Good Help: 8 Year Review & Rochdale Model Launch

​The Good Help Model, Eight Years On

We would love to have your attendance at the eight year review of the Good Help Model and the launch of the Rochdale Report.

​Event details
Date: 1st July, 2026
Time: 13:00–14:30 GMT

​In 2018, the Good Help Report launched a pioneering, evidence-based approach to public service delivery, centred on the things that make the greatest difference: relationships, purpose, and self-efficacy.

​In the years since, through unprecedented national and local challenges, Good Help has evolved into a powerful ‘anti-scarcity toolkit’, creating life-changing impact in communities across the UK.

​Eight years on, Good Help is needed more than ever.

​At a time when systems are stretched, staff are exhausted, and demand continues to rise, it offers a practical, proven pathway forward, rooted not in scarcity, but in the untapped wealth of community and connection.

​This event marks the launch of a new report, The Rochdale Good Help Model, which explores how, amid a pandemic and cost of living crisis, Rochdale Borough Council used the Good Help movement to offer hope for the future.

​Since 2019, Rochdale has embedded Good Help across its public service landscape, showing that even in the most challenging circumstances, councils and communities can move beyond crisis management towards lasting transformation.

​The event will explore the origins of the Good Help movement, its impact across Rochdale, and the urgent lessons it offers for the future of public services.

​We will explore the findings of the report and consider how the Good Help Approach can strengthen policy and practice across the UK. The event will feature contributions from national leaders and practitioners, followed by a panel discussion and breakout sessions to identify practical applications for councils and practitioners.

​Our confirmed speakers are:

​• Baroness Hilary Armstrong, Chair of the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods

​• Halima Khan, CEO of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation

​• Helen Davies, Senior Public Health & Communities Manager, Rochdale Borough Council

​• Rich Wilson, CEO of the Iswe Foundation

​• Emma Kernahan, 'The Rochdale Good Help Model' report co-author

​We very much hope you can join us for this important conversation and help shape the future of Good Help in policy and practice.

for any issues or questions please email [email protected]

​Warm regards,
Iswe Foundation