Podcasts by The LGA Podcast

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 18 Merton Council – reducing vehicle idling from 2023-03-13T09:41:09

Miar Crutchley and Jason Andrews of Merton Council join Rhian Gladman to share the work they have been doing to improve air quality for Merton residents. They discuss how they managed to reduce ...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 17 Newham Council – encouraging debt arrears payment and supporting residents from 2023-02-27T12:27:15

Katie Brunger of Newham Council joins Rhian Gladman to discuss how targeted support was used to encourage Newham residents to make payments to tackle their debt arrears and how behavioural insig...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 16 Wirral Council – COVID-19 community champions from 2023-01-30T17:03:50

Nicola Jones and Rory McGill from Wirral Council join Rhian to talk about how their 'Community Champions' programme was used to encourage adherence to restrictions during the height of the COVID...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 15 Cheshire East Council: improving men's mental health from 2022-11-30T10:30:17

Content warning: this episode contains content that some people may find upsetting; in particular, references to mental health and suicide.

In this episode, Rhian Gladman is ...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 14 (north east London councils) from 2022-11-02T13:11:26

Rhian Gladman is joined by Vickie Rowland, former public health practitioner at the London Borough of Havering, and Stéphanie Renucci, managing director and founder of insight and innovation age...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 13 (Doncaster Council) from 2022-09-29T16:14:39

Rhian Gladman is joined by the Public Health Lead at Doncaster Council, Caroline Temperton, and Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychol...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 12 (Rossendale Leisure Trust) from 2022-06-08T15:35:32

Systems and lives meet often but what more can councils and public sector bodies do to provide a holistic support to help people through these moments? Ken Masser discusses the work carried out by ...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 11 (City of Wolverhampton Council) from 2022-05-09T08:18:56

Shanara Abdin, Behavioural Science Specialist in the Public Health department at Wolverhampton Council and Michael Salmon, Head of Insight Health and Wellbeing at Active Black Country, join Rhian G...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 10 (Sandwell Council) from 2022-02-18T10:30:30

Chitra Roberts, Behavioural Insight and Marketing Project Manager at Sandwell Council joins Rhian Gladman for this Nudges for Social Good episode to discuss her work in the public health team to in...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 9 (Barking and Dagenham Council) from 2021-12-09T16:31:16

In this episode of the Nudges for Social Good podcast series Rhian Gladman is joined by Tim Pearse, Behavioural Science and Service Design Lead at London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Building o...

Local Action For Our Environment: Public engagement challenges – collaboration from 2021-10-18T16:45:05

This episode will look at how the public can be involved in decision making on climate change, how councils can work with their residents and communities and discuss how to engage communities th...

Local Action For Our Environment: Public engagement challenges – inform and educate from 2021-09-29T17:12:17

The Climate Change Committee said that the public needs access to trusted information about the decisions being made in the transition to net zero, the reasoning behind and impact of these decis...

Local Action For Our Environment: Public engagement strategy and net zero from 2021-09-21T17:05:57

The Climate Change Committee called for a public engagement strategy on net zero which includes involving people in decision-making and providing trusted information.

This episode cons...

Local Action For Our Environment: The climate crisis from 2021-09-06T08:00

This first episode provides a foundation to inform senior council managers and councillors of the need to act and address the climate emergency. Our speakers discuss two main questions:

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Local Action For Our Environment: The climate crisis from 2021-09-06T08:00

This first episode provides a foundation to inform senior council managers and councillors of the need to act and address the climate emergency. Our speakers discuss two main questions:

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Nudges for Social Good: Ep 8 (New Forest District Council) from 2021-09-06T04:00:03

Nicola Plummer, Performance and Projects Officer in the Operations team at New Forest District Council joins Rhian Gladman in this episode of the Nudges for Social Good Podcast to discuss the deliv...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 7 (North Yorkshire County Council) from 2021-07-30T14:54:47

In this episode, Ruth Little, School Readiness Coordinator at North Yorkshire County Council, speaks to Rhian Gladman about the delivery of their LGA Behavioural Insights project. The team original...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 6 (Knowsley Council) from 2021-06-02T09:55:52

Dave Tyrrell from Knowsley Council joins us for this episode to discuss his work with the LGA to deliver a twelve week free trial to improve understanding of assistive technology solutions and enco...

Forget What You Think You Know... About Councils and Local Elections from 2021-05-04T23:01:08

In this episode, Esther Barrott, a graduate on the National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP), takes us on a journey to find out more about councils and the workings behind them. Esther look...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 5 (Behavioural Insights Team) from 2021-03-26T00:01:44

Hazel Wright from the Behavioural Insights Team joins us for this episode of Nudges for Social Good. Hazel and her team work extensively with local authorities across the UK to embed the use of beh...

Forget what you think you know...about the vaccine roll out from 2021-03-24T00:01:38

This is the third in the series of our Forget What You Think You Know series.

In this episode, Birmingham City Councillor, Paulette Hamilton is joined by Jim McManus, Director of Publi...

Nudges for Social Good: Ep 4 (North East Lincolnshire) from 2021-02-22T10:40:55

In this episode, Claire Thompson, Community Insights and Marketing Manager at North East Lincolnshire Council, discusses the process of delivering their LGA project aimed at improving can...

Homelessness and the pandemic from 2020-12-15T00:01:17

The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on our communities. In the UK alone, tens of thousands have tragically passed away as a result of the virus. Restrictions on our daily lives have b...

Forget What You Think You Know... About Council Housing from 2020-10-06T11:01:42

This is the first in the series of our Forget What You Think You Know podcast.

In this episode, Ben Murray visits Norwich to find out about their award winning council housing scheme, ...

Nudges for Social Good: 3 (Hertfordshire) from 2020-02-25T15:08:07

Jim McManus, Director of Public Health and Michelle Constable, Head of the Behaviour Change Unit, talk about a project aimed at getting council staff moving - quite literally. Calorie labellin...

Nudges for Social Good: 2 (Liverpool) from 2020-02-25T14:54

Liverpool City Council was one of the first councils to trial an innovation project under the LGA Behavioural Insights Programme. In the podcast, Sue Cummings, Head of Behavioural Insights and...

Nudges for Social Good: 1 (Barking and Dagenham) from 2020-02-24T16:00:25

In the inaugural episode, Tim Pearse, Behavioural Science Lead at Barking and Dagenham, shares his insights about an LGA project aimed at helping more domestic abuse victims access suppor...