Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Laying the foundations for better local public services
A manual HR starters and leavers process can result in huge inefficiencies. This diverts management time from service delivery plans, results in applicants dropping by 47%, and can cause significant […]
The Kent and Medway Infrastructure Mapping Platform (IMP) will be a digital tool consolidating and publishing key local infrastructure data. It will be used to coordinate the planning and delivery […]
Children in care often have poor lifetime outcomes arising from neglect, abuse and trauma. Improving the quality of that care and investing in early intervention and prevention can improve life […]
This project planned to bridge the gap between public sector services and the wider community. The aim of the platform is to allow multiple professionals to refer individuals in-need, and […]
This project aimed to combine the process of users submitting grant applications with back office systems to ensure a seamless, timely and efficient process. Like many councils, Newcastle City Council […]
This project seeks to develop a reusable directory of community services that makes it easier for residents to find community services, creates a more sustainable way to publish and update […]
This project sought to develop a flexible digital waste service that integrates front-end resident user requests with back office delivery functions. The team has now completed its private beta phase, […]
Led by Bristol City Council, this project set out to develop a digitalised Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) top-up portal to make it easier and more consistent for schools […]
The aim of this Beta project was to develop a platform that enables field workers, including Caretakers and Rent Collection Officers, to capture data to present casework in a consistent […]
This project aimed to develop a platform that enables tasks and requests logged online by customers to route directly to officers in the field. Their Beta tool was built via […]
The City of Lincoln Council is leading on this collaborative project, which aims to build a new application form for social housing residents to report their repairs. The project also […]
In 2020 and early 2021, the LocalGov Drupal project received follow-on funding from the Local Digital Fund to move into beta. During the beta phase, the project team will: Continue […]
This project, led by Barnsley Metropolitan Council, aims to open up a back office Income Management System (IMS) built by Barnsley Council to other local authorities, and the private and […]
This C-19 Challenge project has developed a model to anticipate the forthcoming wave of demand to help vulnerable children and families emerge from the constraints of lockdown. Previously led by […]
Each council manages their own directory of community services, which is used to signpost residents to the organisations and public agencies that provide the local support they are looking for. […]
Lambeth Council are leading on a project to design a system that reduces the number of invalid application submissions. They also hope to make the current system more transparent and […]
This project, led by Southwark Council, builds on previously completed discovery and alpha work. It aimed to produce a working version of a Back-office Planning System (BOPS) for local authorities […]
The team is conducting a beta exploring how to let frontline workers know which services are engaged with the child’s family, in a way which works across councils. This information […]
