Change in England: A framework for action
This report sets out the Government's Adapting to Climate Change programme, which will bring together the work already being led by Government and the wider public sector on adaptation in England and coordinate and drive forward the development of the Government's work on adapting to climate change in the future. Published 24 July 2008. Sustainable Development Indicators In Your Pocket - Updated
This page links to annual editions of the Sustainable Development Indicators In Your Pocket report, which presents and assesses sustainable development indicators that measure everyday concerns including health, housing, jobs, crime, education and the environment. Updated 31 July 2008
Streets for All: Practical case studies
This page links to a summary document plus ten leaflets, each on a different aspect of making better streets and each featuring a town or city where this has been put into practice. Aimed at local authorities and highways engineers, each leaflet contains detailed advice on issues to be considered and procedures to go through and lists relevant documents and legislation. Published 15 July 2008.
Green Day: A climate change activity kit for schools
This activity kit provides ideas, activities and resources for holding a green day in any school, making it a more sustainable place in which to work, play and learn. Published 29 April 2008.
The Health Impact of Climate Change: Promoting sustainable communities - Guidance document
This guidance document contains advice for public health professionals on what can be done to mitigate and adapt to climate change and promote sustainable communities. Published 7 April 2008. Buying a Better World & the Sustainable Procurement Toolkit
With an annual procurement budget of around £160 billion, the public sector is the largest purchaser in the UK. The Sustainable Procurement Toolkit , supported by a full report, Buying A Better World , will help public sector buyers factor the environmental and social impacts of the goods and services they purchase into their spending decisions. Published 4 March 2008.
Public Attitudes Towards Climate Change and the Impact of Transport
This report summarises people's attitudes to climate change in relation to transport. The report covers issues including knowledge of, and concern about, the environment and climate change and support for a range of policy options to reduce transport emissions. Published 24 January 2008.
South East England State of the Environment Report 2007
This report shows how the health of the environment in South East England has changed since 2000 and is a measure of the impact of human activities on the region. Published 9 January 2008.
Sustainable Development Action Plan 2007-08
This document sets out what sustainable development means to Communities and Local Government and the actions that it will take in 2007-08 to promote sustainable development and to integrate sustainable development principles into its policies, operations, procurement and people. Published 9 January 2008. Climate Change and Sustainability: The crucial role of the new local performance framework
This gives information to workers in local strategic partnerships, environmental bodies, local authorities and the third and independent sectors about how the new local performance framework for local authorities will drive improved outcomes in environmental protection and support. Published 21 December 2007.
Securing a Healthy Natural Environment: An action plan for embedding an ecosystems approach
This action plan sets out a strategic approach to policy and delivery on the natural environment. It outlines a number of actions for Defra, key partners and stakeholders to move collectively towards an ecosystems approach to conserving, managing and enhancing the natural environment in England. Published 13 December 2007. Sustainable design, climate change and the environment
This briefing paper sets out what the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment will do to address the issues of sustainable design and climate change, and the action that is needed from the public and private sectors. It is intended for policy makers in central, regional and local government, public sector bodies, and key players in the construction and development industry. Published 15 October 2007.
A guide for business - reducing the energy usage and carbon emissions from your heating and hot water systems
Buildings account for almost half of the energy consumption and carbon emissions in the UK. The heating and hot water used in your building can amount to half of all your energy costs. Energy efficiently can save money, save energy, help you stay competitive and reduce carbon emissions from your building. This booklet gives businesses advice on heating and hot water systems and their controls. Published 1 October 2007.
Sustainable Development Indicators in your pocket
These indicators are used to review progress in sustainable development by highlighting areas where there are challenges, and helping people to understand what sustainable development means globally, nationally, locally and for them as individuals. This pocket guide gives the updated indicators for 2007.
Climate Change Forum 21 June 2007
Download the presentations given at this event by public and private sector lleaders, including Richard Branson, Fiona Reynolds (National Trust) and Nicholas Stern.
