In our latest issue of ‘Meet the Local Digital team’, Leon Ackie takes us through his career journey and the role of a Collaboration and Engagement Manager.

Read about Leon’s work helping local authorities to co-design and deliver digital products and services, and find out what he’s learned from his time in government.

The first phase of our Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) pilot is now complete.

We’ve been working with 10 councils to explore how the National Cyber Security Centre Cyber Assessment Framework could be used to help assess and manage cyber risks across local government.

Join our Show and Tell on Wednesday 25 January, 11am to 12pm, to

• learn more about the pilot

• hear key findings and insights from our work so far

• listen to members of the pilot council cohort share their experience.

We’re inviting senior local government officers to join us for an exclusive training opportunity in February and March 2023, in collaboration with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Institute and Socitm.

The Executive Education Programme in Digital Transformation for UK Local Government is designed to supply the confidence and expertise to lead the successful digital transformation of public services.

About the programme

This three-day online programme, offered at no cost, will consist of live interactive Q&A sessions and workshops, as well as access to hours of online learning videos.

Over the three mornings in February and March 2023, we’ll hear from recognised academic, industry, and public service leaders, from both within government and further afield. This includes:

• Helen Braithwaite, Head of Engagement, Local Digital
• Matt Prosser, President, SOLACE
• Nadira Hussain, Chief Executive, Socitm
• Alison McKenzie-Folan, Chief Executive of Wigan Council

And many more guest speakers! On registering for the programme, you will receive an invitation for Module 1. Invitations for Module 2 and Module 3 will be sent out shortly.

Hear from Alison McKenzie-Folan in the video above to learn more. 

The last 12 months have been filled with exciting changes, challenges and growth for the Local Digital team.

In our latest blog post, we want to celebrate some of our highlights from 2022 and provide an insight of what's to come this year, including partnership and funding opportunities, increased training offers, and events.

The Children's Placement Portal project, led by Birmingham City Council, have now published their outputs from the alpha phase on our website.

You can also read about their plans for the beta delivery phase, which will kick off in February following their successful bid for continuous funding from the Local Digital Fund.

Watch the techUK’s Future Gazing: Where next for local government tech in 2023? Webinar or listen to their podcast to hear what local government leaders and industry shared as their tech 2022 highlights and predictions for the year ahead.

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has recently published the tender for the upcoming Framework - Network Services 3 (RM6116). There is an opportunity to participate in the evaluation of the tender bids and CCS are looking for additional representation from their buyer communities. CCS is still looking for a few more evaluators to help them with the following lots: