Sector events

We’re pleased to announce the 17 council-led digital projects that will be awarded funding through Round 6 of the Local Digital Fund.

We are delighted to announce the councils that will be taking part in the pilot of Future Councils.

Before our selected projects begin their work on Round 6 of the Local Digital Fund, we’re taking a look back at projects from our previous round.

In this blog post, we want to celebrate some of our highlights from 2022 and provide an insight of what’s to come in 2023.

As our first phase of the CAF for Local Government comes to an end, we’re keen to share some insights and feedback before we move forward.

We’re delighted to announce that applications are now open to join the pilot of Future Councils.

We want to set a clear standard and expectation around cyber resilience for local authorities in England, based on the established NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).

In this blog post, we want to celebrate our highlights from the fourth anniversary of the Declaration and share stories that we’ve heard from the community

This year has seen the Local Digital team travelling around the country for the first time in two years as part of the Local Digital Roadshow series.

Tom Lowndes (Local Digital Collaboration Manager) shares an update on the progress of the Task Smart App funded project, led by Colchester Borough Council. This beta project is developing a platform that will enable tasks and requests logged online by customers to route directly to council officers working in the field.

In March this year, we teamed up with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Institute to jointly deliver a virtual programme for local government at no cost.

The Local Digital and Cyber teams are going to be making some exciting changes over the next few months, backed by multi-year funding to the tune of £85 million.

In this blog post, I want to reflect back on the lessons learnt and achievements, such as bringing local authorities together to solve common challenges, and in particular how a group of local authorities and suppliers are cooperating together to deliver an open source solution.

For this edition of the Council Spotlight, we are highlighting Achieving for Children — a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three councils.