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The North West Local Government Community official launched with its own event on 15 November at the Manchester Central complex. Please visit regularly for documents and feedback from the session and to continue the engaging discussions.

Local Governance, High Performance

15 November 1-5pm Manchester Central

The Centre for Local Governance, in partnership with NWIN, would like to take the opportunity to thank all the participants who contributed to the day on 15 November. You can now find the site will be populated with the feedback from the sessions in CAA, LSP and Scrutiny. Please follow the link to the blogs to the right below and kick off some lively debate with your contributions. Please also click the title of the event above to download the papers and speaker presentations from the session.

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The Background

The North West Local Government Community has been set up in collaboration with the North West Improvement Network (NWIN) in order to find solutions to the business challenges presented by the government's local governance policies. Initially this community will be built around three interlinked professional groups exploring challenges and solutions around the themes of the new Comprehensive Area Assessment, Local Strategic Partnerships and Local Area Agreements and External Scrutiny.

The Project

Who is the community of interest for?

The community is designed primarily for senior managers of local authorities who have a day to day responsibility for at least one of the three initial themes above, but some members will also be invited to participate. For practical reasons the community will be limited initially to 100 participants, and chief executives in the region have been asked to provide nominations.

The People

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Alison Williams (alison.williams)
awilliams at warrington dot gov dot uk

Ben Aspinall (ben.aspinall)
ben dot aspinall at blackburn dot gov dot uk

David White (davidwhite)
david dot white at manchester dot ac dot uk

Dennis Reed (dennis)
dennis dot reed at zen dot co dot uk

Gaynor Alexander (gaynor.alexander)
gaynor dot alexander at tameside dot gov dot uk

Ged Acton (ged.acton)
ged dot acton at allerdale dot gov dot uk

James Winterbottom (jamesw)
j dot winterbottom at wiganmbc dot gov dot uk

Jez Lloyd (jez.lloyd)
jez dot lloyd at manchester dot ac dot uk

John Tench (john.tench)
john dot tench at carnoshaw dot co dot uk

paul dandy (paul dandy)
p dot dandy at wigan dot gov dot uk

Vicki Wagstaff (vicki.wagstaff)
Vicki dot Wagstaff at manchester dot ac dot uk

Here you can find the list of, and make contact with, the current members of the North West Local Government Community of Interest.

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