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Englobe UK would like to wish all our employees, clients, communities, and associates a very Happy Easter. May this day remind us of hope, love, and new beginnings, also that our children can find things when they really want to! Enjoy the holiday and indulge in some Easter treats! #EasterHoliday #EnglobeUK #Englobe #ExcellentPeople #GreatPlaceTowork #ProudOfOurWork #WaterTreatmentServices #Remediation #RemediationContractor #SoilTreatmentFacilities #BrownfieldContracting #EnablingWorks #IntegratedEnvironmentalServices #InfrastructureProjects #CivilEngineering #HealthandSafety

atWork Australia’s Davoren Park office in South Australia, supported the communities Anti-Poverty event last month. Coming together with Anglicare South Australia, Foodbank and Thread Together, the team hosted a BBQ for those in need and gave away a hamper of grocery items. With 3.7 million households struggling to put food on their table this year. atWork Australia is noticing the effects that cost-of-living challenges are having on clients. From employees needing to take on additional hours, to a noticeable slowdown in recruitment, the ripple effects of rising living costs are reshaping the job market and workforce dynamics. By working together with community organisations, we can support our clients access additional services while they search for employment. Read more about the positive impact our services have here https://ow.ly/W0L850U7CRp

Social Care News: Rangeford Villages is expanding its team with the appointment of Emma Snelling as head of health, safety and environment. Snelling, who will work across all five of its later-living developments in the UK, has 18 years’ experience in the health and safety industry across sectors such as leisure, facilities management, and for the last three […] http://ow.ly/l99w105PikF #socialcare

Social Care News: Rangeford Villages is expanding its team with the appointment of Emma Snelling as head of health, safety and environment. Snelling, who will work across all five of its later-living developments in the UK, has 18 years’ experience in the health and safety industry across sectors such as leisure, facilities management, and for the last three […] http://ow.ly/l99w105PikF #socialcare

Public toilets are the unsung heroes of our public spaces. Unlike other pieces of social infrastructure such as libraries, community hubs or kindergartens, there are no legislative requirements, benchmarks or guidelines to provide accessible public toilets outside of buildings. Public toilets are critical pieces of social infrastructure that contribute to people's enjoyment of parks, reserves, streets and neighbourhoods. They are also important beacons of safety, inclusion and participation in our built environments. That's why we are so passionate about planning for public toilets. What does this look like in practice? Check out our latest Draft Public Toilet Strategy that we've developed in collaboration with Indigo Shire Council and diverse voices from across the Shire. https://lnkd.in/gWG9gzhj

This is a refreshingly honest piece from Ben Greener on how effective collaboration between Whitehall and local authorities can drive meaningful policy changes. The Partnerships for People and Place (PfPP) program highlights sensible yet radical steps to address hyper-local issues, from tackling fuel poverty in Hastings to improving mental health support in nearby Bradford. Keep your eyes peeled for policy recommendations to support policymakers and delivery bodies at central and local levels, including: 🚶♂️ Prioritising in-person visits and local engagement. 🛠 Building shared infrastructure for joint working. 🏛 Embedding cross-Whitehall collaboration in key processes. 📚 Enhancing training and local understanding. This initiative shows what can be achieved when we throw ourselves into solving local problems through a combination of policy and design 👏 https://lnkd.in/e7BN4YUe

According to Mainstreet Australia, there are five factors that make a Mainstreet successful: diversity of business and services, partnerships, Council policies, community gathering spaces, and walkable and green. Today, on Day 1 of the Mainstreet SA Conference co-hosted by the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters and City of Unley, I talked about five other factors I believe make The Parade, Norwood a great Mainstreet for children and teenagers: 1. Safety (during the day and night) 2. Critical mass (10 schools within a 1km radius of the precinct) 3. Spending power and brand awareness of young people. 4. Events and activities  5. Engagement in designing the future design and function of the precinct.

READ: A terrific article written by two of our Pepperdine University School of Public Policy students in the ICMA - International City/County Management Association official magazine, "Public Management". It explores the role parks can play in responding to the current loneliness crisis. Seeing #LocalGov differently from SPP! https://lnkd.in/gGiTck6T

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We are celebrating 50 years of North Kesteven District Council over the next few months. Some years ago, a retiring colleague gave me a copy of the 1968 Redcliffe-Maud Report on Local Government Reform. The report triggered the reorganisation of Local Government in 1974, albeit in a different form to that proposed in the reports conclusions. For 50 years, local government has been making a positive difference across our communities, through day in day out delivery of essential public services, community leadership, innovation, and investment in infrastructure, economic development, local housing solutions and place. At North Kesteven, we are proud of our track record...on economic development, investment in housing, development of culture and the arts, and in our commitment to customer service and performance every day in every community. A massive thank you to the whole team for making a difference now in 2024, and every day for 50 years...and we do have one colleague who has been working for the organisation throughout its 50 year history, a remarkable achievement. And what about the next 50 years? We need to reframe the debate and encourage a step change in policy development...for example...we need a new economic model, regenerative and redistributive, designed to promote flourishing communities, address climate change and reduce inequality. We need a preventive model of public service delivery, in concept a system based approach to addressing the social determinants of health. We need to break out of the 'doom loop', and boost investment in public services and infrastructure appropriate to local need and ambition. And we need a new constitutional settlement, rebuilding global and European governance, and building on the Council of Europe Charter of Local Self Government - in character more internationalist, more local, more place based, less national. And whatever the future holds in terms of the function, purpose and form of local government, we need to reverse the 'bigger is better trend' and the centralism of the last 50 years and embrace the local, the place, and the complexity of the networks, relationships and diversity that gives shape to our communities. #localgovernment #leadership #lincolnshire #sustainabledevelopment #northkesteven District Councils' Network