Skip to main content
GOV.UK
Blog Civil Service
Organisations:
Civil Service
Civil Service

Partnering with industry to support public services

Posted by: Andrew Cullinane, Posted on: 17 June 2020 - Categories: A great place to work
Screenshot of members of the Industry Partnering Volunteer Scheme team taking part in a video hangout meeting.

Andrew Cullinane introduces a new scheme in which the Civil Service partners with industry to give volunteers currently furloughed from their jobs in the private sector the opportunity to work in government and support the delivery of public services.

Read more of Partnering with industry to support public services - 6 comments

My experience as an NHS volunteer responder

Posted by: Rose Odudu, Posted on: 1 June 2020 - Categories: A great place to work

Rose Odudu is one of many civil servants who responded to the call for volunteers to support the NHS and the care sector during the coronavirus pandemic.

Read more of My experience as an NHS volunteer responder - 15 comments

Using my volunteering leave in South Sudan

Posted by: Zamila Bunglawala, Posted on: 28 February 2020 - Categories: A great place to work
Zamila Bunglawala with two women members of the Mothers and Male Change Agents group, in Nymallel.

Zamila Bunglawala talks about her experience of volunteering with charity Concern to support communities in South Sudan.

Read more of Using my volunteering leave in South Sudan

Civil Service Awards 2019 - Week of Winners: Citizenship Award

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team, Posted on: 21 January 2020 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, Skilled people
Mairi Macneil, holding her Citizenship Award, flanked by two award presenters

The second of our blog posts around the 2019 Civil Service Awards focuses on Mairi Macneil, winner of the Citizenship Award.

Read more of Civil Service Awards 2019 - Week of Winners: Citizenship Award - 3 comments

My week volunteering on the healthcare frontline

Posted by: Henry Wadsworth, Posted on: 7 January 2020 - Categories: A great place to work
Henry Wadsworth in an operating theatre dressed in surgical scrubs

Henry Wadsworth used his volunteering leave allowance to shadow and assist staff at a Liverpool hospital. He writes about the experience.

Read more of My week volunteering on the healthcare frontline - 5 comments

My ‘other job’: what Special Leave means to me

Posted by: Louisa Bentley, Posted on: 17 September 2019 - Categories: A great place to work
Special constables standing beside a banner promoting special constable roles in the Metropolitan Police

To mark 19 Civil Service departments signing up to offer 12 days' paid special leave to colleagues volunteering as Special Constables, civil servant Louisa Bentley tells us what the offer means to her.

Read more of My ‘other job’: what Special Leave means to me - 5 comments

Engaging young people in our democratic history and future

Posted by: Mike Bridges, Posted on: 11 February 2019 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion
Graphic with the words Historical Association, Women's Suffrage, History and citizenship resources for schools, superimposed on an image of a figure symbolising the suffrage movement, and a silhouette of the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey

If you have a connection to secondary schools and their students, you can help young people increase their knowledge of the Suffrage Movement and their understanding of UK democracy.

Read more of Engaging young people in our democratic history and future - 1 comment

Making a difference to young people

Posted by: Jake McClure, Posted on: 9 August 2018 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion
Man holding award flanked by three women presenters

Cabinet Office's Jake McClure, currently on a secondment with City & Guilds Group, extols the value of volunteering as an enterprise adviser supporting young people into a career.

Read more of Making a difference to young people - 3 comments

Volunteering in Chad

Posted by: Zamila Bunglawala, Posted on: 31 October 2017 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service
Two women in close up

Zamila Bunglawala describes her experience as a volunteer in Chad with charity Concern.

Read more of Volunteering in Chad

Inspiring our future

Posted by: Simon Baugh, Chief Executive, Government Communication Service, Posted on: 29 June 2017 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion

What does a permanent secretary do? Department for Transport's Simon Baugh found out what some 8-year-olds thought when he accompanied Permanent Secretary Bernadette Kelly to a Primary Futures event.

Read more of Inspiring our future
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • …
  • Page 4
Next page

Related content and links

The Civil Service

The Civil Service does the practical and administrative work of government. More than half of all civil servants provide services direct to the public.

We welcome a range of stories from civil servants to this blog, if you would like to share something then email for details on how to get involved.

Comment Moderation Policy

Categories

  • Civil Service Leaders
  • Find out about job sharing
  • Civil Service Race Forum
  • Civil Service Disability Network

Sign up and manage updates

  • Email
  • Atom

Useful links

  • All GOV.UK blogs
  • All GOV.UK blog posts
  • GOV.UK
  • All departments
  • Accessibility statement
  • Cookies
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated
© Crown copyright