Health and Wellbeing
Engaging and Responding to Communities: A brief guide to Local Involvement Networks
This guide is for health and social care managers and explains more about LINks. It outlines how, through proactive engagement, you can better understand the needs of your community.
Health Profiles 2009
The annual health profiles commissioned by the Department of Health have been published for 2009 :
East Sussex
Eastbourne
Hastings
Lewes
Rother
Wealden
On The State of Public Health 2008
The Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report 2008 draws attention to major health challenges requiring immediate action, and details progress made in key areas identified in previous annual reports.
How NICE guidance can help achieve LAA targets
Guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence looking at the evidence available on what works and and what gives the best value for money.
Help Build a Better Health and Social Care Service: Local involvement networks explained
This leaflet explains local involvement networks, which have been introduced to help communities to influence local health and care services.
Health Profiles for East Sussex in 2008
The Association of Public Health Observatories was commissioned by the Department of Health in 2005 to produce Health Profiles. The first batch of profiles was produced in 2006, for all but 2 of the 388 local authorities in England (County, District, Unitary and London Borough), and these are the current profiles for 2008.
Health Related Behaviour Results for Eastbourne
A brief summary of the 2007 health survey results for Eastbourne.
Health Related Behaviour Results for Hastings
A brief summary of the 2007 health survey results for Hastings.
Health Related Behaviour Results for Lewes
A brief summary of the 2007 health survey results for Lewes.
Health Related Behaviour Results for Rother
A brief summary of the 2007 health survey results for Rother.
Health Related Behaviour Results for Wealden
A brief summary of the 2007 health survey results for Wealden.
Adult social care paper: 'Communities - healthy, strong and prosperous'
The IDeA has published a new paper that explores the developmental and service delivery links between the place-shaping role of local government and its health and wellbeing ambitions. July 2008.
End of Life Care Strategy: Promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life
This publication details the Department of Health's end of life care strategy, which provides people approaching the end of life with more choice about where they would like to live and die. It encompasses all adults with advanced, progressive illness and care given in all settings. Published 16 July 2008.
Mental Health and Employment
This report presents findings of a qualitative research project to investigate the relationship between mental health and employment. Published 15 July 2008.
Your Baby: Feeding your baby in the first year
This booklet gives practical advice about feeding a baby. It covers the early months, when a baby is fed only with breast milk or infant formula, to a year old. It gives advice about when to start a baby on solid foods, what foods are suitable and what should be avoided. Published 28 May 2008.
Health, place and nature: how outdoor environments influence health and wellbeing:
a knowledge base
An Sustainable Development Commission publication which examines the contribution of aspects of the outdoor environment (both natural and built) to
health. It draws together evidence to provide a comprehensive knowledge base to be used by those promoting a more
sustainable approach to the natural and built environment and health. Published April 2008. 2007 status report on health inequalities
The report is the third and final against the national health inequalities strategy, Tackling Inequalities: A Programme for Action which was published in 2003. Published 13 March 2008.
A Practical Guide for Dealing with Alcohol-related Problems: What you need to know
This guidance outlines the tools and powers available to practitioners and the key legislative provisions in place to tackle alcohol misuse. Published 6 February 2008.
Safe, Sensible, Social: Alcohol strategy local implementation toolkit
This toolkit is a resource to help local teams develop strategies to address alcohol-related crime, ill health and other harm. Published 11 January 2008.
Commissioning Framework for Health and Well-being: Response to consultation
The commissioning framework for health and well-being sets out the eight steps that health and social care should take in partnership to commission more effectively. This document summarises responses to a consultation on the framework. Published 11 January 2008. Delivering Health and Well-being in Partnership: The crucial role of the new local performance framework
This gives information to workers in primary care and NHS trusts, local authorities and the third and independent sectors about how the new local performance framework for local authorities will drive improved outcomes in health and social care for local areas. Published 21 December 2007.
Healthy People, Healthy Places: LAAs and Health
This IDeA publication is designed to help your LAA and health leads to realise the opportunities presented by the negotiation of new LAAs, address health in its broadest sense and tackle local health inequalities.
