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A Brilliant Civil Service

A range of blog posts illustrating the vision of:

"A brilliant Civil Service that helps to keep the United Kingdom prosperous and secure, supporting the governments we serve in
implementing their commitments and delivering high quality services for the public."

Blogs in this category will illustrate aspects of the vision and how it is being implemented across the organisation under its four supporting pillars: Improved outcomes; Effective leaders; Skilled people; A great place to work.

Civil Service Sports Council Active Wellbeing

Civil Service Sports Council Active Wellbeing represents the organisation’s biggest push to get the Civil Service moving. Over 10,000 colleagues took part in 2023’s challenge, and 2024 is set to be its biggest and most inclusive yet. CSSC’s CEO Matt …

Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 – Why it matters to civil servants

Michael Livingston reflects on how the UK Government saved his grandfather from persecution, and why marking Holocaust Memorial Day is more important than ever, especially for those serving the public. On 31 January 1939, Friedrich (Fred) Weiss landed at Harwich …

Faith and Belief in the Civil Service – reflections from the new Champion

Home Office Permanent Secretary Matthew Rycroft

Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, reflects on the diversity of faith and belief communities celebrating and observing religious holidays and festivals during the pandemic, as the new Civil Service Faith and Belief Champion. I am delighted to …

Mental health and internal comms go hand-in-hand

Cal Monaghan, Internal Communications Manager at the Health and Safety Executive, explores the link between internal communications and mental health, and the integral influence on civil servants. For many civil servants, we’ve been incredibly lucky to continue working through the …

Launch of the Civil Service Data Challenge - we want your ideas

Drumroll, folks! The Civil Service Data Challenge seeks bright ideas from civil servants to transform public services and improve policy. So if you’re a data whizz with entrepreneurial dreams, it’s time to prove your prowess. The Civil Service Data Challenge …

NEW SERIES: A Testing Challenge

Professor Tim Atkins, a scientist at Wiltshire’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) spearheaded a remarkable drive to help protect frontline workers.  The national effort to combat COVID-19 sparked an unprecedented cross-government scientific collaboration to protect the health of the UK’s citizens and …

Investing in Diversity and Inclusion

Jenny Munday on why promoting diversity and inclusion is of crucial importance for the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Working in a place that values diversity and inclusion is very important to me. If people feel able to bring their …