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Case Studies

Upper Horfield’s Pride of Place Initiative: Residents and Partners Working Together for Change

Many local authorities have housing estates with big litter problems. The Upper Horfield Pride of Place Initiative has shown how residents and service providers can form an effective partnership to improve their environment. Street reps act on behalf of the community to bring issues on the estate to the attention of service providers and together create a practical action plan.

The initiative means the community now works together to provide an environment that is safe and attractive and fosters pride in local residents. Click here to read more, and see videos and photos of the project for yourself.

OLA makes the roads safer for Swedish motorcycle and moped riders

The Swedish Transport Association has used its OLA project to reduce road accidents involving motorcycle and moped riders. The OLA approach involves a shift of focus away from individual ‘blame’ for accidents, towards creating a constructive shared responsibility, bringing together everyone who can contribute to reducing accidents.

Using co-production, the project brought a better understanding of why accidents happen and what could be done jointly to increase road safety. To find out about how the project was able to improve biker safety click here.

Improving the employability of workless refugees through peer advisers

Birmingham has a large number of refugees, many of whom are unemployed and find it extremely difficult to get jobs. Language barriers and lack of trust have traditionally dissuaded refugees from approaching public services for help. Birmingham City Council trained community groups who were able to act as intermediaries and provide high quality information and guidance to workless refugees. Click here to see how the programme used co-production to help over 600 refugees to move towards employment, while also providing major cost savings to the Council.