LocalGov Digital is launching Open Wednesdays, an online unconference for local government. LocalGov Digital’s Slack hosts daily discussion on wide variety of topics from our members. Building on this, Open Wednesdays offer another channel to come together to talk and share in real time. Held on the third Wednesday of every month between 1pm and […]
Last week we announced the launch of our COVID-19 channel on Slack, for local government digital practitioners to coordinate their efforts on Coronavirus. This week we’re launching a trial of a LocalGov Social hangout, for LocalGov Digital members to drop into whenever they want. You can access the hangout here. With more and more people […]
19th March 2020Coronavirus or covid19 is now “the worst public health crisis for a generation” putting pressure not just on NHS services, but local public health, care, and ultimately other services too. Digital practitioners working in local government are already being called on to publish information relating to Coronavirus, and in the coming weeks we may see […]
13th March 2020LocalGov Digital is the network for digital practitioners working in and around local government in the UK. We’re now looking for existing LocalGov Digital members to join our Steering Group, to help guide our future strategy and direction. Our Steering Group currently has three vacancies and we’re looking for forward thinking, innovative people involved in […]
13th September 2019On 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 […]
17th June 2019Pipeline 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 2018