by Rachel Smyth | Oct 15, 2025 | Case Studies
A case study on how the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance is finding voice, influence and stronger partnerships across health and care. What did the work set out to achieve? The BNSSG VCSE Alliance Leadership Programme set out to...
by Rachel Smyth | Oct 9, 2025 | Case Studies
Boosting Middle Leaders is a practical leadership development programme run in collaboration with the Local Government Association and designed to strengthen both the capacity of, and connection between, councillors and officers from across the country. Now in its...
by Rachel Smyth | Aug 19, 2025 | Blogs
Now should be the time to reflect, learn and proceed with insight and refreshed practices if the new strategic authorities and the ingenuity of their leaders are to get off to a solid start, writes Max Wide. It has been 14 years since the first strategic authority was...
by Rachel Smyth | Aug 11, 2025 | Blogs
We recently brought together a Community of Practice on Place – a collective of leaders working in local systems, exploring what it means to lead for place when place itself is changing shape. Not simply a geographic label, place was understood as emotional,...
by Rachel Smyth | Jul 14, 2025 | Blogs
It’s a pretty punishing time, some might say ‘impossible’ moment to be a leader in local government. As the demands on public services intensify — with rising inequality, fractured social trust, and complex place-based challenges — the resources to meet them continue...
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