I am very proud to present Local Partnerships’ first formal Wales Impact Report. I hope you will enjoy reading about the successes we help our public sector clients achieve across Wales. As trusted public sector advisors, our fingerprint is found across the public sector and the ripples of our impact reach far and wide. Central to our work is a public sector ethos and the desire to work with key stakeholders to deliver the priorities of our owners for the benefit of communities across Wales.
...we help to accelerate the delivery of major infrastructure, tackle climate challenges through waste efficiency and renewable energy propositions, plug the commercial capability gap, enable wider placemaking initiatives, and overall deliver best value to the public sector
FOREWORD
Local Partnerships occupies a unique position in the public sector through our joint ownership by the Welsh Government, Local Government Association and H M Treasury. We form a bridge between central government policy and local delivery and facilitate a meaningful dialogue between the public and private sectors. Through this, we help to accelerate the delivery of major infrastructure, tackle climate challenges through waste efficiency and renewable energy propositions, plug the commercial capability gap, enable wider place-making initiatives, and overall deliver best value to the public sector.
It was my pleasure to welcome Leon Wong to the Board in 2023 as the Welsh Government representative. This is a key role as our work to support Wales’s ambitious recycling rates and deliver wider positive climate impact and driving growth, continues alongside delivering value across the public sector landscape. I thank his predecessor Steve Davies for his contributions since taking his position as the first Welsh Government representative on our Board in 2018.
My sincere thanks also go to all our experienced and dedicated staff, without whom we would be unable to support our clients, and the communities they serve. Given the challenges facing the public sector, this year we have welcomed new faces onto the team who further enhance our collective skillset and ability to support the public sector. We have 13 Wales-based staff who are dedicated to supporting key and long-running initiatives such as the Energy Service, Ynni Cymru and the Mutual Investment Model, and many more work on these projects to share expertise. A significant number of the organisation work bilingually as fluent or native Welsh speakers, including our Chief Executive, Adele Gritten.
To support our work on projects across Wales, we are pleased to share office space with the Welsh Local Government Association at 1 Canal Parade, Cardiff and are delighted to also now have an office in the north, at the M-SParc facility in Anglesey.
I look forward to broadening and growing our work across Wales, supporting the focused transformation agenda for the benefit of the people and the places of Wales in 2025 and beyond.
Keith Fraser Chair (independent), Local Partnerships
I would like to focus on our commitment to the green jobs and growth agenda, creating sustainable jobs that tackle the climate crisis and restore nature.
Adele Gritten Chief Executive
I was born and raised in a village near Swansea, and am extremely proud of my Welsh heritage. As a native Welsh speaker, I was delighted to take the reigns as Chief Executive of Local Partnerships in 2022 where I have been impressed by the breadth of support we provide to the local government sector. We work with all 22 authorities in Wales and count the Welsh Local Government Association amongst our key stakeholders. For the seventh year in a row, 100% of our clients would recommend us to others. This is testament indeed to the calibre and commitment of our dedicated staff.
INTRODUCTION
Local Partnerships is proud to be working with the Welsh Government to deliver a number of their Programme for Government commitments including helping the Welsh Government and the wider public sector on the ambitious journey to achieve net zero by 2030 and to tackle the climate crisis. In turn, this supports the creation of green jobs and green growth in Wales – building a stronger, greener economy as it takes the lead in making maximum progress towards decarbonisation.
I would like to focus on our commitment to the green jobs and growth agenda, creating sustainable jobs that tackle the climate crisis and restore nature.
To support ideas that can make Wales a world centre of emerging tidal technologies, we led the Tidal Lagoon Challenge. In March 2024, three winners received funding totalling £750,000 to complete their research projects. We worked with the Morlais tidal stream demonstration project off the Anglesey coast to develop a range of creative funding options to enable the project to remain sustainable and increase the deployment of tidal stream devices, resulting in a Welsh Government equity investment of £8 m.
To enable benefit maximisation of floating offshore wind opportunities in the Celtic Sea, we worked with Port Talbot and port of Milford Haven to secure £1 m for each to fund initial surveys and design work to support port upgrade.
To expand renewable energy generation by public bodies and community groups in Wales, continuing the commitment set out
in the co-operation agreement between Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government, we have established Ynni Cymru to support smarter and innovative local and community-driven renewable energy projects that deliver the greatest local benefits, securing £10 m capital grant funding to fund 32 community green energy projects across Wales.
To accelerate the development of renewable energy projects on the wider Welsh public estate as a greener and more sustainable energy supply and maximise their value for the people of Wales, we established Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, to work alongside Natural Resources Wales to develop wind farms on the woodland estate and engage with local communities.
To help Wales transition to a circular economy, centred on valuing resources, protecting the environment, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity preservation, through the Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Programme we supported local authorities in developing strategies and implementing changes to reduce waste, increase reuse and repair and reach and exceed the 70% recycling target.
‘Iechyd
da’ – A Healthier Wales – improving access to social care
We have supported the progress of a programme of 50 Integrated Health and Care Centres located throughout Wales, focusing on promoting health and wellbeing and preventing ill health to maximise the impact of combined resources in a locality.
INTRODUCTION
At Local Partnerships, we’re driven to help the Welsh public sector achieve its goals. There are six key points I’d like you to know regarding what we strive to accomplish, and how we can support you:
1 We’re here to help the Welsh Government hit its ambitious net zero targets: a carbon-neutral public sector by 2030, net zero emissions by 2050, 70% renewable electricity by 2030, and 1 GW of locally owned renewable energy by 2030
2 We tackle the need to meet rising demands with shrinking budgets, and improve public services by providing handson support, project management, governance advice, training, and technical expertise to get the most out of every pound
3 From housing delivery to infrastructure, we partner with public sector clients to deliver sustainable placemaking, and shape vibrant communities
4 We boost commercial expertise, sharpen the commercial skills of public sector teams, helping them manage contracts better, act commercially, and maximise income
5 Waste reduction, repair, reuse, and recycling are at the heart of our work, ensuring Wales stays ahead in sustainability, promoting a circular economy
6 We empower public sector organisations to harness data for smarter, evidence-based decisions that facilitate data-driven decision-making for key initiatives.
Whatever your challenge, we’re here to support your journey every step of the way. Please get in touch with me adele.gritten@localpartnerships.gov.uk or any of my colleagues via our website localpartnerships.gov.uk if you’d like to discuss our work further. Thank you.
