Insights and action learning
Building connections and influencing change
Big Ideas Handbook
A huge thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the "playbook" concept in January and content in February at the London Quarterly Gathering.
We have taken your input on board and are exited to announce the "Big Ideas Handbook: A practical guide to decarbonisation for, and by, local authorities and partners"
As a reminder, we're keen to co-produce this with you so here is the first look at the proposed content list:
We’d love to hear what you think. Get in touch via the Community Platform or the Future Ready inbox. Stay tuned for progress updates and watch this space for the latest developments!
Insights Focus Groups
Thank you to those who participated in our ‘Moving faster to place-based net zero’ and ‘Transport Innovation: Governance, implementation and impacts’ Focus Groups. Check out the Insights Library for a share out of insights from these and previous focus groups.
Our upcoming Focus Groups, will explore the following themes (timings tbc):
- Collaboration and partnerships
- Demonstrating impact
- Building a regional dialogue
- Making the case for decarbonisation: what we’ve learned
These will help shape and refine the Big Ideas emerging from this programme.
Action Learning
Future Ready Quarterly Evaluation Survey
The results from the latest Future Ready Quarterly Evaluation Survey for October – December 2024 are in.
Find out what you said below:
Future Ready difference? →
- Providing resources (e.g. seed funding, staff)
- Boosting confidence and raising the climate profile
- Facilitating learning from others and providing access to expertise
- Creating mechanisms for effective collaboration
Significant learnings →
I have gained a lot of understanding about the national policy framework for energy planning and this has informed our local energy planning.
50% cited their most significant learning this quarter as understanding activity in other local authority areas and cross-project insights.
Technical skills enhancement
Local Area Energy Planning (LAEP) development; Carbon baselining; National energy planning policy frameworks
Soft skills development
Increased confidence; Improved management practices; Conflict resolution techniques; Enhanced group discussion leadership
Knowledge exchange between the projects has helped us to identify areas of improvement and ways to address other barriers to delivery
53% cited access to the wide network of Future Ready places and people as a catalyst for change
35% mentioned that Future Ready provides the mandate to have internal conversations, triggering improvement actions and benchmarking.
The programme has definitely pushed me to be bolder, and ask ‘why not?’
29% mentioned how Future Ready has raised the level of ambition, building confidence, pushing boundaries, and acting with more authority.