The Armed Forces Covenant Toolkit - updated for 2025
The Toolkit is developed in collaboration with local authorities, and recognises their key role in delivering the Covenant.
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(1/2) New research by @sharedintel for Local Trust and 3ni, the national network for neighbourhood improvement, shows that neighbourhood working is once again being recognised by local authorities as an effective way to address disadvantage.
Snr Consultant Nelly Jones just returned from @TheSRAOrg's #SRAConf2024 inspired by people powered change, co-produced evaluation frameworks, the good bad and ugly of AI, and using tech to engage young people. Plus Jonathan Van-Tam on policy and leadership during the pandemic.
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Ben Lee - to lead into next 15 years, missing bit not covered elsewhere is to help everyone understand what the future is. This is where toolkit comes in. Free on cilip.org.uk#CILIPIreLAI24
🆕Make It Local: Local government's vital role in addressing economic inactivity.
The LGA commissioned @Sharedintel to research and review national and local opportunities in tacking economic inactivity both place-based and support for people local.gov.uk/publications/ma…
Our latest report “Understanding and Enhancing EDI in the UK’s Local Government Workforce” commissioned by @Solace_UK
How many councils publish their workforce EDI staff numbers and pay data?
Are #LocalGov workforces reflective of their communities?
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Our research for @LGAcomms into economic inactivity published today.
A complex problem - made worse by fragmented interventions.
Our report dives into two real-life examples of what #localgov *can* do, how they work, and what they achieved.👇👇👇
8.7 million people who are economically inactive risk being left out of the labour market.
A more joined-up approach with the right powers and funding would enable #LocalGov to unlock the labour market and boost economic growth.
Read more 👇
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Thank you to those who attended our event at #LGAConf23 on A Decade of the Covenant Report and thank you to our speakers on discussing the recommendations for local authorities @tommcbarnet@DJAFothergill@LGAcomms
Tony Blake @Sharedintel
Are you going to #LGAConf23?
Join us in Bournemouth on Tuesday 4thJuly, 6:30-7:30pm, at our fringe event, The Armed Forces Covenant: New insights into reducing disadvantage. Speakers include:
@tommcbarnet@DJAFothergill@LGAcomms
John Shivas @DefenceHQ
Tony Blake @Sharedintel
Back in December, we held a launch event for our report with @Sharedintel - A Decade of the Covenant.
Find out more about the report, which includes practical guidance and recommendations on how to improve delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant: fim-trust.org/news-policy-it…
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ALT A panel of people on a stage, with one man standing up and speaking into a microphone. The slide behind them reads: A Decade of the Covenant: a review of deliver and impact of ten years of the Armed Forces Covenant
Learning from 20 years of place pilots
@Sharedintel was commissioned by the LGA to capture learning for policymakers in central and local government from eight place-based programmes that have been delivered over the last 20 years. local.gov.uk/publications/le…