Adele Gritten Chief Executive, Local Partnerships
@LP_AdeleG | 07771 838 817
AT A GLANCE: PURPOSE OF OUR WORK
Local Partnerships delivers value and efficacy for the public purse. We were established to help public sector organisations face the ever-increasing challenge of meeting rising demands for services, with shrinking budgets.
We are an in-house public sector consultancy jointly owned by the Welsh Government, Local Government Association and H M Treasury. We work solely for the public sector, including local authorities, the Welsh Government and Local Health Boards. We are proud to be part of the public sector family. Occupying a unique position, Local Partnerships facilitates change by working impartially and collaboratively across all parts of the public sector.
Whether supporting and accelerating the delivery of major infrastructure, shaping and creating sustainable place-based growth, tackling climate challenges through resource efficiency and renewable energy projects, or working with authorities to develop their commercial capabilities, we help transform public services.
We share our intellectual capital for the benefit of the public sector and issue regular guidance and best practice collateral. Examples include our Climate Adaptation Toolkit, Renewable Energy Good Practice Guide, Local Authority Company Review Guidance and our C E O Blueprint, which are all freely available in the Resources Hub section of our website. We also hold regular webinars, which are free to public sector representatives.
Our team of specialists brings a formidable combination of public and private sector experience offering the highest quality and most effective support to the public sector. We are a hands-on organisation and work collaboratively for the benefit
of our clients, often sitting alongside project teams, rather than providing advice from afar. We provide capacity and capability where it is needed, providing expert advice and practical resources alongside project and programme delivery support, enabling public services to thrive.
Remaining dedicated to helping local, national and U K governments deliver services even more efficiently and effectively, we are very proud of the successes we have helped our clients achieve.
Our activity is organised into three business units, Climate, Commercial and Place and two cross cutting disciplines, Data & Analytics and Assurance, that work across our business units. We provide practical support including project and programme management, governance advice, project assurance reviews, training, feasibility studies, business case development, technical advice, stakeholder engagement, strategic, commercial and contract support.
OUR OVERALL IMPACT AT A GLANCE
Delivered infrastructure worth
£1bn through the Mutual Investment Model (M I M)
Installed 44.5 M W of new renewable capacity—enough to power 18,000 homes
Unblocked 37
stalled social housing sites through support on phosphates and nutrient neutrality
Supported 18 local authorities in developing Local Area Energy Plans
Supported the implementation of the Workplace Recycling Regulations (Wales) 2023
Delivered
£210 m in investments since 2018, funding renewable energy, energy efficiency, low-carbon heating, and zero-emission projects
Secured
£20 m for assisting in decarbonising higher and further education facilities
Established Ynni Cymru and awarded £10 m in capital grants to 32 community energy projects
Facilitated the installation of
715 k W of solar panels across 14 schools in Torfaen
Secured £1m for the Isle of Anglesey Council to replace gas boilers with air source heat pumps
Helped establish Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru to unlock the renewable energy potential of Wales
Saved the public sector
£1m by supporting the collaborative procurement of over 300 electric vehicles Helped 9
local authorities draft and approve new waste and resource strategies
Helped establish Cwmni Egino Ltd. driving redevelopment at the Trawsfynydd nuclear site
OUR OVERALL IMPACT AT A GLANCE
Project map showing Local Authorities, Public Services Boards and Corporate Joint Committees supported directly and indirectly via Welsh Government in 2024
Detailed map showing the Cardiff area
AT A GLANCE: CLIMATE
Globally, climate change is the greatest challenge facing ecosystems and humanity. The public sector has a pivotal role to play, accelerating the scale and pace of delivery through finding and delivering innovative solutions.
Our Climate work supports the public sector to:
` deliver strategic and practical approaches and solutions to achieve a just transition to net zero
` plan for a changing climate, by assessing local impacts and necessary changes
` deliver renewable energy infrastructure and energy efficiency projects
` develop and deliver solutions to minimise waste and facilitate a circular economy.
We provide support with pathways to net zero, action planning, area-wide engagement, project development and delivery, green finance, procurement and commercial arrangements.
We support public sector bodies in the development of climate adaptation plans through our free Climate Adaptation Toolkit which is endorsed by the Met Office for use with its Local Authority Climate Service.
With expertise in Resource Efficiency and the Circular Economy, we work closely with the Welsh Government and local authorities across Wales to implement policy, achieve recycling and waste diversion targets, improve resource efficiency, drive a circular economy and deliver the associated infrastructure requirements.
We have considerable experience in the development of renewable energy projects and major strategic programmes.
Offering a commercially-based approach to delivery, we work with partners including local authorities and the Welsh Government advising on energy programmes and projects at all stages of development and delivery including retrofit, heat networks, renewables and energy storage.
Our advice is grounded in practical solutions, and we offer technical, commercial, and procurement support to help our clients to plan strategically, solve complex commercial issues, manage programmes or projects effectively and increase delivery confidence.
We have considerable experience in the development of renewable energy projects and major strategic programmes
AT A GLANCE: COMMERCIAL
There is continuing pressure on the public sector to act in a commercial way to provide services efficiently and optimise the income that organisations generate. Councils, finding their current financial position unsustainable, are turning to commercial activity for faster revenue generation. The consequences of ill-managed or poorly-judged acquisitions or investments are well-documented. The systemic commercial and capability gap in the public sector impacts on the public sector risk profile, the assurance organisations can give relating to grant spend or investment, and the ability of public sector organisations to demonstrate value for money.
Councils face increasing challenges in recruiting and retaining staff and have capacity and capability challenges particularly in relation to:
` key corporate functions such as commercial,finance and procurement
` cross-cutting activities such as business case development, financial modelling and service redesign
` specialist services areas such as housing, regeneration and social care.
Early P P P contracts are coming up for expiry and contracting authorities need support through this complex process and into new service provision.
The public sector often lacks the capacity or skills required to manage this transition but our dedicated team of commercial specialists supports contracting authorities. We can help you achieve efficiencies across a range of areas from contract management, refinancing and savings reviews to benchmarking, market-testing and reviewing insurance premium risk-sharing calculations.
