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la connects - meetings

Members of LA Connects attend quarterly meetings that are usually held at London Councils. The purpose of these meetings is to engage with the local authority representatives and ensure there is useful and invaluable information sharing and in learning about initiatives taking place.

These meetings are themed and include a variety of topics such as local public service delivery and procurement, regeneration and community development, addressing market failure and economic development.

Previous meetings have covered:

Youth engagement and employment- role of the Future Jobs Fund, 18 November 2009
Commissioning and procurement, 20 January 2010
Personalisation agenda, 16 March 2010
Training and support for social enterprise, 15 June 2010
Right to request – working with primary care trusts, 15 September 2010
LA Connecting London Day 2008 – Public services in London – can social enterprise deliver?
LA Connecting London Day 2010 – Practical solutions with local authorities. Click here to download the conference report.

There is a full work plan for LA Connects for 2011 and below are the work plans from previous years. If you are a local authority representative and would like to be added to the mailing list for invitations to the next meetings and updates please e-mail Mei-Yee Hui (mei@sel.org.uk)

LA Connects workplan 2011 (42 kb)

LA Connects 2010 Conference Report (57 kb)

LA Connecting conference 2011 Agenda (102 kb)

Developing public service spin outs - Matt Jarratt (396 kb)

Legal structures for public service social enterprises - Owen Willcox (1263 kb)

Creating social enterprise consortia and partnerships - Helen Richardson and Jon Sellars (512 kb)

Transitions - Mee Yee Hui (463 kb)