2018

Future Communities: Greener, Cleaner, Smarter: The Assocation for Public Service Excellence presents 'Future Communities: Greener, Cleaner, Smarter', a collaboaration with ITN Productions.

Announcing the winners of the APSE Annual Service Awards 2018: The winners were announced at a ceremony in Edinburgh on Thursday 13 September.

Developing an award winning service: Winner of the Best Cemetery and Crematorium Service Award at the APSE Annual Awards 2017, the team at Kettering Borough Council have reinvented their service. Team Manager, Cameron Galloway, spoke to APSE Direct about the team’s achievements.

Congratulations and a warm welcome to Hoopers Genealogists - Our new Approved Partners: Hooper Geneologists are celebrating the news that the company has been officially named as an APSE Approved Partner.

Underground refuse bins: A beacon of best practice: The Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service is working in partnership with the University of Cambridge to launch the largest underground bin system in the UK. Rebecca Weymouth-Wood, Waste Policy, Change and Innovation Manager, spoke to APSE Direct about this bold new initiative

Welcoming Bartec Auto ID - New APSE Approved Partners: Yorkshire-based service management software supplier Bartec Auto ID is celebrating the news that the company has been officially named as an APSE Approved Partner.

Bridging the local government funding gap: South Staffordshire Council’s quest to be financially sustainable by 2020

A lot to consider with the state of allotments: APSE has released its latest State of the Market Survey 2018 on Allotments.

APSE on BBC's Countryfile: Countryfile's Charlotte Smith looks at the threat to our country parks from council funding cuts. The report includes a reference to APSE's 2018 State of the Market Report on Parks, including the Report's 'Graph of Doom'

The APPG Excellence in School Food Award now open for entries: The APPG Excellence in School Food Award will showcase innovation in school catering.

Food for thought: School holiday meal provision: We spoke to Lindsay Graham, child food poverty policy advisor, about the steps being made to provide food to children from low income families during the school holidays.

Top of the Class

Top of the Class

Announcing the finalists for the APSE Overall Council of the Year award 2018.

Welcoming Finders International - New APSE Approved Partners: Finders International, leading professional probate genealogists, is delighted to announce is official partnership with APSE.

Making fuel poverty history: Dealing with our national home energy efficiency problem requires bold action, says Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Alan Whitehead MP.

Introducing the Deposit Return Scheme in Scotland: We spoke to David Barnes, Programme Manager in Litter and Flytipping at Zero Waste Scotland, about how this new scheme can help Scotland turn the tables on litter for good.

Announcing the finalists of the APSE Annual Seminar 2018!: The Awards, now in their eighteenth year, celebrate the very best in local government.

Governing England: devolution and public services: Martin Rogers, Policy Advisor at the British Academy, investigates how devolution in England is working in practice and the impact its having on local authorities.

Passivhaus: Exeter City Council leading by example: We spoke to Emma Osmundsen, Shadow Director (Development) and Client Lead (Build) at Exeter City
Council, about Exeter’s emergence as a world leader in sustainable developments.

Striking gold: redeveloping facilities for the public good: We spoke to Richard Shwe, Deputy Chief Executive (Commercial and Development) at St Albans City and District Council about generating a new income stream through redevelopment of leisure and cultural facilities.

APSE on BBC's Rip Off Britain: APSE Chief Executive Paul O’Brien was interviewed on BBC One’s Rip Off Britain on 25 June defending the right of councils to introduce charges for garden waste.

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.