We have a dedicated team of specialists who improve and increase the commercial skillset and knowledge of the public sector to deal effectively with complex contracting arrangements. We share best practice, prepare guidance notes, tools and templates. These include material supporting contract management, commercial and business process mapping toolkits as well as guidance on reviewing local authority owned companies.
We have a dedicated team of specialists who improve and increase the commercial skillset and knowledge of the public sector to deal effectively with complex contracting arrangements
AT A GLANCE: PLACE
We develop, deliver and review interventions that contribute to successful placemaking. This is complex and challenging owing to the number of elements involved and their interdependence.
Councils are facing multiple place-based challenges and public sector needs including:
` lack of resource across place-based services. Senior place managers are often responsible for a wide range and diverse portfolio of services and many lack both the resources and specific expertise required
` meeting the required scale and pace for housing delivery, including identifying and delivering options to meet the need for affordable housing and temporary accommodation
` increasing pressures around investment in existing housing stock, driven by regulatory changes and the move to net zero, with limited capacity for key areas such as contract management or sourcing decisions
` rapidly changing roles of places, particularly town centres and the need to ensure the required infrastructure is in place
` a need for commercial support in the sphere of health and social care contracting
` management of inflation and labour market challenges for the successful delivery of critical infrastructure schemes.
Our team brings a broad range of skills and experience to support a strategic approach to placemaking. We help clients develop and deliver projects that respond to the changing needs of places, particularly the infrastructure requirements. We support:
` housing delivery and access to housing
` increasing the quality of existing housing
` defining and delivering complex capital programmes of work
` commissioning, market management and contract management to local authorities for health and social care
` integration of health and social care and its enablers
` development of compelling strategic cases for infrastructure investment, and production of five case model business cases
` definition, development and maintenance of physical assets
` areas wishing to explore alternative arrangements as part of efficiency drives
` assessment of the deliverability of projects for capital grant funding.
Our toolkits, reports and other resources include: the Housing Delivery Vehicles Toolkit, Domestic Retrofit Handbook, Temporary Accommodation Model, Homelessness Prevention Toolkit and Prioritising Housing Pipelines.
We help clients develop and deliver projects that respond to the changing needs of places
AT A GLANCE: ASSURANCE
Our project assurance services provide an independent and objective assessment of any project’s health and performance. We can help identify potential issues early on, mitigate risk and improve the likelihood of project success. Undertaking such a review helps to build confidence amongst strategic leadership, elected members and funding organisations that the project is in good hands, and ongoing sponsorship of the project is desirable and indeed appropriate. Investing in support that maximises project success is therefore key, as is ensuring that your organisation is utilising all the tools at your disposal.
We have developed a series of assurance tools and services specifically directed at a variety of needs:
` individual contract reviews
` feasibility and business case reviews
` housing development reviews
` health checks, short, sharp project reviews
` bespoke reviews, focussed on a specific element or discipline (procurement, communication etc.).
Many of our personnel are accredited as Gateway review team leaders and members, and have participated in a number of Welsh Government Gateway assurance reviews.
We can help identify potential issues early on, mitigate risk and improve the likelihood of project success
AT A GLANCE: DATA & ANALYTICS
In an era of data-driven decision making, it is critical for public sector organisations to use data effectively to enable substantiated decision making and support the development and delivery of key programmes.
We provide data and evidence-driven insight, tools and capacity services for our public sector clients. Our team has the skills and capability, coupled with the public sector understanding, to support our clients effectively.
Our work focuses on:
` providing compelling data-driven insights the production of toolkits
` visualisation of data including market intelligence dashboards
` data and geospatial modelling, including the expansion of waste-flow and renewables modelling
` financial modelling and analysis to support
` the development of business cases.
We provide data and evidence-driven insight, tools and capacity services for our public sector clients
CLIMATE: CLIMATE RESPONSE
Rachel Toresen-Owuor
The National Assembly, as it was called then, was the first parliament in the world to declare a climate emergency in 2019 and the Welsh Government has committed to achieve a carbon-neutral public sector by 2030 and net zero emissions for Wales by 2050, with interim targets and carbon budgets.
Local Partnerships supports public sector organisations across Wales with both their decarbonisation objectives and adapting to climate change.
Adapting to a changing climate
Local Partnerships was commissioned by the Welsh Government, Public Health Division, to support with its Health and Social Care Adaptation Planning following the publication of the Climate Change Committee’s (C C C) report “Adapting to Climate Change: Progress in Wales, in September 2023”. Published in October 2024, the work resulted in the development of the Adaptation Toolkit for Health and Social Care in Wales and follows a baseline assessment of existing activity across the sector in Wales. Consistent with our wider approach
we reviewed and signposted existing documents and guidance, identified gaps and opportunities and tailored the toolkit to the specific circumstances and requirements of the sector in Wales, and prepared training materials. We codelivered a training workshop with Welsh Government for Wales Climate Week in October 2024. This toolkit has been designed for use at individual team, service or organisational level. The toolkit covers key terms and concepts, how to access the information to explore how climate change will impact organisations and service delivery. There are additional tools and resources highlighted throughout which will support the development of risk registers and plans.
We worked with Cardiff Capital Region (C C R) to deliver adaptation workshops, bringing together the councils in the region to explore service delivery risk to people and place-based services in a changing climate. An initial high level risk register was developed to support C C R with its climate risk and vulnerability assessment reporting to C D P (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project).
Jo Wall
Vicky Kingston
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The recommendations we provided to C C R have been taken through its governance procedure to support climate risk and adaptation to be embedded into service planning in the region.
Emissions reduction and pathways to net zero
We support organisations with emissions reduction work including carbon accounting, planning pathways to Net Zero, development of project business cases, building retrofit work, fleet transition and generation of renewable energy.
Emissions baselines, carbon budgeting and development of effective action plans are key tools in delivering practical emissions reductions. Since 2020 we have been enabling local authorities to do more of their own carbon accounting. Our expertise and experience helps us to provide support to Welsh organisations reporting emissions to Welsh Government using the Welsh reporting tool and methodology, particularly relating to Scope 3 emissions.
CLIMATE RESPONSE
In 2024, we developed and updated the Net Zero Trajectories for all 22 Welsh local authorities. We analysed the available data for local authority buildings, street lighting and fleet to estimate the overall cost, split by local authority, for each authority to decarbonise by 2030 (the Welsh public sector target). We developed a standardised Scenario Planning Tool for net zero for each of the 22 Welsh local authorities to help explore scenario options for reaching net zero for their own operations by 2030, providing a comprehensive final evidence report, including full data, references, and summaries.
