What will happen during the pilot
Our vision for Future Councils is to create the conditions for modern, resilient councils.
The 8 councils involved in the pilot have been given £750,000 each to address the three common challenges Local Digital has identified through its work and conversations with councils across England. These are:
- how to influence the organisation-wide factors (such as internal processes, leadership and governance) that can unblock change
- how to make digital and cyber improvements across the whole organisation, rather than just one team or area
- how to reform services, including the big, critical services, which are riskier and harder to change
Benefits for councils outside of the pilot
We are working with the 8 councils to make these changes across their organisation, and understand what further support they need to do this. If successful, our goal will be to create replicable pathways that other councils might follow.
The councils are expected to share what they learn openly, and any replicable pathways and reusable artefacts will be made available to other councils to apply in their own setting.