2018
- More beans for your buck: Adding value to parks
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Gillian Morgan of Sustain, discusses the value of food growing in parks ahead of their new joint publication with Shared Assets.
- Taking housing to the max
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Larissa Reid, Executive Director at Brighton and Hove City Council talks us through the steps her council is taking to maximise its existing housing stock and improve housing quality.
- Chancellor urged to use the Autumn Budget to fund neighbourhood services
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A new report on English Local Government finance ‘Hollowed out: the impact of financial localisation on neighbourhood services’ has found that by 2019/2020, council tax and business rates will exceed the spending that local government controls by £7 billion per year.
- Embracing a commercial approach to service delivery - APSE at the Public Sector Solutions Expo
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APSE Chief Executive Paul O'Brien will be chairing a panel discussion on commercialisation in local government at Manchester Central on 20 November.
- Winning in Nottingham!
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Announcing the winners of the Environmental Services Innovation Awards 2018 and Streetscene and Horticulture Apprentices of the Year!
- Highlights from the Annual Seminar 2018: Exploring the emerging practices of municipal entrepreneurialism
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As part of APSE’s collaboration with ITN - Future Communities: Greener, Cleaner, Smarter - a camera crew was on hand for the Annual Seminar; speaking to delegates about the challenges and opportunities facing local government.
- Green Great Britain Week
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APSE Energy is helping to highlight Green Great Britain Week, and the important role local government is playing in helping to shape the future of energy.
- Announcing the winners at this year's Local Government Awards Northern Ireland 2018
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The finalist councils in each category were invited to attend the gala awards dinner which followed the NILGA Annual Conference at the Armagh City Hotel, Armagh on Thursday 11 October.
- Antrim Castle Gardens: Local Gem to National Treasure
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We spoke to Ursula Fay, Head of Arts and Culture at Antrim and Newtownabbey Council, about this spectacular transformation.
- Making 'early response’ the norm
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At the APSE Social Care Forum this summer, Damien Cole and Kevin Makambe of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham spoke about successfully redesigning their services from first principles to help ensure early intervention. APSE Principal Advisor for Social Care, Lorna Holland, provides an overview of this pioneering and highly effective scheme.
Promoting excellence in public services
APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.
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