Programme management
Delivery of climate change programmes is complex and maintaining programme governance and focus are key to successful delivery. We provided Programme Management Office support to Cardiff Council’s One Planet Cardiff Programme, through:
` establishing reporting and monitoring of activity included in the action plan
` supporting governance processes
` development of an Electric Vehicle Road Map, setting out the requirements for charging infrastructure in the city
` project optimisation at Radyr Weir Hydro Plant.
Our interventions improved communications and formalised contract arrangements between the Council and the operator, leading to remediation works and improved performance. The plant performs significantly better than previously, securing a robust income stream for the council and better fulfilling their renewable energy objective.
Climate guidance and toolkits
Our Climate Adaptation Toolkit and associated risk matrix, developed with the former U K Climate Impact Programme, was revised in 2024 and is endorsed by the Met Office for use with its Local Authority Climate Service. We continue to develop the guidance and associated tools and to ensure alignment with reporting requirements. The toolkit is designed for use by individual teams, services or organisations.
Local Partnerships facilitated the production of our regional climate risk and vulnerability assessment (C R V A). They worked in partnership with us (Cardiff Capital Region), the 10 local authorities in the region and other regional stakeholders to develop a robust framework for assessing risk to council service delivery.
Thank you, Local Partnerships, for providing a structured framework for partners to work together on climate adaptation across the Cardiff Capital Region.
Emma Wakeham Local Area Energy Plan Programme Manager, Cardiff Capital Region
The Welsh Government is committed to driving forward progress across green jobs and growth as one of its four key areas – creating green jobs that tackle the climate crisis and restore nature, while making families better off; and accelerating planning decisions to grow the Welsh economy. The Welsh Government has set targets:
` to generate 70% of Wales’ electricity consumption from renewables by 2030
` that 1 G W of renewable energy capacity in Wales be locally owned by 2030
` for all renewable energy projects to have at least an element of local ownership from 2020.
Local Partnerships supports key initiatives in the renewable energy sector.
Welsh Government Energy Service
Local Partnerships is a delivery partner in the Welsh Government Energy Service which is delivered in partnership with Carbon Trust and the Energy Savings Trust. We have been part of this service since its inception. Collectively, we provide
strategic engagement and project delivery support to every Welsh public sector body (77 eligible organisations including local authorities, local health boards, universities and further education establishments) to accelerate and de-risk projects that contribute to the Welsh Government ambition of the sector being net zero by 2030.
In 2024, our work included increasing the energy efficiency of buildings, construction of renewable energy generation facilities, transition of vehicle fleets to electric power, and improving procurement to reduce the carbon content of goods and services purchased. We have assisted individual organisations but also encouraged joint working by supporting local area and regional energy planning, helping to deliver improved economies of scale.
Key achievements include:
` development of an innovative electric vehicle collaborative procurement process across Welsh councils, saving the public sector c. £1 m for over 300 vehicles across 13 vehicle types, and reducing waiting times for delivery by up to 18 months. This initiative won
Mike Williams
Tony Lawson
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` the “Best Procurement Delivery” at the 2024 GO Awards and Government Commercial Function Award for “Best Small Procurement Project”
` increasing the overall percentage of electric vehicles across all types within the public sector from 6% to almost 10% via the collaborative procurement and supported E V grant from Welsh Government
` securing a 20 M W consented solar farm application for Caerphilly County Borough Council
` support for the development of Local Area Energy Plans for 18 local authorities, approval and implementation across Wales at local and regional levels
` development of three regional projects for the Southwest Wales Corporate Joint Committee, for regional public sector collaborative E V charging, regional domestic retrofit projects and behaviour change campaigns alongside community energy groups
` support for Torfaen County Borough Council with a roll out of solar projects across 14 schools, and a total of 715 k W
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` roof mounted solar panels, equivalent to c. 180 household systems
` development of the successful application for Isle of Anglesey County Council for £1 m to replace gas fired boilers with air source heat pumps
` support for Carmarthenshire Council with 18 air source heat pumps across their estate
` support for the Welsh Government to secure and deploy c. £20 m to fund longterm initiatives to decarbonise the higher and further education sectors under the Digarbon scheme, with substantial awards made to Cardiff and Swansea Universities.
Since its establishment in 2018 the Energy Service has:
` delivered investment of £210 m across the public sector and community enterprises to install renewable energy, building energy efficiency, low carbon heat and zero emission fleet projects Energy generation
` installed 44.5 M W of new renewable energy capacity in Wales, enough to power approximately 18,000 homes
` generated an estimated £367 m in local income and savings over the lifetime of the projects.
Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru
A key Welsh Government commitment, we established Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru as an arms-length Welsh Government owned renewable energy developer to accelerate the development of renewable energy projects on the wider Welsh Government woodland estate, and maximise its value for the people of Wales.
Our support included the production of the Business Case, and the identification and progression of the pipeline of significant wind projects on the Welsh Government’s Woodland Estate. We led on all aspects of setting up the new company, including organisational design, staff recruitment, setting up the Board, core systems implementation, corporate identity and branding and formal registration at Companies House.
The company was launched in July 2024 and is tasked with delivering 1 G W of renewable energy projects by 2040.
Local Partnerships continue to provide hugely valued specialist support to important programmes within the Welsh Government. Over recent years, the breadth of relevant experiences and skills of Local Partnerships colleagues has been essential in progressing development of both Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru and Ynni Cymru.
Ed Sherriff Deputy Director, Welsh Government
Ynni Cymru
We have worked with the Welsh Government to establish Ynni Cymru to support smarter and innovative local and community-driven renewable energy projects that bring together energy generation, storage, demand and infrastructure. The aim is to ensure that locally generated renewable energy is delivered to the right place, at the right time to improve efficiency, maximise grid efficacy and deliver the greatest local benefits.
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We established key stakeholder groups to help inform activities and engaged with a range of public sector and community energy projects to identify where Ynni Cymru can best add value to the whole of the energy system in future years. We are progressing a programme of activities including a health check service of existing local and community owned renewable energy assets, a comprehensive Smart Local Energy System workstream, a grid support service to show what can be connected to the grid today and in the future, and development of new project delivery tools to navigate the complexities around battery energy storage and heat technology selection.
