Andy Birkbeck
@andybirkbeck.bsky.social
Programme and Partnerships Manager at Leeds City Council | #TeamLeeds advocate | Locality Working nerd | Proud Dad | All views are my own |
A great insight piece on how #Leeds is tackling poverty and inequality through locality working – joining up services, partners and communities around neighbourhoods.
www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/how...
#LocalityWorking #TeamLeeds
@wearenewlocal.bsky.social
www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/how...
#LocalityWorking #TeamLeeds
@wearenewlocal.bsky.social
How We Did It: Rebuilding disadvantaged communities through locality working - New Local
Graham Beamish and Marie Pye explain how Suffolk and Norfolk County Councils have saved 1000 years’ worth of care days for children and young people.
www.newlocal.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A great insight piece on how #Leeds is tackling poverty and inequality through locality working – joining up services, partners and communities around neighbourhoods.
www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/how...
#LocalityWorking #TeamLeeds
@wearenewlocal.bsky.social
www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/how...
#LocalityWorking #TeamLeeds
@wearenewlocal.bsky.social
Working from the Reginald Centre today and saw this. Please give what you can 🇯🇲
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Working from the Reginald Centre today and saw this. Please give what you can 🇯🇲
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📢 The Mayor of London’s Loved and Wanted Fund is now open for organisations working to connect diverse communities & improve access to support for Londoners across our city.
Find more details on the Fund and how to apply here: buff.ly/gjnZVYN 🗓️ Deadline: 19th Oct 2025 #LovedandWanted
Find more details on the Fund and how to apply here: buff.ly/gjnZVYN 🗓️ Deadline: 19th Oct 2025 #LovedandWanted
Loved and Wanted Fund
Find funding for community spaces that promote respect, unity and togetherness across London.
buff.ly
September 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📢 The Mayor of London’s Loved and Wanted Fund is now open for organisations working to connect diverse communities & improve access to support for Londoners across our city.
Find more details on the Fund and how to apply here: buff.ly/gjnZVYN 🗓️ Deadline: 19th Oct 2025 #LovedandWanted
Find more details on the Fund and how to apply here: buff.ly/gjnZVYN 🗓️ Deadline: 19th Oct 2025 #LovedandWanted
Eid Mubarak to all friends, colleagues and neighbours celebrating today.
Wishing everyone - wherever they are in the world - peace, safety and hope.
Wishing everyone - wherever they are in the world - peace, safety and hope.
June 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Eid Mubarak to all friends, colleagues and neighbours celebrating today.
Wishing everyone - wherever they are in the world - peace, safety and hope.
Wishing everyone - wherever they are in the world - peace, safety and hope.
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@nataliecbennett.bsky.social of @sheffielduni.bsky.social has co-authored our report on the impact of PIP changes on local economies, which illustrates how deprived communities have the most to lose from the Government’s proposals
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/red-wall-con...
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/red-wall-con...
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
@nataliecbennett.bsky.social of @sheffielduni.bsky.social has co-authored our report on the impact of PIP changes on local economies, which illustrates how deprived communities have the most to lose from the Government’s proposals
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/red-wall-con...
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/red-wall-con...
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Wondering which elections are taking place on Thursday 1 May – and where?
Our local and mayoral elections 2025 explainer tells you everything you need to know www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/lo...
Our local and mayoral elections 2025 explainer tells you everything you need to know www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/lo...
April 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Wondering which elections are taking place on Thursday 1 May – and where?
Our local and mayoral elections 2025 explainer tells you everything you need to know www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/lo...
Our local and mayoral elections 2025 explainer tells you everything you need to know www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/lo...
Sorry this is a bit late but Ramadan Mubarak to all my Muslim friends and colleagues.
March 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sorry this is a bit late but Ramadan Mubarak to all my Muslim friends and colleagues.
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A win for our 'Keep it Local' campaign today!
Government has just said public contracts should 'maximise spend with SMEs and VCSE organisations'.
This could be a first step towards helping local people get better services and building the economy.
Read our statement here:
Government has just said public contracts should 'maximise spend with SMEs and VCSE organisations'.
This could be a first step towards helping local people get better services and building the economy.
Read our statement here:
February 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A win for our 'Keep it Local' campaign today!
Government has just said public contracts should 'maximise spend with SMEs and VCSE organisations'.
This could be a first step towards helping local people get better services and building the economy.
Read our statement here:
Government has just said public contracts should 'maximise spend with SMEs and VCSE organisations'.
This could be a first step towards helping local people get better services and building the economy.
Read our statement here:
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Charged with implementing that big idea in your council?
