Places can and do get worse as well as better
Jonathan Carr-West’s latest column in The Municipal Journal.
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Cork City Council’s Social distancing park ranger programme: winner of the Chambers Ireland Community Engagement award
Realising the implications of the restrictive measures announced for lockdown, Cork City Council’s Covid-19 Response Team made an immediate decision to ensure its parks and amenities…
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The launch of Scotland’s Recycling Improvement Fund
In this blog, Iain Gulland, Chief Executive of Zero Waste Scotland, weighs in on Scottish Government’s recent launch of a £70m Recycling Improvement Fund.
Scotland
Engaging with the media is crucial to restore faith in local government
Levels of trust in the UK government, media and businesses have plummeted over recent years. Sophie Willett, Founding Partner at Willem Communications, blogs for us about why it’s important to engage with the media and how to do it.
England & Wales, Scotland Blog Post
Can we see the future of localism in election manifestos?
Can party manifestos reveal much about the current state and possible future of localism? LGiU’s Janet Sillett looks at what the three main party manifestos have to offer for localism and issues relevant to local government.
England & Wales, Scotland
Towards child friendly cities
LGiU’s Ingrid Koehler visited Bristol to find out what they’re doing to make their city truly child friendly and what that means for us grown-ups.
England & Wales, Global Blog Post
The Wigan Deal story
Cllr Lord Peter Smith, winner of the LGiU’s Cllr Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, recalls Wigan’s journey to innovative public service reform.
England & Wales, Scotland Blog Post
The importance of data for the December election
Ever since the December General Election was announced, the Spatial Information Service (SIS) have been busy collating up-to-date data about each local authority’s Polling Districts and Polling Places. Simon Roberts, Data and Engagement Specialist at the Improvement Service, blogs about this work in Scotland and its importance.
Scotland Blog Post
Domestic violence: 16 days of activism
The next 16 days are designed to draw a focus on the issues of domestic abuse, gender based violence and human rights. We spoke to our recent Cllr Award winner Janet Gardner about her work in this area and take a look at some other local government developments around the world.
Australia, England & Wales, Global, Scotland Blog Post
Place shaping (only this time it’s locally led)
A new LGiU project will work with our members to document and understand the return of place shaping in local government.
England & Wales Blog Post
LGiU Fortnightly 21st November: The return of placeshaping
Can we call it a comeback? The placeshaping agenda has been making a quiet return in town halls across the country, forging ahead without grand frameworks from Whitehall. In this episode, we speak to Liz Watts, Chief Executive of South Cambridgeshire, and Cancer Research UK’s Stacey Arnold.
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So, how can local government and the voluntary and community sector work better together?
From flooding in Yorkshire, to fires in Bolton and Leicester, the past few weeks have highlighted the incredible resilience of communities hit by crisis, writes Naomi Phillips from the British Red Cross. She looks at how to provide an effective collective response to guarantee the best possible approach to emergencies.
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