Ynni Cymru secured a £10 m capital grant for this financial year to which public sector organisations, community groups and small and medium-sized enterprises looking to develop Smart Local Energy System projects in Wales have applied for funding. Over 110 applications were received, and funding was awarded to 32 community green energy projects from across the community, public and business sectors. The projects include deployment
of everything from solar panels and heat pumps to battery storage and electric vehicle charging points. They will support the use of energy across a wide range of organisations including schools, leisure centres, care homes, business parks, community and activity centres.
Our role on Ynni Cymru enabled us to recruit a team of five Wales-based personnel and secured office space at the M-Sparc facility in Anglesey, as a base for our support.
Re:fit and building retrofit
Decarbonising buildings is a significant and difficult task. Local Partnerships provides advice and support in developing and delivering projects. This includes the Domestic Retrofit Handbook which gives advice on developing and implementing projects. In recent years Local Partnerships has been a co-owner (with the Greater London Authority) of the Re:fit energy performance contract framework.
In 2024, nine local authorities and health boards across Wales utilised the Re:fit framework to commence their energy efficiency and decarbonisation journeys.
This was facilitated by our multidisciplinary team of legal, technical, financial, energy and carbon performance improvement experts for:
` Cardiff Council
` Ceredigion County Council
` Flintshire County Council
` Swansea Council
` Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
` Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
` Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
` Hywel Dda University Health Board
` Powys Teaching Health Board.
In total, these projects target savings of at least 3,200 tonnes of carbon, 15,300 M Wh of energy and deliver £3.1 m in financial savings per annum.
Marine Energy Programme
As Wales transitions to a zero-carbon electricity supply, the scale of innovation and the size of projects are increasing at pace. Local Partnerships supports the Welsh Government with their Marine Energy Programme which focusses on
floating offshore wind tidal stream and tidal lagoon technologies.
Floating offshore wind has the potential to bring significant employment in Wales, but this is dependent on suitable infrastructure and an integrated locallybased supply chain with skilled and welltrained Welsh employees. We worked with the ports of Port Talbot and Milford Haven to secure £1 m of funding each from the Welsh Government for initial surveys and design work to support port upgrade. We have recently been asked to provide the secretariat to the Offshore Wind Task and Finish Group.
We worked with the Morlais tidal stream demonstration project off the Anglesey coast to develop a range of creative funding options to enable project sustainability and increase the deployment of tidal stream devices to the maximum consented for the site – 240 M W. As a result, the Welsh Government has now invested £8 m into Menter Mon Morlais Ltd (the company that operates the site) in return for an equity stake. With the balance of the shares owned by Menter Mon a community interest company, all
of the investment benefits will therefore be retained in Wales.
To further support the tidal stream sector, we are working with one of the developers with a berth at Morlais, to invest potentially in a demonstrator project, again through an equity stake. The aim is to test in real world conditions enhancements to turbines that will be used by three out of the four developers who currently hold Contracts for Difference (C f Ds) at Morlais. Taken together, these investments have encouraged Inyanga to bring their turbine assembly hall to Anglesey creating local jobs.
During 2024, we led the Welsh Government’s Tidal Lagoon Challenge. This innovative grant fund made £750,000 available to research consortia to demonstrate the potential either to reduce or remove a barrier that is currently preventing tidal lagoons being developed or help to quantify a potential benefit of tidal lagoon development. One of the projects is collecting data on migration patterns of fish through tagging.
These funding awards, and our support have enabled the Welsh Government to fulfil this Programme for Government commitment for the Tidal Lagoon Challenge.
Other renewable energy projects
We supported Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council to develop solar schemes supported by a “private wire” and connection, and a commercial Power Purchase Agreement to a third-party. We built financial models to support business case development and provided commercial advice to the development of the agreements.
Energy guidance and tools
We support local authorities with our free, easy to use, quick and robust Electricity Forecast Tool, to forecast future council electricity consumption better, achieve better energy efficiency and inform procurement needs after considering the effects of decarbonisation interventions and areas of growth.
Our Renewable Energy Good Practice Guidance provides information in relation to industry and policy to help both members and officers of local authorities who are considering asset ownership to understand the potential risks and benefits and how these can be managed, to expedite the development of local energy projects.
Derek Rooney
Kristy Spindler
Advancing Wales towards a circular economy
In 2024, Wales achieved the secondhighest recycling rate globally, with five local authorities surpassing the ambitious 70% recycling target for the year. Waste sent to landfill reached its lowest level ever, marking a significant milestone. Local Partnerships is proud to have played a vital role in these achievements through our work on the Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Programme and the Strategic Change Programme.
Driving policy and systemic change
Our work has been instrumental in helping Wales transition to a circular economy focused on valuing resources, protecting the environment, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity preservation. Through our contributions to the Welsh Government’s Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Programme we:
` conducted research on global reuse and repair policies to inform the development of forward-thinking circular economy policies
` delivered programme and project management support to advance government commitments relating to Extended Producer Responsibility
` provided expert analysis to inform future policy and strategic infrastructure requirements to ensure that Welsh Government funded infrastructure continues to achieve best outcomes, maximising value for money for the public sector in Wales
` collaborated across the public sector to implement initiatives to tackle hard-torecycle materials, such as rigid plastics
` facilitated the move towards ultralow emissions vehicles for refuse and recycling collections
` partnered with WRAP Cymru to support local authorities to reduce waste, and enhance reuse, repair and recycling services, ensuring statutory targets are met
` provided contract management and expert resources to local authorities managing food and residual waste Public Private Partnership (P P P) contracts.
Collaborative Change Programme
We supported local authorities by developing strategies and implementing changes to reduce waste, increase reuse and repair, and reach and exceed the 70% recycling target. In 2024 we:
` supported Flintshire, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Gwynedd, Powys, Conwy, Wrexham, Pembrokeshire and Caerphilly Councils to develop, and seek approval for new resources and waste strategies. Following the development of these strategies we supported authorities with the process of seeking Cabinet approval through local governance processes including public consultations
` provided support and advice to Powys, Flintshire, Isle of Anglesey, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent Councils to review their local waste infrastructure plans and develop suitable infrastructure options that will allow them to deliver their strategic objectives
` provided expertise to Caerphilly, Torfaen, Isle of Anglesey, Conwy and Swansea Councils to develop
` business cases to seek funding from the Welsh Government towards improvements to local resources and waste infrastructure and to help meet carbon net zero targets
Commercial waste and workplace recycling
In 2024, we supported the Welsh Government in implementing the Workplace Recycling Regulations (Wales) 2023. Our robust project management and technical expertise helped shape the laying of attendant regulations.
