Calderdale MBC

We are ambitious to be the Best Borough in the North, a great place for children to grow up. We want children with special needs and disabilities to ‘live a larger life’ providing opportunities and aspiration. Following the Government reforms for children with special educational needs in 2014 Calderdale has embraced co-production with families, focusing on the unique skills and strengths of our children, helping them to be resilient and kind. This is set out in our Vision 2024 https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/ where children with special needs can realise their potential, whether their voice has been heard or unheard in the past.

’We are very pleased to be sponsoring the Children’s services, Public Health & Health and Social Care award categories at this year’s LGC Awards. It has certainly been a very challenging year for a number of reasons, not least a global pandemic, so we are looking forward to celebrating the outstanding achievements across local government this afternoon. Attenti consulting is a specialist consultancy delivering bespoke, sustainable solutions to a range of health and social care clients; with a passion to promote best practice across the sector through the facilitation of webinars, commissioning research & white papers and hosting events to encourage shared learning and sector-led improvement. Do visit our website to see how we have supported clients with various challenges www.attenti-consulting.co.uk

This award is open to a single council or where appropriate a partnership of councils, or a council-owned company. Private sector partners can enter on a council’s behalf, with the permission of the council itself. Children’s Services are very much a service under pressure. There is an imperative to protect vulnerable children, the importance of early intervention and the changing relationship with schools – all under an intense media spotlight. This award is intended to recognise the success of those councils that adopt a genuinely strategic approach to this vital service area.