Why comms teams need to remember to communicate – with each other
By Jonathan Schroder, Barnet Council When I joined LGcomms Executive last year, one of the first things I did was agree to work with a fellow Executive member to develop …
Improving accessibility in social media communications
By Louise Gibson – LGcomms Executive Committee and Social Media, Design and Advertising Team Manager, Sheffield City Council. I’ll start this blog off by saying it’s long! I make no …
Introducing your new Chair – Louise Neilan
LGcomms has appointed Louise Neilan as its Chair for 2025 following its Annual General Meeting. Louise succeeds Andy Allsopp who served a three year term as LGcomms Chair. Louise Neilan …
Can you give 6 minutes to support diversity and inclusion in public sector comms?
Three years ago LGcomms carried out the biggest demographic survey of local public sector communicators ever undertaken in the UK. Its purpose was to understand the experiences of all professional …
Why all leaders should be journalling
By Harshil Shah, LGcomms Future Leader, Waltham Forest Council When you picture journalling, what do you think of? A modern self-care practice that you may have heard about in a …
News and views – what’s your story?
By Alix Macfarlane, Vice Chair LGcomms and Programme Director Communications & Engagement Slough Borough Council Communications professionals are often surprising quiet about their own achievements. We regularly see communications teams …
Winning the Argument for Change: Insights from the LGcomms Webinar
By Paul Hutchinson Simpson, Communications and Engagement, Regeneration, Economy and Planning, Westminster City Council Change is never easy, especially when it involves regenerating. That’s why our recent webinar, Winning the Argument …
The power of the network
By Andy Allsopp, Chair of LGcomms IBM’s old advertising slogan used to be ‘the power of the network’. These days they are still big on the networking element, but, since …