Putting People First: A shared vision and commitment to the transformation of adult social care
This ministerial concordat establishes the collaboration between central and local government, the sector's professional leadership, providers and the regulator. It sets out the shared aims and values that will guide the transformation of adult social care, and recognises that the sector will work across shared agendas with users and carers to transform people's experience of local support and services. Published 10 December 2007.
Ramadan Health Guide: A guide to healthy fasting
This booklet aims to help people understand the health issues related to fasting, to help people make more informed choices, minimise complications and maximise the benefit of the fast. Published 13 September 2007.
Who Cares? Information and support for carers who look after people with dementia
The third (revised) edition of this booklet has been developed with the assistance of Help the Aged, Age Concern (England), Alzheimer's Society, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Dementia Voice and the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
Delivering health services through Sure Start children's centres, published 26 June 2007
This report is intended to increase primary care trusts' awareness of the children's centre agenda and the opportunities it provides, and to share examples of good practice. It is aimed at Chief Executives of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, Directors of children's social services, primary care trust children's leads, and Directors of commissioning.
Our health, our care, our say - one year on: making it happen - third sector. Event report, actions and next steps, published 11 June 2007
This report captures the issues and challenges facing the third sector in relation to the White Paper 'Our Health, Our Care, Our Say'.
Housing
Gypsies and Travellers financial toolkit for RSLs
The Housing Corporation commissioned the University of Birmingham to write this toolkit. It outlines how to make a business case for providing and managing pitches for Gypsies and Travellers and gives examples of how some associations have gone about this. Published 31 July 2008.
Youth homelessness in the UK
This Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) publication evaluates the progress being made to address this issue and includes an exploration of the scale, profile and nature of youth homelessness. Published May 2008.
Greener Homes for the Future
This leaflet highlights what the Code for Sustainable Homes is, how it works and what it means to have a mandatory rating for new homes. Published 14 May 2008.
Social Housing and Worklessness: Key policy messages
This report presents key policy messages that emerged from a study on possible explanations for the relatively high levels of worklessness among tenants in social housing. Published 13 May 2008.
The public value of social housing: a longitudinal analysis of the relationship between
housing and life chances
This Housing Corporation research study looks at the life chances of people living in social housing from the
Second World War up to the current day. It provides an overview of the extent to which, since the inception of the
welfare state, housing policy has delivered on its objectives and contributed to those of wider social policy. Published 2008.
Customer Training Programme Handbook: Supporting vulnerable people to take an active role in shaping and improving service delivery
A guide that will help voluntary groups work better with hard-to-reach beneficiaries, produced by homeless support charity Look Ahead. Published February 2008.
Reducing Re-offending Housing and Housing Support Resource Pack 2008
This resource pack is intended for all stakeholders involved in offender housing. It supports the development of partnerships and agreements that will improve housing outcomes for offenders, contribute to the reduction in re-offending and enhance public protection. Published 16 January 2008.
Research into the financial benefits of the Supporting People programme
Communities and Local Government commissioned Capgemini to undertake a study to assess the financial benefits of the Supporting People programme, in order to inform discussions with Treasury in the run up to the Comprehensive Spending Review. Published 16 January 2008.
Code for Sustainable Homes: A Technical Guide
The guidance aims to help the construction industry respond to the challenge of meeting the zero carbon homes target. It provides greater clarity in a number of areas, including the future eligibility of different energy sources and the method for calculating anticipated water consumption. Investing in Independence: Housing for vulnerable people strategy
This strategy sets out how the Housing Corporation will engage with housing providers and support them in responding to the needs of vulnerable people, working with local and health authorities, the Department of Health, the Department for Communities and Local Government and others. Published 2 August. Published 2 October 2007.
Local Area Agreements
Local Area Agreement Reward Guidance
This document sets out guidance on the new model to be used for calculating Performance Reward Grant.
Long-term Evaluation of Local Area Agreements and Local Strategic Partnerships
A range of reports looking at the impact of local area agreements and local strategic partnerships in local areas. Published December 2008.
