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Giving voice and influence where it matters

By Meredith Dixon Teasdale | 18 September 2024

Sheffield City Council’s Voice and Influence workers are a nationally acclaimed group of care-exp...

ENERGY

A happy ending to the retrofit challenge in Oxfordshire

By Gayle Pilkington | 17 September 2024

Gayle Pilkington discusses the challenges her Oxfordshire CC team is facing in finding households...

HR

The right to flexible working and how to make it work

By Kerren Daly | 16 September 2024

After new flexible working guidelines came into force, Kerren Daly explains how this applies to p...

HR

Ditching the generational divide for a future-proof local government

By Michelle O'Neill | 11 September 2024

Are we ready to slay the generational divide and create a truly future-proof local government, as...

HR

Modernising council offices to meet employees' needs

By Jonathan Stephenson | 10 September 2024

Council offices can play a pivotal role in enhancing workforce recruitment and retention, says Jo...

COMMUNITIES

Five things to know about anchor networks

By Lauren Bond | 03 September 2024

The Centre for Local Economic Strategies has published its guide to building a network of anchor ...

HEALTH

A Pathway to Work

By Richard Stubbs | 30 August 2024

Richard Stubbs says working together across sectors to improve good health through good employmen...

ENGAGEMENT

Charting a New Era of change

By Anna Randle | 28 August 2024

Wigan’s new phase of reform will build on what remains radical and relevant from the Deal, while ...

PUBLIC HEALTH

City and Hackney's COVID response: Every action mattered

By Dr Sandra Husbands | 23 August 2024

A new paper explores how the City & Hackney set up an effective COVID contact tracing and outbrea...

POVERTY

Six top tips for creating Pension Credit take-up campaigns

By Rebecca Lines | 23 August 2024

A change in eligibility rules for the Winter Fuel Payment has heightened the importance of older ...