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Donna Hall

Donna Hall

Donna Hall CBE is chair of the New Local Government Network and Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Articles by Donna Hall

Mending a shattered society

By Donna Hall | 15 October 2019

Local government must be the glue that mends the broken bonds of our communities, writes Donna Hall.

Joining the new power dots

By Donna Hall | 11 September 2019

Donna Hall explains that ‘permanently wiring new power’ into the way the organisation and system ...

Setting the right playing field

By Donna Hall | 24 July 2019

Donna Hall assesses the value of strong belief systems against the all too common trend to measur...

Communities know best

By Donna Hall | 26 June 2019

The New Local Government Network has been overwhelmed by the positive reaction to its call for a ...

It's our time to step up

By Donna Hall | 12 June 2019

Donna Hall asks what local government and other public services can do to ‘glue society back toge...

Don't be afraid to jump in the deep end

By Donna Hall | 22 May 2019

Donna Hall maintains that if we are serious about bringing about positive change we need to work ...

We need a public policy rewrite to fix social mobility

By Donna Hall | 08 May 2019

Donna Hall says the real burning issue at the heart of the social mobility debate is the need to ...

A new social contract – the Community Paradigm

By Donna Hall | 17 April 2019

The time is right for a new vision for the future of our communities, according to Donna Hall – a...

A council's culture eats its strategies for breakfast, dinner and tea

By Donna Hall | 29 January 2019

Rip up all those wordy strategies that hardly anyone even reads. They just don’t work, says Donna...

Unlocking the power of people

By Donna Hall | 08 January 2019

Donna Hall says Greater Manchester’s radical new place-based model is bringing together teams to ...