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In this blog post we share just some of LDCU’S 2020 highlights and momentous moments, plus a teaser for what’s coming up in 2021.

The Local Digital Collaboration Unit Cyber team has come to the end of a two-month discovery into cyber security at local authorities.

We are delighted to announce the 11 projects that will be awarded funding through the Local Digital COVID-19 Challenge.

The team conducted extensive desk research into how councils across England are communicating their COVID-19 support to residents. Find out more about our approach and what we discovered.

The Local Digital Collaboration Unit have published their findings from a 40-day pre-discovery into cyber security in local authorities.

Over the last 6 weeks, the Local Digital team has run weekly Friday calls to facilitate discussions across local authorities, as teams respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

The Local Digital team have started work on a pre-discovery to understand how we can better support local government on cyber security. Read about the work being planned into reducing cyber risks and becoming more cyber resilient across the sector.

MHCLG has awarded further funding to 6 projects through the Local Digital Fund. Read about the projects that are continuing their work to fix the plumbing of public services.

Read about the continued work of the Local Digital Collaboration Unit and the events the team attended during the recent pre-election period.

MHCLG pledged to train 1000 local authority staff as part of our mission to support the ‘Local Digital’ movement. Read about how the Local Digital Collaboration Unit have achieved this and how your local authority can access free digital training.