An essential ingredient for place making. How can communities and local government work together to make local life fun and enriching and attract visitors for economic development?
Continuing our series on winners of the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2021 is Cork City Council, who take us through their community-based health intervention aimed at reducing key barriers to physical activity participation.
Donna Wood from Transition Stirling discusses the city’s new Reuse Hub. Set up in partnership with the local authority this hub will reduce waste, support the local economy and bring people together.
The Patrick Kavanagh Centre tells the story of Inniskeen’s most famous son – the poet, Patrick Kavanagh – in a new and exciting way by using immersive and interactive techniques to engage and inspire visitors. This innovation contributed to the Centre’s recent win at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government 2021.
On 26 May 2022 join VLGA, LGIU and a panel of council Chief Executives from across the globe as we dive into the issues of trust in local government and local government culture, how councils can build external trust and create positive internal cultures and the ties between the two.
This briefing is centred around the Victorian Gender Equality Act and supporting material, it provides useful insights for other state and local governments seeking to accelerate change, focusing on internal, organisational change, while also taking a step back to remind us why gender equality is important in the first place.
In May 2022, the UK City of Culture 2025 will be announced. This briefing spotlights the eight longlisted cities; Coventry, which holds the title of the UK City of Culture for 2021 until May 2022; and, the three European Capitals of Culture for 2022.
This briefing deals with the four chapters of the Levelling Up White Paper which profile socio-economic disparities between areas in the UK; sets out a plan for re-configuring government; outlines the policy programme; and indicates what further steps are likely to be taken in the near future.
This briefing explores the ways in which social procurement policy offers local governments a mechanism to close the gap and improve the wellbeing of our First Nations populations.
In this podcast, Ingrid Koehler talks to her home town mayor about building cultural, economic and educational resources during and through the pandemic.
Named in honour of Scotland’s son, Robert Burns, the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award applauds the efforts of people who bring hope and inspiration – often in desperate situations – and help change lives for the better. Dr Digambar Narzary, Sister Lucy Kurien, and Paul Kasonkomona have all been shortlisted as finalists for the RBHA 2022.
