I’ve noticed this for years but having an 18-year-old with ‘A’ level results really has brought it to the fore… University comms. When I was heading to higher education, it was the phone and some disappointing results that secured an eventual place. Today, UK Universities have really nailed the idea that their students need help […]
Dan SleeWelcome to the latest blog for our Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government/ Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (MHCLG/DLUHC) sponsored Family Context project. This is an update on the project’s progress since the last blog in January. For the pilot, we had established a strong team of people from various departments within Stockport Council […]
Digital StockportLast year I wrote a post about testing Laravel Livewire validation rules with PHP Unit. This post uses the same techniques as that post, but shows how to transfer it to Pest instead of PHP Unit. What is Pest? If you haven’t heard of Pest before then here is a description from the Pest website. […]
C.S. RhymesIn one of the more sensible things I’ve heard economics, it is said, catches politics in the end. In other words you can say something at the Despatch Box and eventually real life will catch up with you. And so to warnings of a £5,000 power bill in the New Year and if you stay […]
Dan SleeThe Commonwealth Games only happened in Birmingham because of 14,000 volunteers. Liz Marsden spent her time polishing her comms skills as one of that army of people who gave their time. Early in 2021, my partner of the best part of 20 years passed away. That was a huge point in my life. Like many […]
Dan SleeFrom Monday 18 to Friday 22 July, we held a Reading Week in the team. For Reading Week we had our afternoons blocked out to focus on whatever learning and upskilling we wanted to do to help us develop our skills. Here’s what we each did for the week, and how we found it. Tom […]
Blog - Welsh Local Government DigitalFollowing our last blog looking at the Discovery and consultation processes for our early intervention procedures and preventative services, the final stage of this project is the creation and delivery of the Stockport Support Services. The new Hub brings together a range of support services offering adults and families in Stockport the early advice and […]
Digital StockportLast week we held our latest show and tell session for the Life Events Service Design project. In the session we gave an update on what we have achieved in sprint 3 of the alpha phase of the project, and what we are planning to cover in the next sprint. If you couldn’t attend and […]
Blog - Welsh Local Government DigitalIt’s been a year since I wrote a blog post about Croydon Council’s digital platform team and our adventures in lowcode. Our biggest achievements back then were around the pandemic response, quickly building end-to-end services used by our residents and staff alike. Since then, our chief digital officer and founder of Croydon Digital Service, Neil […]
Croydon DigitalDating back as far as the first “Hello, world!” was published on the internet, there’s been a driver for all organisations with a web presence to meet ever developing standards in line with what users of today expect and what …
Service TransformationBackground The Flying Start programme is a Welsh Government-funded care programme aimed at families with children under 4 years old who live in disadvantaged areas of Wales. The programme offers a range of services that support both parents and children, the core services being: Health visiting servicesMidwifery servicesChildcare servicesParenting support servicesEarly language servicesAccess to a […]
Blog - Welsh Local Government DigitalStarting Point Learning Partnership, as part of the Digital Inclusion Alliance, has launched a new free DigiKnow Friends training session to help raise recognition of digital exclusion in Stockport and signpost where support is available. It’s the first step of a training pathway that aims to grow our network of Digital Champion volunteers across Stockport. […]
Digital StockportWelcome to our summer round-up, connecting our community and giving an insight into the innovations and thinking coming out of the Silicon Flyover. If you would like more information on Croydon tech companies, please take a look at our growing directory. Movers and shakers Great news from GOODCORE after they were assessed and certified by Cyber Essentials, by the […]
Croydon DigitalWe continue to transform our customer experience, more recently through the development of our website and content management system (CMS). Working in delivery phases, at the moment the platform is divided into three focussed areas: Website – Content Management System (CMS) Customer Account and Contact Management (CCM) E forms and workflow – enabling services to […]
Digital DorsetThe launch event saw businesses committed to the hub join key players in the sector and dignitaries from Croydon Council and the Greater London Authority (GLA) to celebrate this new way of partnership working, with the sole aim of benefitting residents and employers in the borough. There has been a 40% increase in digital businesses […]
Croydon DigitalCertifications can be important for many different reasons. Perhaps you need a certification for a certain job or to be promoted. Or perhaps you have a commitment to continuous improvement. Maybe you just like collecting them like an alphabet soup Pokemon challenge. My reason was different. I have worked in cyber security for decades. I have […]
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