Striving to thrive: Councillors' reflections on local democracy
In many ways the title of this research report, produced in collaboration with De Montfort, Staffordshire, Essex and Leeds Beckett Universities, acts as a summary for its main findings.
Whilst local democracy has many challenges, local councillors are working hard for their local communities and supporting political leadership in their local areas. Yet they continue to face many obstacles. In short, they are ‘striving to thrive’ against the challenges of the role.
The research finds that many of the known challenges of being a local councillor continue to frustrate them, and in many ways have arguably been made worse by the continuing demands on services in the face of limited resources and inflationary pressures.
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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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