In parallel, we supported 15 local authorities in aligning their commercial waste services with the Workplace Recycling Regulations (Wales) 2023. This included reviewing expenditures, pricing structures, and preparing for the collection of new materials. Our guidance ensured services were cost-effective and compliant.
Flexible plastics trials
We are supporting Welsh Government to design and deliver two flexible plastic collection and treatment trials with
Swansea and the Vale of Glamorgan Councils which are due to start in 2025. The trials will inform the UK-wide rollout of mandatory kerbside collection of flexible plastics in the UK during 2027.
Resources and waste infrastructure
We provided specialist support through the Waste Infrastructure Procurement Programme. Having previously supported local authorities in their combined procurement of seven joint food waste treatment contracts and three residual waste treatment contracts under long-term public private partnerships, our team of dedicated transactors and legal, financial and technical experts continues to support change in law provisions, refinancing, and other complex contracting aspects and the preparation for policy change.
We facilitate regular networks and user groups to foster collaboration across authorities in Wales, Scotland and England ensuring environmentally sustainable and cost-effective waste processing, maximising value for money across the public sector.
A catalyst for green innovation
Our commitment to securing investment in green technologies has boosted economic growth and job creation while promoting systemic change. By embedding the principles of the resource hierarchy, we can help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, conserve energy, and tackle overconsumption.
For more information about Climate link to our website
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Local Partnerships’ commercial work supports the public sector by providing bespoke commercial capability and capacity to:
` maintain and improve services
` generate and maximise income
` develop innovative ways to save money and improve outcomes
` achieve more value and deliver operational efficiencies from complex contracts, such as those from Private Finance Initiatives and Public Private Partnerships (P F I/P P P) projects.
Contract expiry
A major focus of Local Partnerships’ P P P work is supporting P F I projects prepare for expiry as more projects move into this crucial phase. We collate market experience to determine emerging precedent around contractual and noncontractual approaches.
We have a four year strategic relationship with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (D V L A) in respect of their accommodation PFI project which expires in March 2025, relating to their headquarters at Morriston in Swansea.
We have worked closely with the D V L A
to implement their strategy for expiry which has involved:
` a detailed review of their underlying financial model and identification of the commercial issues
` assistance in developing a commercial negotiation strategy
` facilitating discuss of strategic issues
` working alongside the D V L A to determine their target operating model for future hard and soft facilities management services.
We assisted with the planning and delivery of the survey on expiry, reported on the financial integrity of the private
sector company, which was established to deliver the project, and supported the development of a performance management approach and strategy for the hard facilities management services contract to be let by the D V L A following expiry.
Through knowledge and skills transfer to the D V L A team our input has now advanced to one of high-level advice and strategic support.
Mutual Investment Model (M I M)
Local Partnerships has been instrumental in providing commercial, financial and procurement expertise to develop the Mutual Investment Model (M I M) and to progress individual projects utilising M I M.
Last year (2024) also saw the opening of the first schools under the Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme, Llanilltud Faerdref and Penygawsi schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf. These are part of a £53m grouped primary schools project, and a £65 m all-through educational campus at Mynydd Isa, in Flintshire. These follow the formation
of a Joint Venture development company, WEPCo. The 10 year Strategic Partnering Agreement has been entered into between WEPCo, Welsh Government and most local education authorities and Further Education Institutions in Wales, representing a real opportunity to deliver long-term value across the Welsh educational estate.
The new Velindre Cancer Centre which reached financial close in March 2024 is a c. £310 m build project, developed to comply with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and deliver the most sustainable hospital in the UK. The new hospital is part of Velindre University NHS Trust’s Transforming Cancer Services in South East Wales Programme. It will provide patients and carers with high-quality and sustainable services, delivering the most effective treatments while also leading national and international education, research, and innovation in cancer patient care. Construction commenced immediately upon financial close, and the Cancer Centre is due to open in April 2027.
We continue to support the Trust directly to ensure the project delivers the
benefits contained within the contractor’s proposals, as well as maintaining an effective and productive relationship with the Trust’s private sector partner. We also play a vital role in coordinating the new build of the centre with all associated projects to reflect the holistic nature of the wider New Velindre Cancer Centre Programme, including the enabling works required to ensure the site is accessible and the equipment to be accommodated within the new facility.
We previously supported the procurement of the A465 dualling project, a £550 m M I M project to dual 18km of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road between Dowlais and Hirwaun, which is projected to complete in summer 2025, with a 30 year operational period. Direct associated benefits of reduced journey times combined with increased accessibility of surrounding areas, mean the project has significantly exceeded the contractual profiled targets across all Community Benefit KPIs. It delivers many other community benefits, including those related to reducing long-term unemployment in the region, accessibility for disadvantaged workers, utilising apprentices where possible and delivering community initiatives.
To date, the total capital value of c. £1 billion delivered under M I M constitutes additional investment for new infrastructure which would otherwise not have been made. The M I M also delivers significant community benefits and allows Welsh Government, via the Development Bank of Wales, to take an equity stake in all projects and programmes.
The Local Partnerships team brought a wealth of experience and expertise to our Sustainable Communities for Learning MIM programme. Local Partnerships’ support was invaluable in establishing the delivery joint venture organisation in the first instance and, more latterly, bring the first two pathfinder projects to financial close in the face of significant economic difficulties. Most importantly, the Local Partnerships team integrated themselves fully and seamlessly into Welsh Government to help ensure our success.
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We worked with Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen Councils during a discovery phase in which both councils explored closer ways of working and shared the Chief Executive role.
Our review identified several benefits of such new and innovative ways of working, including opportunities to gain financial efficiencies, to create a culture of improving services, to deliver better outcomes for residents and to drive collaboration and knowledge-sharing. Evidence of benefits from increased scale of delivery, stronger strategic planning and better staff development within the councils was also apparent.
