Winning the Chambers Ireland Excellence in local government award for Sustainable Environment was Wicklow County Council’s Relove Fashion competition, a project encouraging secondary school students in Ireland to forge an interest in reuse and sustainability, and to rethink their approach to fashion. In this blog, they tell us more about the initiative.
While the concept of the 20-minute neighbourhood has gained traction in recent years, where in the world has taken steps to achieve a practical application? This blog looks at global progress on achieving the model, looking at Melbourne, Paris, Seoul and more.
Hannah Bithell, joint winner of the Covid-19 Hero category at the 2020 LGIU & CCLA Cllr Awards and councillor at Leeds City Council tells us more about the work that she has done to help residents during the pandemic.
For many, the long commute to and from the office has been abandoned as Covid-19 has forced us to live, work and shop local. It is predicted this will result in profound and permanent lifestyles changes, accelerating shifts to a 20-minute neighbourhood model. In this blog, the changes and challenges to achieving 20-minute neighbourhoods are…
So you want to implement a 20-minute neighbourhood strategy in your town or city – what next? This blog outlines the key requirements of a 20-minute neighbourhood before covering practical actions councils can take to formulate a strategy and start making changes.
Every elector in England should have a vote in May with the elections scheduled for 2021 and those deferred from 2020. In the midst of a pandemic is this wise, safe or fair? Local government certainly has its doubts.
World Cancer Day is a day for action and a day to unite individuals and communities right across the world against cancer. Cancer Research UK tells us more about how local government can get involved.
In July 2020, the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government set up a group to review the Town Centre Action Plan and to consider how to make our towns and town centres greener, healthier and more inclusive places. Hot off the press, the report of insights from the Towns Centre Action Plan Review Group…
Clare County Library was awarded the Chambers Ireland 2020 Excellence in Local Government Award for Best Library Service for the project, Connections: Stories by Syrian Families in County Clare.
On Thursday 28th January, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes gave the budget statement to Holyrood, suggesting that this budget was the most important since devolution and the formation of a Scottish Parliament over twenty years ago. LGIU Scotland’s Kim Fellows provides an overview in this blog, with detailed analysis to follow next week.