The Community Right to Challenge will let communities challenge to take over local services that they think they can run differently and better.
The Community Right to Challenge came into effect on Wednesday 27th June 2012.
The Right to Challenge (which is part of the Localism Act) could be used to run a wide range of local council services.
Voluntary and community groups can submit an expression of interest to the council if they’d like to provide a local service themselves. If the challenge is accepted, the council will then enter into a procurement exercise for that particular service.
Find out more
For support and information on community rights, including the Right to Challenge, visit:
Community Rights
About the legislation
Community Right to Challenge
Localism Act
Guardian article about the Right to Challenge
Power to the people: the new Community Right to Challenge [the Guardian]
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Thanks for publishing this excellent article. It is certainly worth a discussion on how this will happen. I noted that the right to challenge is opened to voluntary and community groups (as well as local authority staff and parish councils)It will be good to see how local authorities embrace the Right to Challenge.