Adele Gritten

  • A call for transparency and accountability

    22 April 2024

    Local government must confront pressing 'elephant in the room' issues head-on if it is to foster transparency, accountability and effective governance, says chief executive of Local Partnerships Adele Gritten.

  • Launch of the CEO Commercial Blueprint

    20 November 2023

    Adele Gritten of Local Partnerships says her organisation's CEO blueprint is intended to take council chief executives through a 'need-to-know, structured, risk-aware and financially sustainable approach to developing commercial initiatives'.

  • Bouncing back from rock bottom. Local government reimagined

    18 October 2023

    Much has been written about Birmingham's downfall but what is much less written about is what to do to course-correct and make swift, meaningful, long-lasting and beneficial change, says chief executive of Local Partnerships Adele Gritten.

  • CEOs – The buck stops with you

    04 September 2023

    Chief executive of Local Partnerships Adele Gritten says her organisation is producing a CEO blueprint to help local government CEOs navigate the complex landscape they face.

  • Partnership innovation to tackle climate change

    27 June 2023

    Local Partnerships will be on the climate change panel in the Innovation Zone at the LGA Conference in Bournemouth, says Adele Gritten. The not-for-profit consultancy will be showcasing its free tools for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, with partner Cambridgeshire CC.

  • The importance of process in local authority decision making

    16 May 2023

    Local Partnerships is currently working with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to test a number of approaches to increase the sector’s commercial capability, says Adele Gritten.