Transforming services to better meet the needs of children in Nottinghamshire
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Local government
We support councils and regional authorities through broader organisational reform, while also helping local authorities transform their frontline services and their digital and IT teams. Our work helps councils deliver better public services through digital transformation and innovation.
We guide our clients to create the conditions for transformation, adaptation and long-term success – ensuring that change leads to meaningful, lasting improvement. Supporting place-based collaboration in this way makes a more meaningful difference to residents and businesses.
We work with with regional and local authorities across the UK, including:
- Liverpool City Region’s Office of Public Service Innovation (OPSI)
- Dorset Council
- Surrey County Council
- Thurrock Council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
What we do
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Navigate reform and change in local government, helping councils design and deliver complex transformations
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Foster regional innovation, collaborating with organisations such as the London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI) and OPSI to drive digital best practices.
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Redesign frontline services, including children’s social care and early intervention (‘front door’ services)
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Support digital reorganisation and redesign, enabling councils to operate more efficiently and effectively.
Devolution and Local Government reform
In December 2024, the Government announced plans for a new wave of devolution in England – including expanding the role of directly elected mayors and moving from current district and county arrangements to new unitary authorities, as seen in Dorset and Northamptonshire. This shift presents both significant challenges and valuable opportunities for councils and their transformation teams.
We support local authorities in navigating change to increase their chances of success, build strong, joined-up partnerships across their communities, and design modern, user-centred services from the outset. Drawing on extensive experience of change at local, regional and national levels – including working in areas that have already gone through major structural reform – we help councils learn from proven success elsewhere and adapt those to their own context.
Meet the team
Sam Harris, Service Manager at Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Partnership.
Public Digital left us with a team, a way of working and a collective self-belief. They brought colleagues from our different partners together to work as a single multidisciplinary team, armed with the know-how and confidence to use experimentation and test-and-learn to continuously improve our services, so they can best support children and families in Nottinghamshire.