PRCA offers free webinars to LGcomms members
We are delighted to tell members that the PRCA has kindly offered to make a selection of its webinars available for free to LGcomms members until 31 May.
Communicators’ professional bodies welcome new ICO COVID-19 guidance
“The ICO guidance recognises the hugely important role that public service information is playing in saving lives. This will help councils reach as many people as possible at this vital time.”
Public service information is saving lives
Every council will be dealing with the same set of issues and our job as communicators is not only to relay clear and equivocal advice but to help find solutions.
LGcomms and PRCA issue statement on critical key workers list
LGcomms and the PRCA have welcomed the government’s decision to recognise local government employees as key workers. The move allows thousands of communications professionals to continue receiving childcare through schools …
Targeting information on our websites
The recent headlines alleging that councils are allowing people who use their websites to be tracked and targeted by third parties was enough to send a lot of people into a spin.
Coronavirus – what comms teams need to think about
While we all hope that a pandemic can be averted, the number of cases that are rising in the UK every day means that we have to be prepared for the worst.
Putting performance data at the heart of foster carer recruitment
To use the analogy of a 4 x 400m relay team, communicators are often involved in running the first leg of the race: managing marketing activity to generate initial enquiries.
Six lessons from a year of campaigning
Find out what South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue discovered in delivering campaigns over the last 12 months.
Survey: comms teams face familiar challenges in a new landscape
A survey conducted by LGcomms in partnership with Panacea shows that, in the realm of public sector communications, there is certainly an appetite to improve and innovate, and scope to do so.
Is it time to revive the use of print?
Council newspapers or magazines are becoming an endangered species… aren’t we missing something?