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Work Together started the forum topic Feedback wanted! in the group Work Together Development: 8 months, 3 weeks ago
While the site is in a beta phase, we *really* want your feedback, whether it is about how the site looks, how content is presented, or how interactive things are.
The site is being developed in an agile and flexible way, and we have a few months to iron out wrinkles and make things work the [...]
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Work Together wrote a new blog post: Innovation in Rotherham: The Imagination Library 9 months, 3 weeks ago
To view this video you will need to have Flash Player installed on your computer: install flash player.
This short video (4’52”) focuses on the Imagination Library initiative set up by Rotherham Borough Council. Rotherham was the first place in Europe [...]
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Work Together wrote a new blog post: Better Tower Hamlets Teams 9 months, 3 weeks ago
To view this video you will need to have Flash Player installed on your computer: install flash player.
This video podcast (length: 3 minutes 32 seconds) includes interviews with:
Shazia Hussain, Director of Partnerships, [...]
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Work Together wrote a new blog post: Service provision for military families 9 months, 4 weeks ago
The government recognised in 2008 that there were problems in the way services are provided for military personnel and their families. In part, this was because relationships between military establishments and local and regional civilian authorities were not well developed. The larger bases (‘super-garrisons’) that are emerging as a result of the current defence strategy [...]
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Work Together wrote a new blog post: The Eltham Centre 9 months, 4 weeks ago
This short video (6 minutes 55 seconds) describes how the Eltham Centre in Greenwich is a perfect example of how front office shared services (FOSS) can benefit its users and staff by co-locating [...]
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Work Together wrote a new blog post: Expanding the range of LSP partners – RAF Marham 10 months ago
RAF Marham in West Norfolk employs almost 5,000 people, takes up around 90 per cent of places at the local village primary school and is a major consumer of local goods and services. However, until three years ago, contacts between the base and the surrounding community were largely ceremonial. To improve its local links, the [...]
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Work Together wrote a new blog post: Corby Neighbourhood Management – JAG on your Street 10 months ago
Following the collapse of the steel industry and the growth of unemployment, Corby acquired the reputation of being the ‘yob capital of England’. In 2006 the council developed a Community Safety and Neighbourhood Management Team which operates through four local neighbourhood management teams across the borough. The council ensured the boundaries fitted with new Neighbourhood [...]
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Work Together wrote a new blog post: Hampshire Regional Recruitment Portal 10 months ago
The Hampshire Regional Recruitment Portal is a shared electronic recruitment service. Designed jointly by the 12 participating local authorities across the county, it provides one dedicated site that holds all local government jobs across those local authorities, as well as a common platform for managing the end-to-end recruitment process.
The benefits for jobseekers include only having [...]
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Work Together wrote a new blog post: Hounslow – the scrutiny process: tackling teenage pregnancy 10 months ago
This case study shows how Hounslow Council used the children and young people scrutiny review process to tackle teenage pregnancy locally and also scrutinise partners involved in meeting the local strategic partnership (LSP) target on teenage pregnancy. The review brought about renewed corporate drive at senior level to reach this stretching target by 2010. It [...]
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Waltham Forest Olympic legacy
The London Borough of Waltham Forest has sought to secure an Olympic legacy through a Multi Area Agreement (MAA) with the five Olympic Boroughs and particularly through two innovative schemes. The first scheme develops the opportunities that arise from the projected increase in visitor numbers as a result of the Games to provide a long [...]
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Waltham Forest: Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)
Through their sustainable community strategy (SCS) and local development framework (LDF), the council is focused on retaining more wealth in Waltham Forest and regenerating the town centres in the borough. The town centres are declining and dominated by low quality shops, fast food outlets and market stalls. The aim is now to create vibrant town [...]
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Hounslow – the scrutiny process: tackling teenage pregnancy
This case study shows how Hounslow Council used the children and young people scrutiny review process to tackle teenage pregnancy locally and also scrutinise partners involved in meeting the local strategic partnership (LSP) target on teenage pregnancy. The review brought about renewed corporate drive at senior level to reach this stretching target by 2010. It [...]
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Hampshire Regional Recruitment Portal
The Hampshire Regional Recruitment Portal is a shared electronic recruitment service. Designed jointly by the 12 participating local authorities across the county, it provides one dedicated site that holds all local government jobs across those local authorities, as well as a common platform for managing the end-to-end recruitment process.
The benefits for jobseekers include only having [...]
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Corby Neighbourhood Management – JAG on your Street
Following the collapse of the steel industry and the growth of unemployment, Corby acquired the reputation of being the ‘yob capital of England’. In 2006 the council developed a Community Safety and Neighbourhood Management Team which operates through four local neighbourhood management teams across the borough. The council ensured the boundaries fitted with new Neighbourhood [...]
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Expanding the range of LSP partners – RAF Marham
RAF Marham in West Norfolk employs almost 5,000 people, takes up around 90 per cent of places at the local village primary school and is a major consumer of local goods and services. However, until three years ago, contacts between the base and the surrounding community were largely ceremonial. To improve its local links, the [...]
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The Eltham Centre
This short video (6 minutes 55 seconds) describes how the Eltham Centre in Greenwich is a perfect example of how front office shared services (FOSS) can benefit its users and staff by co-locating [...]
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Service provision for military families
The government recognised in 2008 that there were problems in the way services are provided for military personnel and their families. In part, this was because relationships between military establishments and local and regional civilian authorities were not well developed. The larger bases (‘super-garrisons’) that are emerging as a result of the current defence strategy [...]
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Better Tower Hamlets Teams
To view this video you will need to have Flash Player installed on your computer: install flash player.
This video podcast (length: 3 minutes 32 seconds) includes interviews with:
- Shazia Hussain, Director of Partnerships, [...]
- Shazia Hussain, Director of Partnerships, [...]
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Innovation in Rotherham: The Imagination Library
To view this video you will need to have Flash Player installed on your computer: install flash player.This short video (4’52”) focuses on the Imagination Library initiative set up by Rotherham Borough Council. Rotherham was the first place in Europe [...]