Before we kick off Round 6 of the Local Digital Fund, we’re taking a look back at projects from our previous round of funding, Round 5, and celebrating the significant digital transformation our partners have achieved. 

Hear the reflections on Round 5 projects from Collaboration Managers Leon Ackie, Sheldon Ferguson, Charlotte Barnes and Tom Lowndes in our latest blog post.

Gemma joined the Local Digital team last year and has been busy making sure our work delivers value for the councils we serve.

In our latest Meet the Team blog post, read about Gemma’s career journey and how she’s helping to shape the future of our funding opportunities for local government, plus her advice for anyone interested in becoming a Product Manager.

Thank you to everyone that attended our Show and Tell on the Cyber Assessment Framework for Local Government last week. More than 200 attendees tuned in to hear an update on our progress from the first phase of the pilot.

We’re looking forward to sharing a report containing more of our findings and initial insights very soon. In the meantime, catch up on what you might have missed in this recent blog post.

The Local Gov Income Management System (IMS) is a collaborative project delivered by councils and digital agency dxw, supported and funded by Local Digital.

The project’s focus now is to design a supported version of the IMS. As part of this work, dxw are seeking responses from councils and other local government organisations to their short survey to gain insight on IT and development resources and readiness to adopt a new IMS.

To find out more or join the IMS community, please contact Ksenia at ksenia@dxw.com.

The virtual summit will be held on Monday 13 to Friday 17 March 2023 and will focus on innovation across the public sector. Last year over 20,000 bookings were made to hear about best practice and first hand experiences from colleagues.

If you have expertise or content that you’d like to share with other public sector leaders, submit a talk for consideration.