Attend a beacon council open day. Throughout the summer each beacon authority will host an individual open day that continues the dissemination process of beacon council knowledge. The nature of the events vary but all will enable participants to look at the service as a whole and at specific aspects that contributed to the service achieving sustained improvement. Details of Beacon Council Open Days Note to editors 39 councils involved in 43 applications have been recognised as centres of excellence in the eleven service areas chosen as the focus for the second year of the beacon scheme. They will hold beacon status until April 2002.
Beacon status is awarded so that others can benefit from their experience.
During their tenure as beacons, councils will hold open days and engage in a variety of other activities to spread their best practice to others.