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New tools and data sets for impactful policy analysis

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In September and October many of us attended Civil Service Live at different venues around the country. The events were excellent and packed with seminars, interactive workshops and networking opportunities to share and inspire good practice across a host of …

Promoting Employee Engagement and Wellbeing at Civil Service Live

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Civil Service Live is an annual series of interactive, practical and fun events that bring together Civil Servants to learn, network and collaborate.  This year’s events took place across the country, from Bristol to Edinburgh, and Manchester to Newcastle, ending …

Community Organisers – inspiring people to build a bigger, stronger society

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In July, the Minister for Civil Society, Rob Wilson, set out his vision for a Bigger, Stronger Society. At the core of that vision is an ambition to build stronger, more resilient communities where people ask what they can do …

Community First – helping people to live fulfilling and good lives (2)

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Our previous blog on the Community First (CF) Neighbourhood Fund programme highlighted why we might expect to see community well-being and volunteering increase within areas in which projects have run. But has this actually happened? To test the evidence we …

Community First – helping people to live fulfilling and good lives (1)

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Measuring how people feel their lives are progressing The Prime Minister speaking at the start of the first Cabinet meeting since the election said “It is absolutely vital that every decision we take, every policy we pursue, every programme we …