by Sophie Ellis | Apr 15, 2021 | Adult social care, Health, Local government transformation, Place
Like in Apollo 13, we invented a way to fit a square peg into a round hole… rapidly By Sophie Ellis, Director of Customer Delivery, Resources Department, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council It’s just over a year since we set up our Covid Hub contact and...
by Meredith Teasdale | Nov 5, 2020 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Place
Reflections on the ‘Children’s Services – Funding issues’ session at NCASC Guest blogpost written by Meredith Teasdale, Strategic Director – Together for Families at Cornwall Council Yesterday I attended the ‘Children’s Services – Funding issues’ webinar at...
by Jeremy Cooper | Oct 16, 2020 | Local government transformation, Place
Local government reorganisation/devolution has been monopolising Chiefs’ diaries Announcements this week suggest that only three council re-organisation bids are likely to progress in the foreseeable future. Cumbria, Somerset and North Yorkshire have a strong...
by Ebony Hughes | May 6, 2020 | Local government transformation, Place
Local authorities face the triple challenge of remaining resilient, ensuring they are financially sustainable and protecting outcomes. Over the past week, I have read an increasing number of stories about the alarming financial impact of Covid-19 on local authorities,...
by Amy Crowson | May 5, 2020 | Local government transformation, Place
To aid local economic recovery, businesses must be given freedom to diversify. To aid local economic recovery, businesses must be given freedom to diversify From the outset, it was clear that the impact of Covid-19 on businesses large and small was going to be huge....
by IMPOWER | Apr 16, 2020 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Health, Local government transformation, Place
A summary of online COVID-19 guidance relevant to public services [updated 16 April] We have compiled online COVID-19 guidance into a summary document, and will update this document as and when new guidance is released. In addition to general COVID-19 website links...
