2025
- November / December 2025 APSE Direct
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Transforming adult social care delivery with generative artificial intelligence - Neath Port Talbot Council, p8
Annual Seminar 2025 - A summary of this year’s event in Glasgow, p14
The UK’s most advanced MRF – a council collaboration Richard Dobbs, Sherbourne Recycling, p26
School Safe Haven Zones - Derby City Council, p30
Coed Caerdydd - Cardiff’s urban forest programme, p36
Innovating with Nature: Stronger Shores Approach to Coastal Resilience - Emily Ross, Project Delivery Officer, South Tyneside Council, p38
Developing a local area energy plan for Lancaster - Susanna Dart, Principal Climate Policy Officer, Lancaster City Council, p40
State of the Market Survey on Local Authority Allotments - Matt Ellis, APSE Principal Advisor, p43
Securing the future of public swimming pools - Swim England, p46
Converting vacant student housing to provide temporary accommodation for families - Derby City Council, p48
- Summer 2025 APSE Direct
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Restricting the appeal and availability of junk food - APSE and the TCPA, p8
Exploring waste and recycling in Gambia - Bonni Jee, APSE Principal Advisor, p10
Cleaner, greener, resilient neighbourhoods - A look ahead to the APSE Annual Seminar 2025, p12
Ageing well Swansea - Rhys Ananicz, Ageing Well Partnership and Involvement Co-Ordinator, Swansea Council, p18
Supporting city and town centre recovery - Matt Miller, APSE Executive Consultant, p22
Attracting and retaining talent - Sheenagh Rees, Head of People and Organisational Development, Neath Port Talbot Council, p28
Mentoring with APSE Solutions - Lucia Gervis, APSE Client Coordination Officer, p32
Growing the council’s disabled staff network - Emily Randall, Public Health Lead, Commissioning, East Riding of Yorkshire, p34
The people behind the progress - Steven Ford, Corporate Director SPS Strategy, Performance and Sustainability, Dorset Council, p36
- Aviemore 2025 APSE Direct
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Aviemore preview - Louise Melville, APSE Principal Advisor, p9
Working with the construction industry to deliver cleaner air - Jason Andrews and Andrew Gordon, London Borough of Merton, p17
A call for systems thinking in sustainable highways - Dr Helen Bailey, University of Derby, p18
The retrofit agenda: carbon, cost or quality? - Ed Green and Simon Lannon, Welsh School of Architecture, p22
Tackling air pollution in Richmond - Cllr Alexander Ehmann, p29
Allergen management - Sadia Khan, Food Standards Agency, p39
Hackney’s solar microgrid pilot - Jason Powell, Head of Operations, Hackney Light and Power, p42
- Spring 2025 APSE Direct
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‘Find your path’ - Gen Z recruitment campaign, p8
New ash dieback guidance for local authorities launched - The Tree Council, p10
Supporting employability in South Ayrshire, p12
APSE National Apprentice of the Year Awards 2025, p16
Grassland management - A guide for local councils, p18
Walsall’s award winning local energy advice programme, p20
Parks State of the Market - Matt Ellis, APSE Principal Advisor, p23
- Winter 2025 APSE Direct
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Swindon’s Food Waste Service - Cllr Chris Watts, p8
Performance Networks Awards, p13
Do natural burials contribute to ecosystem services - Dr Mark Pawlett, p20
The NightLight Crisis Cafe - Stevenage Borough Council, p22
Evolving and expanding recycling services for a greener London Borough of Hounslow - Dan Smyth, Lampton Services, p24
Delivering our urban community forest - Plymouth City Council, p27
New poll by Survation on behalf of APSE, p32
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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