Comms Academy 24, reporting back as a newbie attendee
By Louise Gibson, Social Media, Design, Advertising and Sponsorship Team Manager, Sheffield City Council We all know that public sector communications is a challenging place to be right now. Budgets …
Reclaiming Narratives our personal reflections for Black History Month
This blog was written by members of the campaigns team at Barnet Council, Senior Campaigns Managers, Tamara Wright, Candice Chambers and Christopher Lewinson, Campaigns coordinator. Reclaiming Narratives on Allyship by …
The road to Wigan…is near
By James Illingworth, Media manager, Wigan Council There’s only a week to go before LGcomms Academy arrives in Wigan for the first time and we can’t wait to see you …
Don’t look back in anger, look forward to Wigan
By Louise Neilan, AD Communications and Engagement at Thurrock Council, and LGcomms Academy Working Group Chair In the last few weeks I’ve heard two heads of comms separately refer to …
Responding to the riots and the problem with ‘X’: Reflections from Reading
By Lucy Downham, Chart.PRService Lead – Communications and Public RelationsCustomer Transformation, Wigan Council I’m just on my way home from Reading having spent the day at the LGA’s communications’ leader …
Is it too early to talk about forgiveness?
By Desiree Weston, Strategic Communications Manager, Westminster City Council By early August, the race riots that had swept across some of England’s northern towns and cities were starting to come …
Relationships, relationships, relationships – it’s all about relationships.
By Rhiannon Hilton MCIPR, LGcomms Future Leader, Cheshire East Council If there was one standout message from the most recent LGcomms Future Leaders session, it was that. Gathering at Staffordshire …
Embrace the flux capacitor of ideas
By Helena Hornby, Head of Campaigns, Social Media, and Internal Communications, Staffordshire County Council I love a bit of organised chaos. That’s what an unconference feels like to me. A …