Local authorities may provide financial support to arts practitioners and amateur groups to support community projects that promote interest in the arts.
Local authorities may provide financial support to professional artists, arts groups and community and voluntary groups to support arts projects that promote public engagement with the arts.
Public libraries may provide autism specific events such as sensory story times, social stories, literacy, art appreciation and film screenings. They may also provide quiet, clutter free areas to make libraries welcoming to people with autism and their carers.
Local authorities coordinate youth councils which give young people under the age of 18 the chance to get involved in the development of policy and local services and discuss issues that affect them such as homelessness, mental health, physical health, cyber health and bullying.
Archives Services may provide online services such as digitised archives, catalogues, presentations, papers, and educational, family and local history resources.
Local authorities coordinate the roll out of the Government's National Broadband Plan by working with telecommunications companies to deliver broadband services and encourage the take up of high speed connectivity.
Local authorities set up and support networks to encourage registered community, voluntary, social inclusion and environmental groups to take part in the council's decision-making and policy making processes, and to monitor local authority activities.