A Modern Civil Service

From Promise to Reality: Our School Nursery Journey

Jessica Crawley and Jasmine Hussain joined the DfE because they believed in its power to change lives — and now they’re seeing that in action, helping to build and expand 3,000 nurseries across England's schools. Let them tell you how …

Brushing up on partnerships: Civil servants secured 23 million toothbrushes to improve kids' health

DHSC’s journey to improve children's dental health in the UK's most deprived areas, transformed through a partnership with Colgate-Palmolive. This initiative directly supports our government's mission to break down barriers to opportunity by giving children the best start in life. …

Heating Up Success: How we're building a Cleaner, Greener Britain

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Sean Pitman, Senior Policy Advisor, Boiler Upgrade Scheme team at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, tells us how he and his team are building a cleaner, greener Britain. The moment I tell people I work on heat …

World Cancer Day: our journeys are unique, but we thrive when united

This year the Civil Service Working Through Cancer Network will show support for World Cancer Day on 4 February by focusing our events on the unique human story behind every cancer diagnosis, and how by uniting we are stronger and …

Five of the best Civil Service online learning courses

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Government Skills online learning business partner, Gail Charlton picks out five of the best courses available to all civil servants. Gail says: “In the past year alone, civil servants completed around 2 million courses from the hundreds available on the …

Navigating Civil Service online tests: what you need to know

Applying for a job in the Civil Service often involves taking psychometric tests.  Psychometric tests measure and assess your abilities and effectiveness in areas like verbal reasoning, judgement, decision making and preferences. These tests are designed to assess candidates fairly, …

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 …