Local shop for local people

In the wake of the Localism Bill, a report by Deloitte based on interviews with local authority chief executives, A Little Local Difficulty, suggests that there is something of a "misalignment" between what central government expects and how far local authorities are prepared to change. Evidence from a community based healthy living programme in Wales proves interesting reading with this matter in mind. Developing the programme took a grassroots approach, using existing community forums, recruiting researchers from the community itself, with the forums then developing action plans based on research. The study provides a cost effectiveness evaluation of the intervention: do-able and cheap (but not quick) appears to be the conclusion.