...able-bodied viewers. Whilst they’re meant to highlight a disabled person’s achievement, they can be unintentionally patronising and promote the idea that disabled people need the help of non-disabled people to...
...to grow the network, expanding our regional locations and building our membership from around 50, to more than 1,000 current members today. A highlight was when I represented the department...
...I’ve supported three Government Ministers at the Department for Transport, and I’ve been promoted to Private Secretary to a Director General. I also volunteer as a wellbeing ambassador for my...
...pension did so online. Today, that figure is a whopping 75%. Team spokesperson Vicky Coatesworth said: “The benefits include an improved customer experience, cheaper maintenance costs and the ability to...
...unique challenges. Today is Young Carers’ Action Day. As part of this event, I wanted to start a conversation across government about the impact that caring responsibilities can have, particularly...
...should be the high standard we expect as the norm in the Civil Service today. This kind of empowering leadership; innovative, joined-up policy and delivery capacity; digital skills and commercial...
...flexible way to improve your core commercial skills, learning alongside thousands of others across the world. Registration is open now. Join today. [MOOC graphic reproduced under Creative Commons Attribution.]...
...Service Effectiveness (InCiSE) Index. Today saw the first publication of that Index, which is available here. The Index compares performance on the core functions that every civil service delivers, such...
...Today’s Civil Service in very different from my early experience. Some criticise it as hierarchical, but we know that we will not get the best from our organisations through top...
...and in some departments impossible - to get promoted unless you could work full-time. Job sharing and flexible working are now common - indeed I have benefited from this myself...
