For OCD Awareness Week (13 to 19 October), Paul Carter from Civil Service HR interviewed leading OCD therapist Katie d’Ath to raise awareness of a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder...
...improve your sense of wellbeing. 1. Appreciation Create an Appreciation Tree/Wall for your office where staff members can thank colleagues for work they have done. This can improve staff and...
...services for UK citizens and better value for money for the taxpayer. The government spends around £44 billion each year on contracts with third-party providers. That money is used to...
...time in homeless shelters, all of which they find rewarding in deeply meaningful ways. For myself, having previously worked for the UN in Sudan and Nepal, I wanted to continue...
Sue Owen, Permanent Secretary for DCMS and the Civil Service Diversity Champion This year is the 25th anniversary of DCMS. For its first five years, it was the Department for...
...experiences and put forward recommendations for change. This is the first time such an initiative has been available in England and Wales. It is part of the Inquiry, which was...
Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport and Civil Service Disability Champion I am absolutely delighted to be taking on the role of Disability Champion across the Civil...
...major property schemes, such as Crown Courts, and provided space planning (remember that?) for offices. The next big shock for civil servants was the introduction of the open-plan concept, enabled...
...but she reassured me: “You’ve done the right thing asking for help. The first step is always the hardest.” And she was right. Triple whammy Fast-forward a few mental health...
...for inspiring speaker sessions rich with opportunities. Civil Service Live is one of Europe’s biggest corporate training events, unlike any other. It offers tailored learning and development created for civil...