LAAs - search by performance indicator
The Partnerships and Places Library now allows you to search by performance indicator. This helps you to quickly find best practice case studies dealing with the indicators that matter to your area.
What Are Local Area Agreements?
This information leaflet is for the local infrastructure organisations and the wider third sector. It explains how local area agreement (LAA)s work and how the third sector can engage with them.
LAA Communications Toolkit
A toolkit that has been developed by CLG, which you may find helpful when developing local launch and publicity plans. This includes frequently asked questions; an overview and breakdown on national and local priorities and a series of background quotes. Published July 2008.
Local Priorities website
This website allows you to search and find the priorities set out in each of the 150 Local Area Agreements in England, and also where you can get more information about those local priorities. Published July 2008.
Solutions 4 Inclusion
Inspiring examples of the ways technology can be used to improve the lives of disadvantaged people and to achieve targets against the 198 National Indicators.
IDeA: Local area agreements 2008
This page provides access to a comprehensive list of local area agreements by region. Alongside the agreements is a matrix, developed by the Government Office for London, which allows users to search by indicator and authority. Published July 2008.
Performance Framework, Partnerships and LAAs
General information and links from Communities and Local Government.
National Indicator Set
General information and links from Communities and Local Government.
National Indicator Tree View
An interactive tool kit providing an easy way to find and view information about the National Indicator Set . For information on how to use the toolkit read How to use the National Indicator Tree
National Indicators for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships
Handbook of Definitions. This handbook gives the final detailed definitions for 198 national indicators. Published 1 April 2008.
Data Interchange Hub: Guide
This guide explains how to use the data interchange hub, a new tool to help local authorities. The hub will reduce the burden for local authorities of collecting data and ensure that local authorities have all the information they need to gauge their own performance against a set of national indicators. Published 26 March 2008.
Local Area Agreements and the Historic Environment
This guidance sets out ways in which the historic environment can contribute to the development of local area agreements. Published 6 June 2008.
LAAs and worklessness
This case study examines how Cornwall's first local area agreement (LAA) process helped to direct and strengthen partnership working while tackling worklessness. It highlights the lessons that will be taken forward into the new LAA, which again will have the challenge of worklessness as a priority. Published 18 June 2008.
LAAs: guidance on alcohol misuse
An online resource from IDeA on Alcohol misuse: intervention in primary care - solving the problem and useful links to the National Indicator Set and Local Area Agreements. Publiched 28 May 2008.
LAAs: rural car clubs
Reports now show that rural communities are being hit hardest by the rising cost of fuel. And this is only likely to get worse as fuel prices continue to rise. This case study looks at tackling transport-induced social exclusion in rural areas through car clubs. Published 28 May 2008.
LAAs: tackling teenage pregnancy
The ongoing local area agreement negotiations have highlighted the national indicator 'reducing the under-18 conception rate' as a key priority for many areas. The new 'Partnerships and Places Library' has a wealth of information outlining different approaches to this issue. Published 15 April 2008.
Crime Reduction and Community Safety: The crucial role of the new local performance framework
This publication explains how the two new performance frameworks for the police and local government will fit together and highlights some of the implications for those delivering at a local level. Published 9 April 2008.
LAAs: Partnerships and Places Library
The IDeA has launched the new 'Partnerships and Places Library' of good practice. It tells stories of innovation that help to deliver better local outcomes. The library, which will continue to grow and respond to the sector's needs, already houses 200 up-to-date evidence-based case studies and other materials that support sector-led improvement. Launched April 2008.
Fire and Rescue Service: Partnership working toolkit for local area agreements
This toolkit includes technical examples, graphs and illustrations designed to support fire and rescue authorities in making the most of the new local area agreements, including tools to generate local targets and calculate local costs to society and the economy from fires. Published 22 February 2008.
LAAs: effective partnerships and improved outcomes
Effective partnerships are crucial to the success of the new LAAs that are currently being developed and negotiated. This series of case studies demonstrates how successful partnerships between councils and local organisations have delivered improved outcomes for residents. Published January 2008.
