The Deal Conference 2019

Wigan's journey to becoming 'Council of the Year'

Thank you very much for coming to The Deal Conference – Wigan’s journey to becoming Council of the Year on October 7th, 2019.

We really enjoyed meeting you all and we hope to see you again in the near future. We hope that you enjoyed the event as much as we did and found the sessions that you attended beneficial to your work.

You can find copies of the presentations, photos and videos from the event below.

Thank you,

Councillor David Molyneux, The Leader, Wigan Council and Alison McKenzie-Folan, Chief Executive.

Speakers

• Nick Golding (Editor, Local Government Chronicle): Council of the Year 2019
• Alison McKenzie-Folan (Chief Executive, Wigan Council): Deal 2030 – Wigan’s Strategy for the next 10 years
• Dan Wellings (Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund): King’s Fund Report
• Mark Lloyd (Chief Executive, LGA): The next chapter for local government

Panel Discussions

• Is the Deal Real? - Chaired by David Fillingham (Chair of Healthier Wigan Partnership), Councillor Keith Cunliffe (Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care & Health, Wigan Council), Dan Wellings (Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund), Professor Craig Harris (Managing Director, Wigan Borough Clinical Commissioning Group), Professor Kate Ardern (Director of Public Health, Wigan Council), Steven Pleasant (MBE Chief Executive Tameside Council and Accountable Officer Tameside and Glossop CCG)

• The Next Chapter: Building social value - Chaired by Sacha Lord (Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester), Helen Stalker (Director, The Turnpike), Anna Dawe (Principal of Wigan and Leigh College), Frances Jones (Associate Director, CLES), Becca Heron (Director of Economy and Skills, Wigan Council) and Dave Baxter (Abram Ward Co-operative).

Workshop Slides

• Our Cultural Journey: Staff at the Heart of the Deal
  • Martin and Sharon video (external link)
  • Heathside Residential video (external link)
  • Sam Purdy video (external link)
• The Deal for Communities: Working with communities to deliver Public Service Reform
• The Deal for your Street: Embedding the Be Wigan principles in the workforce
• Place-based approach to Health: Integrating Health and Social Care
• Balancing the Books: Our demand reduction approach to finance

Images

• See all photos from the Deal Conference 2019 (external link)

Videos

• Rekindling hope: The story of the Wigan Deal (external link) (The King’s Fund)