- 13 councils in England selected to deliver Partnerships for
People and Place programme
- Programme will empower local leaders to better solve issues
affecting their communities, supported by cross-government
collaboration
- Locally-led projects will tackle issues such as unemployment,
health disparities, poverty and crime
Councils are being empowered to better tackle issues affecting
their communities, including youth unemployment, health
disparities and crime, through an innovative programme backed by
£5 million of government funding.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has
today (8 November 2021) announced 13 councils in England that
have been selected for its Partnerships for People and Place
initiative. The programme will trial new ways of working across
local and central government and deliver innovative, locally-led
solutions to key challenges that communities face.
Councils will be provided with funding and specialist support for
projects targeting specific issues in their areas. The projects
will be spread across urban, rural and coastal communities and
will tackle a broad range of issues including increasing
apprenticeship opportunities, tackling crime, health disparities,
youth unemployment and poverty. Each pilot will be looking to
test whether closer working between different parts of central
government and local places can bring measurable benefits to
local communities and people.
The projects will support the government as it delivers on its
mission to level up all parts of the country.
The selected pilots are:
- Birmingham City Council
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District
- Cornwall Council
- Durham County Council
- East Sussex County Council
- London Borough of Hackney
- Liverpool City Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Newcastle City Council
- Northumberland County Council
- Southwark Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Wakefield Council
Minister for Levelling Up and Communities said:
This is an innovative programme with the potential to make a real
difference to people’s lives.
From skills shortages and unemployment to tackling poverty and
reducing crime, local people are best placed to solve challenges
in their own areas.
That is why we are empowering communities as we level up every
corner of our country.
Each project will receive between £150,000 and £350,000 over a
2-year period from the HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund.
Councils and their local partners will also be offered a range of
support, including contact with senior officials across central
government to solve problems identified at a local
level and external expertise and resources to map existing
funding and outcomes and evaluate their projects.
Partnerships for People and Place will also look at whether
improved government structures, more flexible funding models and
greater collaboration across the public sector could be effective
in addressing specific issues in local areas.
Further information
The exact amount of funding each project will receive will depend
on the delivery plans local councils work up and submit over the
next few months. It is therefore likely that each of the pilots
will receive a different amount, depending on the outcomes and
interventions they propose to deliver. All 13 pilots will get a
portion of the programme funding in November 2021 to support them
to develop these more detailed resourcing plans.
The exact detail of each project will be clarified in the coming
months as councils work with central government and partners to
create delivery plans.
See more information on the Partnerships for People
and Place pilot
If you have any comments or questions about the programme, please
contact the Partnerships for People and Place team by email at:
partnershipsforpeopleandplace@communities.gov.uk
