Guidance: Mutuals in health: Pathfinder Programme
Chris Ham, Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, recently published an independent review of staff engagement and empowerment in the NHS. The review recommended that government support a pathfinder...
View ArticleDetailed guide: Community development framework
Updated: Edited for clarity and added diagramGovernment communitiesCommunities can develop around a shared interest, purpose or circumstance. This framework is for communities of practice made up of...
View ArticleGuidance: Summary of Cloud Security Principles
Updated: Cloud Security Guidance BETA release, incorporating feedback received on the ALPHA publications.This publication is for public sector organisations on use of cloud services for handling...
View ArticleNews story: More civil service apprenticeships for talented young people
The chance of a challenging and rewarding career in the civil service is available for hundreds of talented school-leavers who choose not to take the university route to employment. Launched in 2013,...
View ArticleDetailed guide: Local resilience forums: contact details
Updated: Updated contact for Lancashire LRF.OverviewLocal resilience forums (LRFs) are multi-agency partnerships made up of representatives from local public services, including the emergency services,...
View ArticleDetailed guide: The Commissioning Academy
Updated: Added information about applications for cohorts starting in October 2014.OverviewTo increase government efficiency, we need to improve public service commissioning. This means improving the...
View ArticleGuidance: Election guidance for civil servants
Updated: Published Scottish referendum guidance for UK civil servants that takes effect from 22 August 2014.Guidance on the conduct of civil servants in the run up to local, national, European...
View ArticleGuidance: Civil servants and party conferences: guidance
Updated: Published 2014 party conference guidance.The general principles for civil servants, including special advisers, which apply for party conferences.
View ArticleGuidance: Social Value Act: information and resources
The Public Services (Social Value) Act requires commissioners who procure services to consider social, economic and environmental benefits. This publication provides an overview of the Act and...
View ArticleNews story: New tool that maps government property
A new easy-to-use tool that maps government property and land is now available for the first time. For the first time ever, you can search the government’s property portfolio listing everything from...
View ArticleNews story: Winners announced for the Uniformed Youth Social Action Fund
The Uniformed Youth Social Action Fund aims to get more young people involved in social action through uniformed groups. The winners were announced after a competitive grant process that aimed to...
View ArticlePolicy paper: City Deal: Glasgow and Clyde Valley
Updated: Added finalised City Deal document.The Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal is an agreement between the UK government, the Scottish government and the 8 local authorities across Glasgow and...
View ArticlePress release: Landmark £1.2 billion Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal signed
Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and Greg Clark, Minister for Cities, are in Glasgow today to sign the finalised £1.2 billion Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal with local council...
View ArticlePress release: Involve Swindon celebrates 10 year anniversary with Prime...
A network of Swindon companies and organisations encouraging employees to give their time and develop their skills by volunteering in the local community has been recognised with a Big Society Award by...
View ArticleNews story: Review of the Tax and Procurement policy
The government committed in the HMRCTax and Procurement: Summary of Consultation Responses document, published on 20 March 2013, to a review of the Tax and Procurement policy that came into effect from...
View ArticleGuidance: Civil Service job search: how to advertise or apply for a vacancy
Updated: New guidance for candidates documents publishedThese guides contain information for applicants, internal vacancy holders and recruiters to help them use the Civil Service jobs system,...
View ArticlePress release: One million voters applied to register to vote since new...
Over one million people have applied to register to vote since the new online voter registration system went live in June, and there is over 90% satisfaction with the new online service, it was...
View ArticleCollection: Individual Electoral Registration (IER)
Updated: Added new press release on 1 million voters applying to register to vote.The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) in Great Britain will modernise the way people register to...
View ArticleNews story: Nominations open for the first UK Social Investment Awards
Nominate someone for a social investment award by 30 September 2014.The social investment market helps ventures that might otherwise struggle to get funding, so that they can grow and make a difference...
View ArticleResearch and analysis: Mystery Shopper results
Updated: July 2014 onwards list updated with latest mystery shopper results.On 11 February 2011 the Prime Minister, along with Francis Maude, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Baroness Eaton of...
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