National Improvement and Efficiency Strategy
This strategy sets out how central and local government will provide the support that local partnerships will need to deliver excellent local area agreements. Published 15 January 2008.
A Councillor's Guide to the New Local Area Agreements
This Local Government Association (LGA) guide explains what local area agreements are and why they are important. The guide illustrates through case studies the kind of ambitions councils want to achieve locally through new partnership agreements: increasing skills and job opportunities, harnessing the opportunities of renewable energy, tackling poverty in deprived areas and developing a high tech economy. Published December 2007.
Local Area Agreements and the Third Sector: Public Service Delivery
A National Audit Office review examining whether Local Area Agreements are helping to promote better value for money in the way government works with the third sector to deliver public services. Published 22 June 2007.
Local Area Agreement roadshows report, published 27 June 2007
An independent report produced by the Office of Public Management and the local area agreement (LAA) evaluation consortium for Communities and Local Government on the LAA regional roadshows held across England throughout March 2007. It details the key messages for central government and for localities, and gives an indicative LAA negotiating timetable for 2007-08.
Refreshed East Sussex Local Area Agreement (LAA)
This version of the East Sussex LAA contains all updates and amendments to performance indicators, targets and baselines, following the annual refresh.
Guidance on negotiating the new Local Area Agreements
This is the first part of two-stage guidance on the process for negotiating a new local area agreement. It sets out expectations for the negotiation process and is based on the critical success factors for negotiations, which have emerged from work with authorities and partnerships.
Local Area Agreement Dry-run Negotiations: Final report - Headline messages - September 2007 has also been published, outlining the headline findings of the local area agreement (LAA) dry-run negotiation process, which was undertaken between April and July. Published 18 September 2007.
Development of the New Local Area Agreements Framework: Operational Guidance 2007
This guidance aims to ensure everyone involved in the negotiation of the new local area agreements (LAAs) is clear about the main changes between existing and new LAAs, and what needs to happen in order for the LAA to be signed in June 2008. It should be read alongside the first part of the guidance, Negotiating New Local Area Agreements. Published 20 November 2007.
Local Government
The Public Services Industry in the UK
This report examines the size of the UK public services industry and recent historical trends in the industry. Published 14 July 2008.
Central-Local Concordat
Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Association have worked together to establish this concordat to govern the relations between central and local government. This establishes for the first time an agreement on the rights and responsibilities of local government, including its responsibilities to provide effective leadership of the local area and to empower local communities where possible. Published 12 December 2007.
Strong and prosperous communities - the local government white paper Published
26 October 2006.
Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP)
Producing an Integrated Sustainable Community Strategy in East Sussex
A case study by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) on how East Sussex produced one of the first integrated sustainable community strategies in England.
Long Term Evaluation of LAAs and LSPs : Report on the 2008 Survey of all English LSPs
This report presents the findings from a survey sent to all English local strategic partnerships in the autumn of 2008.
East Sussex LSP Case Studies:
East Sussex Strategic Partnership Case Study: Operation Crackdown (PDF 13.4MB)
East Sussex Strategic Partnership Case Study: The East Sussex Volunteer Development Project (PDF 12.6MB)
Eastbourne Strategic Partnership Case Study: The Devonshire Project (PDF 11.4 MB)
Hastings & St Leonards LSP Case Study : Neighbourhood Forums (PDF 11.8 MB)
Lewes District Strategic Case Study: Local Area Partnerships (PDF 11.7 MB)
Rother LSP Case Study : Local Area Action Plans Support Programme (PDF 12.2 MB)
Wealden LSP Case Study: Involving Partners with the Development of the Local Development Framework (LDF) (PDF 11.6 MB)
Working Together Better? Managing Local Strategic Partnerships
This report by the Audit Commission
is based on a national study on local strategic partnerships.
