Lunch & Learn: Learning from South Yorkshire as Lancashire’s Local Government Changes

This month’s Lunch and Learn theme relates to the upcoming changes to local government in Lancashire.

Local government in Lancashire is set to change significantly through Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). These changes will affect how decisions are made and how climate and sustainability work is supported across the county. For Lancashire Climate Action Network and its members, this is a key moment to understand the new landscape and consider how best to engage with it.

Jess Thomas is Operations Director at the South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre (SYSC), a partnership between South Yorkshire’s two universities and the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. SYSC has successfully worked within changing regional political structures to connect research, policy and practice and deliver sustainability impact at a regional level.

In this session, Jess will talk about how SYSC has embedded itself within South Yorkshire’s governance arrangements, built strong partnerships, and navigated political and structural change. The session will focus on practical lessons that LancsCAN and its members can take from South Yorkshire’s experience, and how similar approaches might help support climate action and sustainability in Lancashire as LGR progresses.

This session is designed for LancsCAN members, local authority officers and councillors, researchers, community organisations and anyone interested in how sustainability can be strengthened during periods of local government change.

As always there will be opportunities for Q&A, and for networking and sharing your news at the end of the presentation.

Whilst this special event has only one speaker, most of our Lunch & Learn events are designed to allow members to showcase what they’re doing, spread the word about upcoming opportunities, and support peer-to-peer learning. We also hope they will strengthen the network through interaction and help build the LancsCAN community. If you would like to get involved in future events, please contact the LancsCAN volunteers.

Further details about LancsCAN can be found online - https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lancscan/

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