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Donna Hall

Donna Hall

Donna Hall CBE is chair of the New Local Government Network and Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Articles by Donna Hall

A new social contract – the Community Paradigm

By Donna Hall | 17 April 2019

The time is right for a new vision for the future of our communities, according to Donna Hall – a...

A council's culture eats its strategies for breakfast, dinner and tea

By Donna Hall | 29 January 2019

Rip up all those wordy strategies that hardly anyone even reads. They just don’t work, says Donna...

Unlocking the power of people

By Donna Hall | 08 January 2019

Donna Hall says Greater Manchester’s radical new place-based model is bringing together teams to ...

How to balance budgets while creating happiness

By Donna Hall | 28 November 2018

Most councils are struggling to balance their social care budgets, but Wigan MBC generated a smal...

Balancing demand is both a science and an art

By Donna Hall | 04 September 2018

Management of demand rejects the idea of cuts to achieve short-term aims, says Donna Hall.

Pushing for equality

By Donna Hall | 04 April 2018

Wigan MBC’s chief executive, Donna Hall, discusses her council’s positive gender pay gap.

Donna Hall: Let's bring back the Audit Commission

By Donna Hall | 28 March 2018

Donna Hall believes Northamptonshire CC’s situation and the changing nature of chief executives’ ...

The Deal makers

By Donna Hall | 14 June 2017

Donna Hall explains how a new strategy for Wigan MBC is laying the foundations to better manage d...

A ray of sunshine for Wigan

By Donna Hall | 14 May 2014

Actively engaging with the community has allowed Wigan MBC to economically solve many service pro...

Wigan and the art of building better self-reliance

By Donna Hall | 08 January 2014

Wigan Council has committed £2m of investment to deliver the authority’s non-statutory obligation...