Important issues of governance for the voluntary sector will be in the spotlight today when the National Council for Voluntary Organisations stages its eighth annual conference for trustees of ...

Local authorities have been told they need to work more closely with other agencies to address anti-social behaviour associated with Gypsies and Travellers. New guidance for councils, the police and ...

Schools look forward to auditing about as much as an OFSTED inspection. It’s laborious, time-consuming, frustrating and there’s nothing you can do but accept it’s a pain and get on with it, right?

New homelessness figures show that 14,470 households were accepted as homeless between October and December last year – a rise of 6% across England and 10% in London compared to the previous year.

have been shown in recent surveys to feel undervalued and overworked. ‘Making a Difference: Reducing General Practitioner (GP) Paperwork’ delivers 36 practical measures that will reduce the amount of ...

With the award by the Department of Trade and Industry of 17 framework agreements for the supply of broadband services to the public sector, 2004 is fast becoming the year of broadband. With the ...

‘Meetings are a waste of time’ is a sentiment many of us share, which is tragic, because meetings bring us together as human beings. To achieve the kind of meaning or breakthrough results most of us ...

A ‘broadband town’ is one of the initiatives to be funded by the Government to help kick start the nation’s interest in the next step forward in technology.Buckfastleigh in Devon is to be introduced ...

Elected mayors are creating more interest in local democracy among the media and voters, according to the conclusions from a collection of essays from the New Local Network. They also show mayors ...

The Local Directgov Programme’s Neighbourhoods and Parish Councils Project is developing an e-Community System to allow parish councils, neighbourhoods and the voluntary community sector to develop ...

Ofsted has announced plans for a new inspection regime to meet the requirements of the Education Bill now progressing through Parliament. Inspection resources will be concentrated on failing schools ...

Public services have not been making the transition to provide more innovative and effective outcomes quickly enough. There are examples of innovative thinking, but it’s really only scraping the ...