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 …
Dark humour and memes are the way to Gen Z’s heart
by Emma Littler, LGcomms Future Leader, St Helens Borough Council Anyone who knows me will tell you I quite often resemble a kids’ tv presenter, dressed head to toe in …
Eastern promise…EoE Network
by LGcomms Chair Andy Allsopp A looming general election is clearly a good way of getting people engaged on ‘big picture’ issues. As this was indeed the context to the …
LGcomms and Orlo announce new partnership
LGcomms is delighted to announce a new and exciting partnership with social media management experts Orlo. Having first worked together during the 2023 LGcomms Academy in Sheffield, LGcomms and Orlo …
Building resilience: It’s more than a stroll in the park
By Henry Clare, LGcomms Future Leader, Islington Council Last week, my colleagues and I decided to embrace the sunny weather (where did that go?!) by holding our weekly catch-up meeting …
Navigating change as a communications leader
By Natasha Calder, LGcomms Future Leader, Greater Manchester Combined Authority Early in my career, someone once said to me, “the only constant in public sector is change”, and that phrase …