Cumbria CC

The Focus Family team delivers the Government’s National Troubled Families programme within Cumbria County Council. The passionate multi-agency team have brought skill and dedication to the task, successfully supporting well over 3000 families over the last five years and making Cumbria the first large Local Authority to achieve the Government’s Payments by Results target. This has secured an additional £2.7m of income for the council, supporting a range of innovative services for families in need of help and support, and avoided an estimated £4m of additional costs.

’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.