Turning Plans into Progress: Practical Tools for Local Government Reform

Webinar | Monday 3rd December 2025, 11:00am – 12:00pm

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Monday 3rd December 2025

11:00am – 12:00pm

Online

With Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) submissions now in and planning underway, councils across England are facing the next major challenge: How to turn strategic vision into practical progress.

The plans have been made. The commitment is real. Now comes the hard part: Making change happen.

Join our experts, Craig Willis and Mark Gannon for an insight-led session designed to help local authorities move confidently from planning to doing. Drawing on lessons from LGR programmes and digital transformation initiatives across the UK, this webinar introduces a powerful, structured tool: The Local Government Process Reference Model. Created to help councils plan, prioritise and deliver transformation with clarity and control.

You’ll discover how to:

  1. Build a common reference model to align services, functions and teams across merging councils
  2. Map and assess existing services to identify overlaps, gaps and areas for harmonisation
  3. Identify systems and data that need to be aligned, consolidated or rationalised
  4. Prioritise which services to merge or redesign first, based on resident impact, risk and dependency
  5. Leverage predefined local government processes to accelerate delivery and avoid starting from scratch
  6. Track and communicate progress to maintain momentum and stakeholder confidence.

Whether your council is early in its LGR journey or already deep into planning, this webinar offers a clear, repeatable methodology to navigate complexity and sustain progress. You’ll also gain access to the Local Government Process Reference Model, available to Netcall customers and any other local authorities, supporting collaboration and benchmarking across the sector.

Who should attend:

Senior transformation leads, CIOs, Directors of Digital, Data and Technology, programme managers, and service redesign teams driving change under Local Government Reform.

Key takeaway

A structured framework and ready-to-use toolset to help your council move from post-submission planning to measurable, practical progress. Faster, clearer and with lasting impact.

Sign up now and join us for an interesting session.

Speakers:

Mark Gannon

Craig Willis

Head of Client Solutions Process Improvement

Mark Gannon

Director of Client Solutions (Local Government)

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