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Inside Policy: Operation Warm Welcome

Rabia Nasimi and Daniel Steel, Afghan Resettlement Team, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

When the Afghan government collapsed in 2021, a significant cross-government effort - Operation Warm Welcome - swung into action to support refugees arriving in Britain to rebuild their lives. Two civil servants describe how they help give Afghans a voice. …

Making caring visible, valued and supported

Younger woman carer hugs older person

Two years after launching the Civil Service Carers’ Strategy, Alex Chisholm and Rebecca Sudworth, Civil Service Carers Champion and Deputy Carers Champion, provide an update on progress.      Welcome to this year’s Carers’ Week – 6 to 12 June. Across the …

Meet the Top Team: We make ministers’ media moments!

Cabinet Office External Affairs and Engagement team

The Cabinet Office External Affairs and Engagement team reveals what goes on behind the scenes to get our ministers out and about meeting people,  making tomorrow’s headlines. Amrita Devaiah - Head of External Affairs and Engagement When it came to …

Civil Service Live: What's on and what to expect

Civil Service Live, 2016 when a delegate asked a question

Civil Service Live is just around the corner with six dates spanning five cities in June and July 2022. Lorraine McBride’s here with a run-down on what’s on. After two years online, Civil Service Live (CSL) is back with an …

Right People. Right Training. Right Job

Image of person embracing the sunrise

The Civil Service has a wealth of learning and development and career opportunities across the UK. Ensuring such prospects don’t pass you by can sometimes be challenging, but here’s how you can avoid the pitfalls. The Civil Service is a …

Why we’ve stopped using the term ‘BAME’ in government

Female High School Teacher Sitting At Table With Students Wearing Uniform Using Digital Tablets In Lesson

Richard Laux and Summer Nisar explain why the UK Civil Service has scrapped the label ‘BAME’ in referring to different ethnic minority groups within society. How we write about race and ethnicity matters a lot. As civil servants, we need …

How wonder of workplace adjustments made life easier

Kerry Twort, Civil Service Workplace Adjustments Service (CSWAS) Policy & Practice CSHR Expert Services, Cabinet Office, Sheffield

To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day on 19 May, Kerry Twort reveals how assistive technology and workplace adjustments have transformed her life for the better. Now she’s even on track to achieve A-grade success. Last year, I started an evening …

Civil Service Live 2022: Meet the Speakers

Andrew Jones, presenting at Civil Service Live

Woohoo! It’s nearly time to take Civil Service Live 2022 on the road. We put the spotlight on some of this year’s guest speakers and hear why they can’t wait to take to the stage. THE POWER OF PENSIONS Whatever …

Uncovering learning in Learning at Work Week

Young disabled woman in wheelchair, enters login while preparing to start e-learning class at home

Pamela Dow on why we needed a comprehensive and meaningful curriculum for the Civil Service, and the campus to deliver it.   Next week is Learning at Work Week (16 to 22 May), celebrating lifelong learning: the knowledge, skills and networks …