Sharing the latest research
Fostering innovative best and next practice
Supporting peer-learning and collaboration
The new national network for neighbourhood improvement is being incubated by Local Trust during 2024, supported by New Local.
It builds on the learnings from local government pioneers, evidence from past regeneration programmes, and the recent experience of the Big Local programme: a first-of-its-kind initiative that puts power, resources and decision- making into the hands of local communities to enable them to transform and improve their lives and areas.
It is aimed at those officers working in local government in areas such as regeneration; community or economic development; neighbourhood management; health and wellbeing; policy, research and strategy; or in area-based service delivery.
The network is free to join.
The network welcomes full membership by local government officers working to create stronger, more cohesive and resilient communities, deliver neighbourhood improvement, renewal and regeneration, support local economic development, and improve health and wellbeing outcomes.
We also welcome associate memberships from individuals and organisations with an interest in the neighbourhood improvement agenda.
Our advisory group is made up of local and combined authority senior and Chief Executives who are leading innovative approaches to neighbourhood improvement in their respective areas.
Join using the form below.
At a time of increased demand on local government services and pressure on budgets, Local Trust is committed to working with partners to support individual local and combined authorities to develop new approaches to regenerating the most disadvantaged communities and improving outcomes for local residents in line with local government priorities.
The network will aim to create and add value for local government members by sharing the outputs of this innovation and learning about what works to improve local neighbourhoods and outcomes for residents.
The network builds on the evidence base cultivated by Local Trust and partners, on the role of social infrastructure investment in improving life outcomes, the transformative value of community-led neighbourhood renewal and learnings on best practice partnership-working between local government and communities.
Study trip
Network events
Local government workshop on ‘Neighbourhood-level approaches to identifying community strengths and addressing needs’.
The network’s first workshop surveyed the evidence on the role of social infrastructure investment in building community capacity, resilience and improving life outcomes in the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
The session included presentations from: