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John Cooper

John Cooper is a fostering recruitment specialist at CAN Digital – an advertising agency delivering digital campaigns with the public sector for the past decade – and previously worked in foster carer recruitment for two local authorities and a children's trust

Articles by John Cooper

Some reel difference-makers

By John Cooper | 26 July 2024

Dozens of local authorities are investing modest sums in a fostering film project that could pote...

King's Speech: OBR handed beefed-up scrutiny role

By John Cooper | 17 July 2024

The Government has put fiscal stability in the form of a Budget Responsibility Bill at the heart ...

Forging ahead with optimism

By John Cooper | 03 July 2024

Labour’s Dame Meg Hillier talks to Ann McGauran about doing slow politics, the ‘big nasties’ any ...

Next government 'should bring big cities up to par with G7 peers'

By John Cooper | 12 June 2024

The incoming government should put big cities outside London at the heart of a national mission t...

Stronger Things: 'Go deeper to deal with the age of division'

By John Cooper | 04 June 2024

Using community power to tackle highly polarised local problems requires ‘going deeper and deeper...

Probing the profit motive

By John Cooper | 04 June 2024

The County Councils’ Network has set out a blueprint for sustainable council services, including...

Solving the price hike challenge

By John Cooper | 04 June 2024

Soaring demand for children’s care placements has driven a culture of profiteering providers and ...

Stronger Things: Real interest in community power at the top of Labour

By John Cooper | 04 June 2024

There is ‘real interest and engagement’ among Labour politicians nationally in community power al...

Making a resilient start

By John Cooper | 20 May 2024

Ann McGauran talks to ADEPT’s new president Ann Carruthers about the need for resilience and the ...

Breaking bullying's grip

By John Cooper | 13 May 2024

The acceleration of inappropriate behaviour in town and parish councils is leaving staff in fear ...