Our #HowWeDidIt series puts officers who have ‘been there and done that’ in the hot seat.
No high-level conceptual stuff – just what you need to do to deliver.
Full series available here ✍ & 📹 buff.ly/4jpauGb
Our #HowWeDidIt series puts officers who have ‘been there and done that’ in the hot seat.
No high-level conceptual stuff – just what you need to do to deliver.
Full series available here ✍ & 📹 buff.ly/4jpauGb
February 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Charged with implementing that big idea in your council?
Our #HowWeDidIt series puts officers who have ‘been there and done that’ in the hot seat.
No high-level conceptual stuff – just what you need to do to deliver.
Full series available here ✍ & 📹 buff.ly/4jpauGb
Our #HowWeDidIt series puts officers who have ‘been there and done that’ in the hot seat.
No high-level conceptual stuff – just what you need to do to deliver.
Full series available here ✍ & 📹 buff.ly/4jpauGb
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The ‘transfrormational’ work of over 50 Marmot places in the UK tackling health inequalities. The Local Government Association reports @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
Building fairer towns, cities and regions: Insights from Marmot Places
This report highlights the innovative and collaborative work of councils and their partners, who have embraced the Marmot principles and turned them into meaningful action.
www.local.gov.uk
February 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The ‘transfrormational’ work of over 50 Marmot places in the UK tackling health inequalities. The Local Government Association reports @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
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The Local Government Finance Settlement is the start of recovery, not the end.
We are ensuring greater financial stability through the first multi-year settlement in over a decade and rebuilding public services with over £5bn additional funding to start fixing the foundations.
We are ensuring greater financial stability through the first multi-year settlement in over a decade and rebuilding public services with over £5bn additional funding to start fixing the foundations.
February 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Local Government Finance Settlement is the start of recovery, not the end.
We are ensuring greater financial stability through the first multi-year settlement in over a decade and rebuilding public services with over £5bn additional funding to start fixing the foundations.
We are ensuring greater financial stability through the first multi-year settlement in over a decade and rebuilding public services with over £5bn additional funding to start fixing the foundations.
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Hotspots for the riots last summer were in areas with a 'torn social fabric'. What if communities had the power to improve their own lives and futures?
✅ Empower communities to have more control over their lives
✅ Support community-led growth
@powertochange.org.uk report https://buff.ly/41pmqRD
✅ Empower communities to have more control over their lives
✅ Support community-led growth
@powertochange.org.uk report https://buff.ly/41pmqRD
UK towns that saw rioting last summer have ‘torn social fabric’, report claims
Majority of areas where violence broke out have below-median scores on index of community cohesion and resilience
buff.ly
January 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hotspots for the riots last summer were in areas with a 'torn social fabric'. What if communities had the power to improve their own lives and futures?
✅ Empower communities to have more control over their lives
✅ Support community-led growth
@powertochange.org.uk report https://buff.ly/41pmqRD
✅ Empower communities to have more control over their lives
✅ Support community-led growth
@powertochange.org.uk report https://buff.ly/41pmqRD
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#OtD 5 Dec 1955 the Montgomery bus boycott began, four days after arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to vacate her seat in the "coloured" section of a segregated bus to a white passenger. The successful campaign helped spur the civil rights movement stories.workingclasshistory.c...
December 5, 2024 at 7:05 PM
#OtD 5 Dec 1955 the Montgomery bus boycott began, four days after arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to vacate her seat in the "coloured" section of a segregated bus to a white passenger. The successful campaign helped spur the civil rights movement stories.workingclasshistory.c...
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Always one of the most motivating events of the year - at Leeds State of the City #LeedsSOTC we're looking at #TeamLeeds in our localities, the incredible ground-up work that happens in our communities and how together we can do more. A room full of people doing inspiring things that improve lives.
December 4, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Always one of the most motivating events of the year - at Leeds State of the City #LeedsSOTC we're looking at #TeamLeeds in our localities, the incredible ground-up work that happens in our communities and how together we can do more. A room full of people doing inspiring things that improve lives.
Enjoyable and motivational afternoon at the annual State of the City #LeedsSOTC event. Theme this year was #TeamLeeds and how this can be enabled and embedded in our communities. Lots of good ideas and honesty. As we navigate choppy waters ahead, partnership working and collaboration will be vital.
December 5, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Enjoyable and motivational afternoon at the annual State of the City #LeedsSOTC event. Theme this year was #TeamLeeds and how this can be enabled and embedded in our communities. Lots of good ideas and honesty. As we navigate choppy waters ahead, partnership working and collaboration will be vital.
