Sector support offers
National recruitment campaign for local government
We recently launched the ‘Make a Difference, Work for Your Local Council’ campaign. Funded by UK Government, the campaign is being advertised in all regions in England on radio, podcasts, billboards, social media and digital advertising. Councils across England have been using the toolkit made available to them to promote the campaign locally – thank you to all those who have so far helped to spread the word.
Shortly after the successful national launch, the North-East pilot campaign won at the annual LGC Workforce Awards for ‘Best Innovation in Recruitment’.
For further information, please contact makeadifference@local.gov.uk.
Councillor transformation toolkit
Transformation within local government is about changing the ways that services operate and are delivered to achieve greater outcomes for local residents and communities, while delivering value for money. The councillor transformation toolkit has been designed to help councillors in their different roles to support, enable, make decisions on and scrutinise transformation.
Transformation action learning sets 2024/25
Our transformation action learning sets provide a unique development opportunity for councillors and officers to work with peers to explore solutions to transformation challenges in an action learning set environment. Please express your interest in the series you will be available to participate in via this registration form. For any queries about the series please email tom.denman@local.gov.uk.
Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme
Councils interested in recruiting talented graduates can sign up to Cohort 27 of Impact (formally NGDP) – the LGA’s flagship graduate scheme. The two-year programme attracts and develops the future leaders of the sector by placing high-calibre graduates in councils across the country. The programme offers great value for money by providing ambitious graduates to help build a pipeline of talent in local government and at your council.
At the recent LGC Workforce Awards, one of our talented graduates was recognised as ‘Graduate of the Year’.
To find out more and understand how you can benefit from the programme, please contact the team by emailing impact@local.gov.uk.
Webinars and digital events
Tuesday 3 December 2024, 10.00am - 4.30pm
This full day webinar will provide a grounding in what governance and assurance mean, including the key principles, structures and processes. It will focus on councillor roles and how to identify the warning signs of weak governance and assurance. Small group breakout sessions and in-depth learning exercises will provide time to consider how good assurance works in practice, with a wealth of practical advice, tips and best practice examples.
Tuesday 3 December 2024, 10.00am - 11.45am
This roundtable will focus on how behavioural science techniques can drive positive change with net zero based interventions. It will feature ‘spotlight on’ presentations from councils with experience and insights on leading behavioural insights and science based projects and programmes within sustainability.
Wednesday 4 December 2024, 10.00am - 11.45am
The roundtable will focus on how councils can set up and run their PMO function, a growing feature in local authorities which has become a key part of the public sector arsenal in change, transformation, and efficiency programmes. The session will feature ‘spotlight on’ presentations from councils delivering effective programme management office models before progressing into a roundtable discussion.
Thursday 12 December 2024, 2.00pm - 3.30pm
This virtual event will examine the legal background and framework of the statutory function of overview and scrutiny within a council. It will look at ways you can be most effective as a councillor in a scrutiny role.
Are you a councillor or senior council officer who has responsibility for delivering your council's ambitions for delivering net zero, climate adaptation or biodiversity targets? Sign up for one of our Sustainability masterclasses to learn how you can take meaningful action and become carbon literacy accredited, with plenty of opportunities for collaboration, discussion, and support.
Thursday 23 January 2025, 10.00am – 11.45am
The roundtable will explore the importance of how councils can harness the potential of their estates and assets to kickstart growth, maintain financial stability and transform public service delivery. The session will feature ‘spotlight on’ presentations from councils delivering effective estate and asset transformation before progressing into a roundtable discussion.
Tuesday 18 February 2025, 10.00am – 11.45am
The roundtable will focus on how councils can implement approaches and frameworks to help them understand strategic needs and allocate resources to manage the delivery of transformation and change projects and programmes. The session will feature ‘spotlight on’ presentations from councils delivering prioritisation approaches and tools before progressing into a roundtable discussion.
Additionally, you might be interested in...
Leader’s guide: Leading good governance and assurance
By proactively seeking assurance that governance is effective – and by testing the validity and reliability of that assurance – leaders can have confidence that their council is ‘doing the right thing’. This short guide aims to help new leaders and elected mayors to consider where to focus and what questions to ask as leaders of good governance and assurance.
LGA Innovation Zone – LGA Annual Conference
Debate Not Hate campaign evaluation
We are refreshing our Debate Not Hate campaign and want your feedback on what’s gone well, what could be better, and how best to use the campaign going forward. We want to hear from officers and members who know the campaign or have been involved in promoting it locally. Have your say and shape the new campaign through the Debate Not Hate campaign evaluation survey.
LGA technology innovation showcase
The LGA’s Cyber, Digital and Technology programme worked with delivery partner PUBLIC to bring together local government leaders and cutting-edge startups to explore the power of technology in transforming local services at the ‘Technology innovation showcase’. Over 230 delegates joined the inspiring day of collaboration and innovation, showcasing practical AI and smart technology applications with the potential to make councils more connected, efficient, effective, personalised, and secure.
Navigating financial uncertainty and building resilience: Guiding principles
The LGA has published guidance for councils on navigating financial uncertainty and building resilience. Commissioned from EY, the guide is designed predominantly for local authority finance teams, supporting them to work with members and colleagues across the council to plan and manage finances in challenging times.
Action needed to address critical shortages in council finance staff
Urgent action is required to tackle significant workforce challenges in local government finance teams, says a new report by CIPFA and the LGA. The ‘Local government finance workforce action plan for England’ outlines four key recommendations to address critical shortages in finance staff across English councils. The LGA and CIPFA will now work together to seek to address the recommendations in the plan, building on existing activities such as support for workforce planning provided by the LGA and the Impact Finance Scheme, currently being piloted in London.
LG Inform and LG Inform Plus
LG Inform and LG Inform Plus new training dates released
We run regular training on LG Inform and LG Inform Plus to help users learn more about the system, tools and data. These 30-minute bite-size training sessions are quick, easily accessible on Teams, and free to attend. The dates for the beginning of the new year have been published.
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Yours faithfully,
Cllr Abi Brown, OBE
Chair, LGA Improvement and Innovation Board
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