This has recently culminated in the councils agreeing to appoint a permanent Joint Chief Executive for both councils. This exciting and innovative approach supports the long-term sustainability of the councils.
We have also worked with Torfaen Borough Council on the future of the leisure centre provision creating an improvement plan and a 10 year contract through an open procurement. The design
of future services was strongly based on the ambitions of the council and the plan for improved health outcomes. This was combined with creating sustainable services that meet the needs of residents whilst being commercially viable.
We are supporting Wrexham County Borough Council’s transformation programme, seeking to achieve a savings target of £25 m. Working closely with the programme team, we are sharing best practice to enable informed decisions to be made, focusing on key areas including social care, environmental services and asset management. We are also working alongside the programme team to ensure that good practice management and governance structures are in place to support better outcomes.
The Welsh Government is developing a Sustainable Farming Scheme to replace the previous E U Common Agricultural Policy (C A P) system of support to farmers in Wales. Under the new scheme, farmers would be paid for actions resulting in environmental, animal welfare and social outcomes, over and above minimum
legal requirements, and would be required to carry out a suite of “Universal Actions” for which they would receive the “Universal Baseline Payment”.
We reviewed the scheme’s existing governance and progress in delivery, drawing out the lessons learned, and agreed programme products, additional planning requirements and a critical path to meet future milestones. We are now managing the programme governance for delivery of the scheme launch in January 2026. We undertake this by keeping the critical path under review and supporting its delivery, managing dashboards, identifying and escalating issues and risks and engaging key stakeholders. We are also supporting the development of the business case for this critical Programme for Government commitment.
Transformation guidance and toolkits
In line with our commitment to share our expertise with the sector freely, we published our Transformation Prioritisation Matrix. This is an invaluable tool designed to assist decision-makers in identifying the most promising change projects to advance, informed by our recent transformation work, which has ranged from developing practical tools and conducting options analyses to providing strategic support, consistently driving impactful and informed decision-making.
Commercial toolkits and guidance
The challenging economic landscape combined with increased expectation regarding service provision means that many councils will continue to rely on commercial investments and ventures to provide income streams. To enhance local authorities’ commercial skills and capabilities, we have produced a range of toolkits, templates and guidance. While these have been developed through U K Government funding and L G A Grant, they are freely available to Welsh local authorities through our website: We developed guidance for establishing and running a Programme Management Office (P M O) which includes best practice, areas to consider and pitfalls to avoid.
We produced a range of tools, templates and guidance for Contract Management, tested and piloted with local authorities to ensure usability, providing the skills, assurance and resilience needed.
We produced a toolkit for Business Process Mapping for Procurement and Contract Management which takes councils through a step-by-step
guide in conducting their own process mapping, with accompanying tools and guidance. The toolkit covers the whole commissioning lifecycle, enabling councils to consider improvements to their current process, as well as planning for what “good” would look like in contract management.
We updated our Local Authority Company (LATCo) Review Guidance which provides advice regarding the setting up and ongoing management of LATCos as well as a good practice checklist covering all aspects of good governance from both a council and company perspective.
We launched a Commercial Toolkit to help local authorities navigate the challenges of commercialism. It gives councils a structured and robust approach to considering commercial activity and can help ensure the success of any commercial venture.
The challenging economic landscape combined with increased expectation regarding service provision will mean that many councils are likely to continue to rely on commercial investments and
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ventures to provide income streams. We developed a C E O Blueprint which takes council Chief Executive Officers through a need-to-know, structured, risk aware and financially sustainable approach to developing commercial initiatives. It enables C E Os to be confident they have all the bases covered when it comes to council commerciality.
The key purpose is to maximise the chances of success. It is structured around the lifecycle of commercial activity focusing on key considerations at each stage in relation to areas such as strategy, leadership, governance, evaluation, capability, risk and performance management.
For more information about Commercial link to our website
We support our public sector clients to specify, fund and develop the many various elements that contribute to successful placemaking and place-shaping. This is complex and challenging owing to the sheer number of moving parts, their interdependence and impact upon each other. The importance of infrastructure for the development of quality places cannot be overstated. We support the public sector in driving housing growth and addressing challenges, providing tailored support for developing housing pipelines, unblocking stalled sites, enabling direct delivery, and much more.
Unblocking sites for affordable housing
We supported Welsh Government with a programme to unblock social housing sites across Wales which were at risk of stalling owing to issues around phosphates in rivers which can be exacerbated by local population increases arising from new housing development. Through close liaison with Welsh Government, Natural Resources Wales, Welsh Water, developers and planning authorities, we worked to identify and address issues on a site-bysite basis. From an original list of 68 sites, 902 homes on 37 sites across Wales are now able to proceed, subject to normal planning and development processes. This is comprised of 799 affordable homes and 103 private homes.
Warm Homes
The Warm Homes Programme aims to improve the long-term energy efficiency of the least thermally efficient low-income households in Wales, through provision of a national energy advice service and through retrofitting and decarbonising homes of fuel poor households.
The Welsh Government reprocured their landmark Warm Homes contract with strategic contract management support from Local Partnerships. We successfully supported the ordered transition and seamless service continuity between existing and new projects and helped ensure the new contract was launched on time.
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We worked closely with the Welsh Government to embed effective contract management practices and procedures for the new contract, for adoption by a permanent Welsh Government contract manager post, ensuring appropriate alignment and integration is in place between the new Warm Homes contract and other Welsh Government energy efficiency and fuel poverty programmes. We continue to provide support to the new contract manager as required, with a focus on managing the tensions between decarbonisation and lowering fuel bills.
Housing guidance and toolkits
We have produced a range of assets that are free-to-use to the public sector and can be downloaded from the Resource Hub section of our website.
Recognising the importance of improving energy efficiency in the housing stock, in terms of net zero and addressing fuel poverty, we refreshed the Local Authority Domestic Retrofit Handbook, which provides practical advice to local authorities at the start of their retrofit journey, with updates to reflect rising
energy bills and increasing levels of fuel poverty.
Homelessness continues to be a pressing problem across councils. We launched our Temporary Accommodation Model for demonstrating the financial case for investing capital to reduce the revenue costs of temporary accommodation.
