On Monday 10th of June three members of the Steering Group for Local Gov Digital went along to Hackney Town Hall for a Future Gov event on Designing 21st Century Government. There we held table discussions explaining what LocalGov Digital does and our history, what we offer members in terms of guidance and services, but […]
Pipeline is LocalGov Digital’s collaboration platform for local government projects, and the latest iteration now hosts details of over 100 initiatives across the country. Changes to deliver the newest improvements were funded and managed by London Borough of Hackney and you can read more about their work here. Pipeline is free to use, and open […]
6th December 2018Launched in April 2016, the Local Government Digital Service Standard was created by LocalGov Digital in partnership with the Government Digital Service. It was based on GDS’ own service standard which was adapted to meet the needs of local public service delivery. Since then, it has become a great success, articulating what a good digital […]
21st August 2018Rishi Sunak, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government will be answering your questions on LocalGov Digital’s Slack Team this Tuesday 24th July at 1pm. If haven’t already joined LocalGov Digital you can become a member here which gives you access to our Slack Team, and put your questions live to Rishi.
20th July 2018We’re really pleased to be co-publishing the Local Digital Declaration today. The declaration is a cross sector shared mission, enabling the foundations needed for the future generation of local digital public services and was launched at today’s Local Government Association conference by the Minister for Local Government, Rishi Sunak MP. All our members are committed […]
4th July 2018The largest and longest running unconference for UK local government LocalGovCamp is back! This year we’re back to Birmingham for another 2 days of learning in September. You can find out about what went on in Bristol last year at LocalGovCamp 2017: Contact us if you have any questions or would like to find out […]
14th May 2018Please note: The deadline for applications was midnight on Monday 26 February 2017 Earlier this year we announced the biggest changes to LocalGov Digital since its inception. We adopted a formal constitution which means our Steering Group will consist of fifteen officers. Now we’re now looking for people to join us, to help guide the future strategy […]
3rd February 2018LocalGov Digital is proud to support Notwestminster, a free event for everyone who has something positive to say about local democracy and anyone who is up for the challenge of making it better, on 16th & 17th February at The Media Centre, in Huddersfield. Main event – Saturday 17th February The Notwestminster main event includes participant-led workshops, lightning talks, creative […]
2nd February 20182018 will see the biggest changes to LocalGov Digital since its inception in 2012. To date the network has achieved some amazing things including creating the Local Government Digital Service Standard, launching Pipeline, our pilot platform to aid cross sector collaboration, and organising LocalGovCamp, the UK's biggest annual unconference for Local Government.
18th January 2018LocalGovCamp 2017 is on 15/16 September in Bristol and features a Friday of workshops and UK local government's biggest unconference on the Saturday. We'll be announcing more about these soon.
21st July 2017