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Putting power back into local communities is a priority of mine and of this government.
Our government’s desire is to take power out of Westminster and give it back to local communities, while working with local councils collaboratively to achieve better outcomes for the communities they serve.
Our government’s desire is to take power out of Westminster and give it back to local communities, while working with local councils collaboratively to achieve better outcomes for the communities they serve.
December 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Putting power back into local communities is a priority of mine and of this government.
Our government’s desire is to take power out of Westminster and give it back to local communities, while working with local councils collaboratively to achieve better outcomes for the communities they serve.
Our government’s desire is to take power out of Westminster and give it back to local communities, while working with local councils collaboratively to achieve better outcomes for the communities they serve.
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So shocking to see how absence rates for the poorest children have risen the fastest. Thanks for the heads up on this @lindsaygrahamuk.bsky.social Some strong recommendations to tackle this urgently.
@samfr.bsky.social @ncb.org.uk @cpaguk.bsky.social
@samfr.bsky.social @ncb.org.uk @cpaguk.bsky.social
Tackling school absence will be mission critical for Opportunity.
Our new report @cfyounglives.bsky.social finds some children in poverty are missing school because they can’t afford things like school uniforms & lunch.
Read more:
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Our new report @cfyounglives.bsky.social finds some children in poverty are missing school because they can’t afford things like school uniforms & lunch.
Read more:
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Centre for Young Lives report warns poverty and hardship are preventing some children from attending school amid big increases in persistent and severe absence among children receiving Free School Mea...
Anne Longfield, Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives think tank, is today (Tuesday December 3rd) publishing a new report, ‘Too Skint for School’, examining the link between poverty and school...
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk
December 3, 2024 at 1:15 PM
So shocking to see how absence rates for the poorest children have risen the fastest. Thanks for the heads up on this @lindsaygrahamuk.bsky.social Some strong recommendations to tackle this urgently.
@samfr.bsky.social @ncb.org.uk @cpaguk.bsky.social
@samfr.bsky.social @ncb.org.uk @cpaguk.bsky.social
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Today, the government has published details on the Local Government Finance Settlement for the next year for councils across England, and our wider ambitions for the sector over the course of this Parliament.
Find out more questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Find out more questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
November 28, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Today, the government has published details on the Local Government Finance Settlement for the next year for councils across England, and our wider ambitions for the sector over the course of this Parliament.
Find out more questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Find out more questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
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“We were seen as the council that was doing things to communities instead of involving them”
Vicky explains how Cambridge CC has shifted from committee-based conversations to community conversations, meeting people where they are– whether at festivals, community centres, church halls or McDonald's.
Vicky explains how Cambridge CC has shifted from committee-based conversations to community conversations, meeting people where they are– whether at festivals, community centres, church halls or McDonald's.
November 28, 2024 at 11:17 AM
“We were seen as the council that was doing things to communities instead of involving them”
Vicky explains how Cambridge CC has shifted from committee-based conversations to community conversations, meeting people where they are– whether at festivals, community centres, church halls or McDonald's.
Vicky explains how Cambridge CC has shifted from committee-based conversations to community conversations, meeting people where they are– whether at festivals, community centres, church halls or McDonald's.
Totally agree. Working in Harehills and East Leeds for many years meant I witnessed first hand how an unregulated housing market can adversely impact a community.
Give this 5 minutes of time:
www.leeds.gov.uk/consultation...
Give this 5 minutes of time:
www.leeds.gov.uk/consultation...
November 28, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Totally agree. Working in Harehills and East Leeds for many years meant I witnessed first hand how an unregulated housing market can adversely impact a community.
Give this 5 minutes of time:
www.leeds.gov.uk/consultation...
Give this 5 minutes of time:
www.leeds.gov.uk/consultation...
Change conversations across all sectors in Leeds are very much being informed by opportunities around increased integration (via co-location but also, crucially, a shared culture and common purpose), early intervention and prevention as well Community Power/empowerment. Exciting times.
We are working across Local Government to drive reform and prevention as the foundation of rebuilding local public services, tackling spiraling cost and delivering better outcomes.
Great to work alongside Georgia Gould at the Cabinet Office and colleagues in local government as it builds.
Great to work alongside Georgia Gould at the Cabinet Office and colleagues in local government as it builds.
November 27, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Change conversations across all sectors in Leeds are very much being informed by opportunities around increased integration (via co-location but also, crucially, a shared culture and common purpose), early intervention and prevention as well Community Power/empowerment. Exciting times.