Surplus council-owned land offers an important resource for the delivery of new homes to meet local housing needs. Understanding which sites out of a longlist of sites have the greatest potential to be brought forward – and the appropriate mechanisms for securing their delivery – is increasingly important for councils seeking to target limited resources in the right areas, deliver new housing and regenerate their areas. We prepared a Prioritising Housing Pipelines Tool which applies a tried-and-tested methodology to guide the selection and prioritisation of suitable residential sites. This enables local authorities to prepare a phased development programme to ensure resources are targeted in those areas with the greatest potential to deliver new homes which meet local needs.
It is estimated there are more than 200 councils in the UK who have already established housing delivery vehicles. With housing issues arguably more at the forefront of local government thinking than for a generation, many councils – whether they have established them or not – are reviewing their activities in this area.
In response to this clear need from the sector, we relaunched an updated version of our Housing Delivery Vehicle Toolkit.
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Integrated health and care centres
We worked with the Welsh Government to support the business case for a programme of 50 Integrated Health and Care Centres located throughout Wales as part of a programme for Government commitment. These centres focus on promoting health and wellbeing, and preventing ill health. Services from local authorities, N H S and the voluntary sector are integrated at the centres to maximise the impact of combined resources in a locality.
We also delivered training and guidance to the seven Regional Partnerships Boards in Wales on developing and managing capital programmes to support the development of their responsibilities in this field.
Cwmni Egino
Local Partnerships supported the Welsh Government in setting up Cwmni Egino Ltd. a development company created to promote new uses for the Trawsfynydd nuclear site in Gwynedd. As a new organisation with limited resources, Cwmni Egino was faced with several immediate challenges which Local Partnerships helped
address. These included putting in place the basic business functions necessary for any new entity to operate, creating new governance structures in the form of a company board and providing key skills sets and operational capacity until permanent staff could be recruited.
Local Partnerships also supported Cwmni Egino deliver the first part of their initial business plan. We provided the Programme Management skills and capability to develop an initial programme timeline, initial risk management tools and a draft outline business case to support the argument for further public funding in the future.
Accommodation guidance and toolkits
Flexible and hybrid working is having a dramatic impact on the nature and size of office accommodation required and wider implications for the vitality of our towns and cities where average office occupancy is stagnating around 30%. Many organisations are downsizing, but are uncertain how big they should be and what work settings to create.
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For local authorities, the situation is critical, many are facing a funding crisis and cannot afford to be holding and maintaining surplus space. Our “Offices for Good” series of webinars during 2024 and articles focused on establishing a collaborative, practical programme to help local authorities respond to the issues and about what a fit for purpose future office estate needs to look like and how it can be achieved.
For more information about Place link to our website
Local Partnerships has conducted a significant number of assurance reviews for both the Welsh Government and individual Welsh Local Authorities over the years. These have ranged from full Gateway style reviews to bespoke, targeted assurance products based around specific subject matter.
Natural Resources Wales (N R W) appointed us to undertake an assurance review on the delivery of the Flood Risk Management Investment Programme for Wales. Our review looked at many elements of the programme including how it is developed and costed, how programme risk is addressed and how performance over the year was managed and communicated. The review team worked with N R W to develop a clear picture of the programme together with a strong sense of what was working well and areas they may to wish to improve. Importantly, N R W was able to demonstrate to their funders that the programme was in good hands with a demonstrable appetite for self-reflection and continual improvement.
We undertook a Gateway 2 Assurance Review on the Welsh Government Extended Producer Responsibility (E P R) Programme. The overarching policy objectives of the E P R Programme for packaging are ambitious, aiming to help achieve zero waste in Wales by 2050, support the reduction in use of virgin raw materials and contribute to Wales’s move to a circular, net zero carbon economy. In 2024 Local Partnerships reviewed the Welsh Government E P R Programme to assist Welsh Government in assuring these ambitions were realised. This focused on business justification, evidence of an appropriate and robust delivery strategy, a realistic plan through to completion and project controls and organisation, financial controls and the availability of sufficient and appropriate resources. The findings of the review recognised the good work that the Welsh Government had made to date particularly with regards to Programme Management. The review also made recommendations for improvements for the programme team to consider, particularly in ways of working with other devolved nations.
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Board members
Keith Fraser Chair, Independent Non-Executive
Adele Gritten Chief Executive
Jackie Belton Senior Independent Non-Executive
Robert Razzell Independent Non-Executive
Adele Gritten Chief Executive
Leon Wong Welsh Government Appointee
Cllr Julian German L G A Appointee
Cllr Howard Sykes M B E L G A Appointee
Cllr Morris Bright L G A Appointee
Cllr Peter Marland L G A Appointee
Henry Elks H M T Appointee
Ruby Thompson H M T Appointee
Lucy Quinton Corporate Secretary
Our Board
Terms of reference and responsibilities of our Board and Committees are set out in our Members’ Agreement and Governance Framework which were both revised and agreed by our Members in 2024.
The Board has authority for the overall supervision of the organisation including setting the strategy and monitoring performance against the annual business plan on behalf of the Members who retain several reserved matters.
Innovation
• Feasibility studies
• Identification of (alternative) delivery models
• Savings, identification and implementation
• Thought leadership (and policy) support – e.g. playbooks, toolkits and case studies
Business
case development
Providing insight and analysis
Implementation and delivery
Providing technical capability
• Business case development and review
• Due diligence
• Commercial analysis
• Strategic analysis
• Data analytics
• Critical friend analysis
• Options appraisals and analysis
• Implementation of delivery models
• Policy support and implementation
• Procurement support and contract negotiation
• Training and upskilling including dissemination of best practice
• Financial modelling and appraisal
• Legal document/contract support and interpretation
• Technical insight into subject matter
Conducting reviews
Project/programme support
• Assurance and health checks
• Commercial/strategic review
• Governance reviews
• Change management support
• Funding application support
• Programme and project management
• Stakeholder engagement
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Local Partnerships is a joint venture between the Local Government Association, H M Treasury and the Welsh Government.
We occupy a unique position in the public sector. We facilitate change by working impartially and collaboratively across all parts of central, local and regional government, and the devolved administrations.
We work solely for the benefit of the public sector. Our experts provide
trusted, professional support and advice over multiple disciplines, helping local and combined authorities make best use of limited resources as demand for services continues to rise.
Local Partnerships is proud to be part of the public sector family.
We bring public and private sector experience that provides confidence, capability and capacity, helping councils and combined authorities achieve and maintain financial resilience.
