Ben Lee
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Ben Lee

Programme Director
Tel: 020 7756 7606
Ben Lee has over 15 years experience in central and local government, and public policy consultancy. Ben is an experienced facilitator, project manager, and researcher with specialisms in learning and knowledge-sharing programmes, communities of practice, and neighbourhood management. He is also well experienced in capacity development for local government scrutiny and local partnerships. He led the establishment of the National Association for Neighbourhood Management and has extensive knowledge of neighbourhood initiatives and community engagement in civic decision-making. Prior to joining Si he worked for the London Borough of Camden’s chief executive department where he was responsible for the borough’s community strategy and local strategic partnership. Ben spent the first 6 years of his career working in the then DoE and DETR dealing with social housing, sustainable development, and international aviation.

Relevant Case Studies

Creating neighbourhood agreements

Shared Intelligence has worked with a group of neighbourhood organisations to help them develop neighbourhood agreements. These are ‘deals’ through which residents and public agencies pledge how they will help each other tackle the issues which l...

Client:
Communities and Local Government
Region:
National
Start Date:
01-01-2008
National Association for Neighbourhood Management (NANM)

Shared Intelligence has supported shared learning among those involved in neighbourhood organisations wince 2002, and in 2008 led the creation of the National Association for Neighbourhood Management.

Client:
Communities and Local Government
Region:
National
Start Date:
01-01-2005
Development and best practice support to the London Scrutiny Network

Shared Intelligence has worked in London with chairs of overview and scrutiny, and scrutiny managers as part of an ongoing support programme of skills development and best practice dissemination.

Client:
London Scrutiny Network
Region:
London
Start Date:
01-01-2008
Progress through Partnership

Shared Intelligence, in partnership with South East Employers, runs a capacity-building programme for local and sub-regional partnerships in the South East region.

Client:
Medway Council (on behalf of Improvement & Efficiency South East)
Region:
South East
Start Date:
01-01-2007
Margate Renewal Study

Shared Intelligence was commissioned by the Margate Renewal Partnership (and sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government) to carry out a study of the drivers of deprivation in Margate Central and Cliftonville West wards and ma...

Client:
Margate Renewal Partnership
Region:
South East
Start Date:
01-01-2008
Somerset and North Somerset library service review

Shared Intelligence led this project to enable two neighbouring library authorities to collaborate in reviewing their library and heritage services and confront major financial challenges, as a precursor to further joint service planning and joint...

Client:
Museums Libraries and Archives Council, and Somerset and North Somerset councils
Region:
South West
Start Date:
28-04-2010
Transforming Northumberland’s libraries: A New Strategy and Business Plan

In May 2010 Shared Intelligence was asked by Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) to assist the new Northumberland County Council in developing a strategy and business plan for its library service

Client:
MLA Council and Northumberland County Council
Region:
North East
Start Date:
01-05-2010
Action Learning For Scrutiny Chairs

Shared Intelligence was commissioned along with the Centre for Public Scrutiny to run two series of action learning set sessions: one for overview and scrutiny officers and another for members. As well as giving participants an opportunity to lear...

Client:
London Scrutiny Network (LSN) and Capital Ambition
Region:
Start Date:
01-01-2009
Greater Manchester Shared Services

Councils in Greater Manchester decided to use the government’s Future Libraries Programme as an opportunity to rethink how their library services could be delivered. Shared Intelligence was commissioned by the ten councils in the city region to he...

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Start Date:
01-01-2010
Haringey Governance Review

Following the 2010 borough elections and the start of a new four-year administration, the London Borough of Haringey commissioned Si to review its governance arrangements to ensure they were fit for purpose. By this was meant that they should prom...

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Start Date:
01-01-2010
Public Library User and Non-User Research

Shared Intelligence was commissioned by the MLA along with Ipsos MORI to research the motivations and views of those who currently use or do not use public libraries. Libraries are under increasing pressure to show their value, broaden library par...

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Start Date:
01-01-2010
Road Safety Research and Dissemination And Action Learning

Si was commissioned by the Department for Transport to create a Road Safety Research Dissemination programme. DfT were concerned that the outputs of their research programme were not widely accessed or applied by local road safety practitioners i...

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Start Date:
01-01-2007