An Integrated Sustainable Community Strategy: East Sussex Case Study
A case study by Progress through Partnership outlining how Pride of Place was developed as the first integrated strategy of its kind in the country.
Pride of Place Summary Leaflet
This leaflet, produced by all six LSPs in East Sussex, gives a summary of Pride of Place, the sustainable community strategy for East Sussex.
Principles of Representation: A framework for effective third sector participation in local strategic partnerships
This document is a framework to assist the third sector to determine how best to organise its involvement in the local strategic partnership (LSP) based on the experiences of others. It will help LSPs to decide how they might support effective third sector involvement in the LSP. Published 11 August 2008.
Local Strategic Partnerships and the Sustainable Community Strategy in East Sussex
This leaflet, produced by all six LSPs in East Sussex, explains what
LSPs are, why you should be interested in them, how you can raise local issues examples of the difference LSPs have made in East Sussex.
Published 10 July 2008.
Creating Strong and Prosperous Communities: Statutory guidance
This document provides statutory guidance to local authorities and their partners on creating strong, safe and prosperous communities. It covers local strategic partnerships, sustainable community strategies and local area agreements. Published 9 July 2008. Creating Strong and Prosperous Communities: Summary of responses
This is a summary of responses to a consultation on draft guidance for local authorities and their partners on creating strong, safe and prosperous communities. Published 9 July 2008.
Working Together : LSPs and the Sustainable Community Strategy
A report on a conference for members of the six LSPs and elected members in East Sussex, held on 5 February 2008 in Eastbourne.
The purpose of the event was to demonstrate how LSPs work in partnership together and to help develop and increase elected member understanding of and engagement in the work of LSPs, notably the Sustainable Community Strategy for East Sussex.
Supporting Evidence for Local Delivery
This research is a national evaluation of the quality, impact, fitness for purpose, benefits, and cost effectiveness of the Supporting Evidence for Local Delivery (SELD) programme, which was introduced in 2005 to promote better use of data, research and evidence in neighbourhood renewal through the provision of technical assistance to Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) and neighbourhood renewal partnerships. Published 5 March 2008.
Unlocking the Talent of our Communities
This document sets out the government's commitment to unlocking the talents, not of some of the people, but of all of the people and seeks views on the ways to make changes which give people locally more influence, control and ownership of local services such as employment, health, education and transport. Published 5 March 2008.
Effective Partnership Working: updated resource for LSPs
As local authorities continue to develop a story of place and negotiate their new LAAs, the importance of effective partnership working becomes ever more apparent. This updated resource from IDeA provides the latest guidance for local strategic partnerships (LSPs). Published 20 February 2008.
Future Strategic Challenges for Britain
This report is an assessment of the future strategic challenges for Britain. It provides a comprehensive review of the long-term challenges and opportunities for Britain, including globalisation, the economy, crime and skills. Published 8 February 2008.
National evaluation of Local Strategic Partnerships, published 14 June 2007
This report presents the findings from the third survey of English Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs), undertaken in autumn 2006. It found membership of LSPs to be stable and structures continuing to develop, with two tier arrangements generally working well.
Where are the women in LSPs?
This report covers Urban Forum, Oxfam ReGender and the Women's Resource Centre research into the representation of women on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) across England , the engagement of women's organisations with LSPs and what issues affecting women are being raised in LSP business.
Older People
Joint Commissioning Strategy for Older People and Carers
A copy of the Joint Commissioning strategy for older people and carers- summary report 2007-09. The booklet gives a brief summary update of what has been achieved so far, what still needs to be done and the plans for developing services for older people and carers.
Better With Age: Reforming the future of local social care for older people
In this report NLGN argues that local government must remain in the driving seat when commissioning care services and facilities for older people, but that the current local funding strains are unsustainable in there present state.
Full of Ideas Toolkit: UK Older People's Day
This toolkit offers resources to create a successful Older People's Day event on 1 October 2008 to celebrate the lives of older people. Published 8 August 2008.
