The latest articles written by Alison McKenzie-Folan

PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM

People, purpose and power for a new era

By Rebecca Murphy | 03 April 2025

New partnership approaches are needed to tackle the challenges at the heart of local government, ...

ENGAGEMENT

Charting a New Era of change

By Anna Randle | 28 August 2024

Wigan’s new phase of reform will build on what remains radical and relevant from the Deal, while ...

CULTURE

Breathing new life into a cultural jewel

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 17 January 2024

The power of culture is transforming a much-loved historic hall in Wigan. Once completed its impa...

HEALTH

Shaping a new era for Wigan Council

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 03 February 2023

The Wigan Deal is a movement for change that rewrote the rules, says the council's chief executiv...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Turbo-charging our digital economy through inclusion

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 10 October 2022

As the 2022 Solace Summit in Birmingham draws closer, Alison McKenzie-Folan says it is crucial th...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Cheering a public health champion

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 08 August 2022

Professor Kate Ardern has retired after a stellar career in local government public health. Aliso...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Helping staff speak up on gambling

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 13 October 2020

Wigan MBC is the first local authority in the country to sign a charter pledging to support emplo...

CULTURE

Light at the end of the uncertainty

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 28 July 2020

Alison McKenzie-Folan describes how Wigan and Greater Manchester are sustaining arts and culture ...

THIRD SECTOR

Place-based principles' critical response is working

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 01 April 2020

Alison Mckenzie-Folan explains how Wigan’s place-based model of integrated public service delive...