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Pride in the Civil Service
Pride in the Civil Service
Jonathan Slater, the new Civil Service LGB&TI Champion, talks about his commitment to the role and looks forward to this year's Pride events.
Celebrating the life and work of Jeremy Heywood
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Jeremy, Lord Heywood of Whitehall, was held today in Westminster Abbey.
Happy Job Sharing & Caring Father's Day!
To mark Father's Day, Civil Service Job Share Finder Product Manager Brian Stanislas introduces the stories of two fathers, one a job sharer, the other who combines work with being a carer.
A strategic approach to government innovation
Minister for Implementation Oliver Dowden introduces the new Government Technology Innovation Strategy, designed to help us take advantage of new and emerging technologies and work better and smarter.
Talking about loneliness
A new cross-government campaign - launching on 17 June, to coincide with Loneliness Awareness Week - will encourage people to talk about loneliness. The team behind it introduce two colleagues who speak about their own experience.
Becoming ‘carer confident’ in the Civil Service
In Carers Week, Government Chief People Officer Rupert McNeil writes that around half of all civil servants now work in organisations recognised under the Carer Confident scheme.
Civil servants recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours
Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill pays tribute to all the recipients – including over 100 civil servants – of awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2019.
Six steps towards greater inclusion
Reading a recent post here on inclusion in the Civil Service inspired the Home Office's Martin Vernon to give his personal reflections on how we can all challenge ourselves to be more inclusive in the workplace.
Focus on staff networks: Civil Service Race Forum
Richard Heaton introduces Civil Service Race Forum chair Hamid Motraghi, in the second of two posts focusing on the work of staff networks.
Focus on staff networks: Race to the Top Grade 6/7 Network
Civil Service Race Champion Richard Heaton introduces the first of two posts focusing on the work of staff networks in creating an equal workplace for all, here, the Race to the Top Grade 6/7 Network.
Job sharing: "Two heads are better than one"
Brian Stanislas describes the first-ever HMRC job-sharing event, which attracted colleagues from a number of departments and could be copied across the Civil Service.