• Who is Energy Saving Trust?
• The ‘Just Transition' to low and zero emission transport’
• What can Energy Saving Trust do to support Local Authorities providing net Zero transport opportunities for their residents and local businesses?
• Introduction to the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund (LEVI) and how to apply for both capital and Revenue funding

• Learn more about how to catch the last of the ORCS funding, and gain access to LEVI funds
• How to plan a strategic approach to complex, multi-site, multi-user EV infrastructure solutions
• Solving real world challenges in fleet transformation – a case study
• What to look for in a reliable charging infrastructure partner

• Trailblazer devolution deal towards a single outcomes-based accountability framework
• Supporting local partners in address inequalities following the pandemic
• Developing partnerships to build a thriving regional research ecosystem to understand the needs of the local community

• Trialling rent controls to cap private sector housing prices
• Understanding the housing needs of a diverse community with a large student population
• Easing the pressure on social housing providers by spreading responsibility

• Building sustainable affordable housing - how modern methods of construction can help to build new homes, keep to budget, and meet net-zero targets
• Community building - connecting with your residents and identifying change-makers
• Utilising data to better serve your residents

This two-part plenary session will look at the movement for local authorities towards developing a new vision for place shaping and how that has supported collaboration. Louisa will draw on Staffordshire’s journey so far in developing a place-marketing led approach, based on bold and compelling narratives that local businesses and stakeholders can get behind: a hearts and minds campaign that puts people at the heart of places.

In the second part, Anthony will look at how We Are Staffordshire’s approach has enabled collaborative working across public sector partners and strengthened public/private sector working, drawing on two examples: the Place to Prosper inward investment campaign, and more recently, a ‘liveability’ campaign for Staffordshire, delivering a win-win for all parties.

CIPFA’s recent publication ‘Integrating care: policy, principles and practice for places explores the changes as a result of the Health and Care Act 2022 Act and considers the wider health and care landscape in the current climate. It addresses the remaining challenges at place level in relation to outcomes, accountability and finance.  This session will provide an overview of some of the key messages from this work, including:

• The importance of place, partners and prevention
• Putting the principles in place – a framework for governance, accountability and finance at place level

• Why ensuring you have the right foundations in place for driving transformation and change is so critical to delivery of policy outcomes
• Think BIG! How starting with strategy and architecture provides your organisation freedom within a framework to make change happen, and ensure it aligns to the place and people outcomes you are trying to achieve
• Start small. Designing services and making continuous improvements with communities and individual user needs at the heart. How to create the right climate in your organisation to enable continuous improvement
• Case study – sharing best practice and lessons learned from within the sector

• Looking at drivers of cross-tier collaboration
• Recognising and removing barriers to joined-up working
• Identifying key partnership opportunities within cluster districts
• Discussing key challenge areas and possible projects around climate resilience, health and social care, inclusive economic growth, infrastructure, and emergency planning.

*programme subject to change without notice