Don't stop me now
This Audit Commission report looks at the challenges and opportunities facing England as its population gets older. It aims to help local public services adapt to the needs of an older and more diverse society, and identifies solutions that can be implemented quickly, as well as exploring how councils should plan strategically for the wider challenges ahead. Published July 2008.
Securing Good Care for Older People: Taking a Long Term View
More than one million older people (aged 65 and over) use publicly funded social care services in England. The King's Fund commissioned Sir Derek Wanless to undertake a review of social care to determine how much should be spent on social care for older people in England over the next 20 years and what funding arrangements need to be in place to ensure that this money is available and will produce high-quality outcomes.
Organisational Development and Capacity Building
How to use plain English
A number of guides to writing in plain English, including a brief guide to punctuation with 'what to watch out for' sections that highlight some of the common punctuation mistakes that we can make.
Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capacity: A systematic literature review for policy-makers, managers and academics
This report presents the full findings of a systematic literature review on how learning takes place between organisations and how institutional learning and knowledge transfer can be fostered. It outlines key implications for policy and practice, and the Beacon Scheme in particular. It will enable the Beacon Scheme evaluation to learn from research findings from other fields. Published 15 January 2008.
Performance and Risk Management
Assessing Neighbourhood-level Data for Target Setting
This report assesses key small area datasets for target setting, performance monitoring and wider contextual analysis. It is one of two reports published from the Neighbourhood-level Indicator Datasets project, which is aimed at local authorities and their partners wishing to use neighbourhood-level data. Published 19 August 2008.
Roles and Responsibilities in the Local Performance Framework
This document explains how councils, local strategic partnerships, government offices, inspectorates and central government departments will implement the new local performance framework. It contains practical information about delivery arrangements for local area agreements, how the national indicator set will be used to monitor progress and the implications of the introduction of comprehensive area assessments. Published 29 July 2008.
Reporting Performance Information to Citizens
This report presents findings from research which investigates how local authorities report their performance information to citizens and what support is available to assist them with this task. Published 9 July 2008.
Managing Risks in Asset Transfer: A guide
This guide gives practical advice from the experiences of both local government and the third sector on how to manage risk and shows where it has worked well in practice. Published 9 July 2008.
Planning and Design
Planning White Paper published
The White Paper sets out the Government's detailed proposals for reforming the planning system, which can affect developments in your local area and major projects like waste and transport. The consultation period runs until 17 August 2007.
Paved with Gold: the real value of street design, published 25 June 2007
This is the first study to connect economic benefits directly with the quality of street design, management and maintenance. It shows that investment in design quality brings quantifiable financial returns, and that people value improvements to their streets.
Towards Lifetime Neighbourhoods: Designing Sustainable Communities for All
This paper discusses the value of lifetime communities that are designed to accommodate people of every age. These communities provide the built environment, infrastructure, housing, services and shared social space that allow people to pursue a high quality of life. Published 20 November 2007.
Rural Communities and Issues
State of the Countryside Update 5: Rural Analysis of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007
These updates monitor key national rural indicators and track change over time. This update looks at how the Index of Multiple Deprivation and its component domains are distributed across rural England, and discusses the extent to which these patterns reflect rural disadvantage and deprivation.
Living working countryside: Taylor Review
Matthew Taylor MP's report into rural economies and affordable housing. The report advocates a series of reforms to the planning system to enable small, rural communities to develop affordable housing and the paper also encourages the development of home working. Published 23 July 2008.
State of the Countryside 2008
This is the tenth in a series of reports providing a definitive picture of rural England and an analysis of how it is changing. Published 16 July 2008.
England's Rural Areas: Steps to release their economic potential
This report advises on how rural economies could be strengthened. It describes the huge contribution rural areas make to the national economy and proposes some substantive and innovative ways further potential can be released. Published 6 June 2008.
Rural Proofing Review
This report summarises the findings of research on the barriers that prevent the rural proofing of policy and delivery taking place, how these barriers can be addressed and how individuals in government departments and other organisations can be supported to undertake rural proofing more effectively. Published 8 May 2008. Rural Proofing Literature Review
This report explores the literature on rural proofing toolkits, guidance and approaches that have been developed. Rural proofing is the scrutiny of public service delivery to ensure that impacts on rural areas are considered when implementing new initiatives. Published 8 May 2008.
