Each year local authorities around the country apply for Beacon status on a variety of themes. When a local authority applies for Beacon status the Government Office for London supplies information to the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)– who run the scheme on behalf of Communities and Local Government (CLG) - about the authority and its performance. These comments go towards the assessment of the application. The final decision on awarding Beacon Council status is made by Government Ministers, based on the recommendations of an independent advisory panel.
London Beacon award winners in round nine were:
Sutton - Better public places
Greenwich - Reducing health inequalities
Greenwich - Improving accessibility
Tower Hamlets - Reducing re-offending
City of London - Tackling climate change
Barking and Dagenham - Tackling climate change
The 2008 round 10 Beacon Scheme has been announced, with applications sought within the following themes :
- After dark: managing the night time economy
- Digital inclusion: tackling exclusion and promoting life chances
- Cohesive and resilient communities
- Homes for the future
- Cutting red tape: delivering real economic and social benefit through better local regulation
- Olympic Games and Paralympics Games Legacy: using the opportunity of hosting the Games to encourage communities to be more active
- Positive engagement of older people to support and promote greater independence and wellbeing in later life
- Preventing and tackling child poverty
- Strategic commissioning
- Supporting independent living for disabled adults
- Raising economic prosperity through partnership
- Better outcomes for people and places
