Best Practice The MJ
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Putting service users in the driving seat
April 21, 2022
Ahead of a North East region workshop at the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Spring Seminar, Ann Workman outlines the two benefits of involving people in shaping their own adult social care services in Stockton-on-Tees.
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It’s not just about bricks and mortar
April 13, 2022
Islington LBC is in the middle of its biggest council housebuilding programme for a generation, but better playgrounds, high-quality spaces and trees are as important to creating good-quality communities as homes, says Maxine Holdsworth.
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A sense of belonging
April 6, 2022
When equality, diversity and inclusion are a golden thread weaved into the wider organisational strategy, it just becomes business as usual and the standard, expected way of working, as Darra Singh explains.
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Kindred aids Liverpool’s recovery
March 30, 2022
Kindred is a radical venture in Liverpool City Region that puts the socially-trading sector at the heart of recovery from the pandemic, says Steve Rotheram.
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Bringing drug debt into the spotlight
March 21, 2022
To coincide with National Child Exploitation Awareness Day, Waltham Forest LBC is releasing a powerful training video about drug debt produced by its children’s service and local young people. Daniel Phelps explains.
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Help is at hand in Calderdale
March 21, 2022
Calderdale Council is offering a broad range of help to residents being hit by the cost of living crisis, says Cllr Tim Swift.
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Hammersmith & Fulham’s ‘exemplary’ work supporting refugees
March 16, 2022
Lord Alf Dubs says the job of welcoming refugees ‘is much greater than just a roof over their heads’ and he reflects on the support given by Hammersmith & Fulham LBC to those traumatised by war.
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Digital help at hand for adopters in Bucks
March 16, 2022
Buckinghamshire Council has developed a simple, innovative and interactive digital tool to help would-be adopters. Cllr Anita Cranmer explains the aims of the Adoption Readiness Checker.
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The partnership making Redbridge safer
March 9, 2022
Cllr Jas Athwal highlights the key findings of an independent Community Crime Commission investigation and sets out how Redbridge LBC is acting on its recommendations.
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Putting Brent’s residents at the heart of climate action
March 7, 2022
Brent LBC introduced resident-led decision making on how to spend local money to cut carbon emissions. Shazia Hussain explains the thinking behind the trailblazing Participatory Budgeting approach.
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Starfish Talent 20 - the climate emergency talent
March 2, 2022
Councils across the country have now declared a climate emergency and those authorities who have not yet passed declarations are placing far greater emphasis on tackling climate change. Starfish and The MJ highlight some of the rising stars in the [ [..]
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The importance of councils’ next digital steps
March 2, 2022
Digital transformation presents many opportunities for local government, but making the most of the benefits and minimising risks calls for a strategy that meets your customers’ needs, says David Bemrose.