Innovative approaches to
rural services
This resource from the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) contains examples of innovative approaches to rural service provision that have emerged from Defra's Rural Pathfinders initiative. This ran in eight areas of England between 2005 and 2007. Published February 2008.
Participation Inquiry: Strengthening the role of local councillors
This report highlights findings that nearly half of rural residents feel unable to influence local decisions directly affecting their lives. The Government is committed to devolving powers and resources down to local level in order to give communities greater control over the decisions that affect their lives. This is all the more important in rural areas where communities are typically smaller and more dispersed. Published 31 January 2008.
State of the Countryside Report 2007
The State of the Countryside report provides a unique analysis of how rural England is changing. This year's report includes a number of new areas of analysis providing a continuing insight into what is happening in rural communities and the emerging trends and challenges. Published 18 July 2007.
Third Sector
East Sussex Volunteering Project Final Report
A report evaluating the success of the East Sussex Volunteering Project.
LAA story: lessons from the voluntary sector
An IDeA case study on how Southend's voluntary and community sector played an integral part in the development of their Local Area Agreement.
The East Sussex Compact
This web page outlines the East Sussex Compact, and links to a number of supporting documents, including a full download of the Compact, a two-page summary and a list of current signatories.
Improving Consultation with the Third Sector
This publication is a practical handbook to help public servants open up the consultation process to reach third sector workers on the ground and to use their experience to influence policy outcomes.
Office of the Third Sector Newsletter
This web page links to issues of the Office of the Third Sector newsletter.
The Third Sector: The crucial role of the new local performance framework
This gives information to workers in local authorities and the third and independent sectors about how the new local performance framework for local authorities will drive improved outcomes in local services. Published 21 December 2007.
One Year On: Government's progress on third sector involvement in public service delivery
This updated leaflet details progress made against the commitments in the action plan. This includes significant activity across Government departments, the Office of the Third Sector's own work and case studies reporting on how third sector organisations are working with the public sector to transform public services. Published 6 December 2007.
Hearts and Minds: Commissioning from the voluntary sector
This report sets out the Audit Commission's findings on the extent and nature of the voluntary sector's delivery of public services. Published 31 July 2007.
The Introductory Guide to Evaluation and Project Planning
A resource pack for voluntary and community organisations that want to collect evidence highlighting the value of what they do. Produced by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, July 2007.
Transport, Access and Communications
The value of new transport in deprived areas - who benefits, how and why?
This JRF report gives an assessment of the value of new transport services to people living in deprived neighbourhoods in England. It evaluates the benefits - both monetary and quality of life - of transport services to the people who use them and to the local practitioners responsible for the wider regeneration of these neighbourhoods.
A Sustainable Future for Cycling
This report sets out the Government's cycling policy and demonstrates the health and environmental benefits of cycling. Published 21 January 2008.
Local Transport Services: The crucial role of the new local performance framework
This gives information to workers in transport, local authorities and the third and independent sectors about how the new local performance framework for local authorities will drive improved outcomes in transport services. Published 21 December 2007.
Understanding the Travel Needs, Behaviour and Aspirations of People in Later Life
This study explores the travel needs, behaviour and aspirations of people as they make the transition into retirement and later life. Published 20 November 2007.
Towards a Sustainable Transport System: supporting economic growth in a low carbon world
This document is the Department for Transport's response to the Eddington Transport Study and the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change. It confirms the Government's commitment to a transport policy that delivers economic growth and lower carbon emissions. It summarises the policy and investment plans over the period to 2014, and describes how the Government will implement a new approach to strategic transport planning for the period 2014-19 and beyond. Published 30 October 2007.
Draft Local Transport Bill published
The draft Bill sets out the Government's proposals for local bus services, local transport governance and local road pricing schemes. Public consultation closes on 7 September.
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