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 …
The Public Sector Challenge
By Andy Allsopp, LGcomms Chair There probably isn’t a colleague reading this who’s life hasn’t been touched in some way by cancer, with someone who you know, or love, or …
Mental health: a personal perspective
By Shaun Gibbons Chart.PRHead of Communications, South & East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership Some people can see it. Images, sometimes shapes, sometimes with human features and characteristics. For others it’s smells. …
Bring the calm during inspection chaos
By Abbey Cortazzi, Senior Communications Manager for Children, Families and Lifelong Learning at Surrey County Council There’s no doubt that organisations look to communications professionals to bring composure and leadership …
Have councils lost sight of how to build reputation?
By Simon Jones, Westco Communications The reputation of local government has been on a slow decline since the LGA started to track views in 2012. Back then 72% of people …
LGcomms Academy 2024 – coming soon!
This year’s LGcoms Academy annual conference will take place on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 October 2024. Tickets will go on sale next month with the extensive event programme being …
Emergency communication lessons from the Plymouth bomb
By Ellie Firth, Strategic Communication Lead for Plymouth City Council Last month saw the biggest peacetime evacuation the UK has seen since WW2, when a live WW2 bomb was found …
Future Leaders: Reflections on reflection
By Rosie Heaton, LGcomms Future Leader When I arrived back in my university city of Leeds for the second of our Future Leaders sessions, I knew it was set to …