Next month’s content will include our regular updates on key policy, consultations and legislation from Westminster and Holyrood as they affect public services in Scotland. In addition, we continue to look at how the energy crisis is affecting everyone in 2022 and what the impact will be in 2023.
Laura Catchpole, LGIU Associate, looks at museums and their roles in our communities as part of our Global Local bulletin on museums and heritage.
Welcome to All Things Ireland, our new weekly overview from the LGIU Ireland Team. Our first edition summarises recent LGIU briefings, a recap of reports from the week and an overview of everything local government in Merrion Street.
As the rest of the LGIU team gears up for England & Wales 13th year of Councillor awards, this week the LGIU Scotland team has an array of briefings and reports to keep the local government and public sector as up to date in these ever changing times.
With the deadlock at Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government dragging on, this blog documents the importance of local governance in NI and the role and potential of councils in relation to the current impasse at Stormont.
This Wednesday (12th October), the stunningly elaborate Caird Hall at Dundee City Chambers played host to the 5th annual LGIU Scotland and CCLA Councillor awards.
As we celebrate Scotland’s 5th year of councillor awards, this week the LGIU Scotland team has a range of briefings and reports to keep the local government and public sector as up to date in these ever changing times.
This week’s Global Local bulletin focuses on modern slavery and the role local government can play in prevention, detection and support for victims.
Modern slavery affects people throughout our communities. Survivors of modern slavery are our neighbours and it is often local organisations who deliver the frontline support to help them to recover and thrive in their freedom. While the legislative and policy frameworks in the UK to help victims of modern slavery recover and regain control of…
In this blog, Anxhela Bruci, founder of EmpowerFULL (a socio-economic model for the reintegration of survivors of human trafficking), discusses the epidemic of modern slavery – with a current victim estimate of over 50 million people – while also highlighting what we can do on a local level to help recovery and reintegration.
