Connecting communities
The Llanrhian Connected Community is an initiative that uses grant funding to employ two part-time community link officers, who are helping to create a stronger and more resilient local community.
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Stronger together
Councils have been sharing services and senior staff for years, working together for the benefit of their local communities.
Leisure provision that’s fit for purpose
The extension of Denbighshire Leisure’s UK Leisure Framework, with Alliance Leisure continuing as Lead Development Contractor, will help local authorities deliver schemes that meet local needs.
Delivering public services in a war zone
It will be impossible for many of us to truly imagine the horrors of the war in Ukraine and the devastating impact the unprovoked and illegal aggression by Russia is having on the country and its local communities.
Humbled by acts of heroism
At the time of writing this article, we are in the fifth week of the war in Ukraine. Like everyone else, I have been shocked by the terrible scenes that we are witnessing on a daily basis while also being humbled by the resistance and acts of heroism of the Ukrainian people.
Arrival of first Ukrainian families
With the arrival of the first Ukrainian families to their sponsors in Britain, I know you are preparing to help those sharing their homes and those who are arriving having escaped from this terrible war.
Royal celebration can leave a lasting legacy
Councils are key to Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, which will be taking place from 2- 5 June. As an official part of the weekend’s programme, The Big Jubilee Lunch is encouraging millions to get together to celebrate what matters to their community.
‘One Day’ to mark Holocaust
Could 27 January 2022 be the ‘One Day’ that every local authority marks Holocaust Memorial Day?
Victory for forgotten rural communities
I sit here writing this column still buzzing from our stunning victory in the North Shropshire by-election. Helen Morgan will make a fantastic MP, and a great voice for ignored rural communities.
Empowering local communities
I would first like to express my thanks to the hundreds of district and unitary council leaders and chief executives who joined us for our annual conference last month (Nov).