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Members’ Update – April 2025

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  • 1st Apr 2025

Last month, we announced the three Policy Labs we will be supporting this year.

  1. Collaborative Approaches to Post-16 Transition – Led by Manchester City Council
    Full Member Partners: Birmingham City Council, GMCA, Liverpool City Council, Oldham Council, Tameside MB Council
  2. Treating Care Experience as a protected characteristic and demonstrating social, financial and economic impact in the delivery of council services to achieve positive outcomes for care-experienced individuals – Led by Swindon Borough Council
    Full Member Partners: Manchester City Council, Tameside Borough Council
    Affiliate Member Partners: Social adVentures, Anthony Collins
  3. Faith, Young People & Resilience: Understanding the Past, Strengthening Cohesion, and Preparing for the Future – Led by GMCA
    Full Member Partners: Bury Council, Oldham Council, Trafford Council, Wigan Council

There’s still time to get involved in these projects. We have asked the Lead Councils to provide further information and any additional names by 11 April. Please get in touch with the Project Lead directly via the links above to get involved.

We’re also delighted to announce that we’ll be supporting a Policy Prototype Bid from the Royal Borough of Greenwich, who want to create a Greenwich Cooperative Care Compact and Workers Network. You can read more about it in this newsletter.
 
Thank you to those members who have submitted their Case Studies for the 2025 printed pack. The deadline for submission is Thursday, 17 April. This newsletter provides more information on the process and focuses on some of the new case studies we have received from Cheshire West & Chester, Glasgow, and Preston.
 
Finally, I’d like to welcome three new Town Councils who’ve joined as Associate Members: Biddulph, Corby, and Haywards Heath.
 
I hope that you enjoy this edition of Update.
 
Best wishes

Jim

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