City of Bradford MDC

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. Many councils are seeking to establish a new relationship with local people and local communities. Community involvement and engagement is increasingly important as a way of shaping council thinking, contributing to service design and improvement and to responding to continuing resource pressures. It may also involve direct community involvement in service delivery. This award is intended to showcase the whole range of community involvement.

Bradford HAF summer programme’s success is a direct result of collaborating with the voluntary and community sector, schools and council departments including sport and leisure, public health, neighbourhoods, youth service and children’s services. 109 community providers working with 93 partner organisations delivered 2,062 sessions for 34,964 children district-wide. Sport and leisure delivered 42 days of park sessions for 14,000 children, more than any other council sports service. Our innovative use of community data mapping tool allows a ward-level view of provision. Data led decisions with communities at the core (https://youtu.be/QgaV7naSLTA). This has been showcased with Department for Education representative ChildCare works. Bradford is leading the way.