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Failure to consult leaseholders on maintenance contracts
Councils must consult with residents before awarding long-term maintenance contracts to arm’s-length management organisations, a tribunal has ruled. Hackney Council lost a legal battle…
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Community awards on Sustainability
Launched by City Bridge Trust, with support from Lemos&Crane the Growing Localities Awards celebrate projects across London that use nature and green spaces to…
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Winners of the National ALMO awards
The winners of the seventh annual National Federation of Arm’s-Length Management Organisations Awards were announced last night at a ceremony in Manchester. The awards…
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Street Ambassadors
In Wales they are looking at establishing a ‘Street Ambassadors Wales’ scheme with the aim of establishing and supporting a street ambassador in every…
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The power of Story Telling for presenting your ideas
Story telling is useful for the press, for prsenting your report to a scrutinty group and for getting your messages across to management and…
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How to use social media in stakeholder engagement
Here is some useful advise from John Glover which i found on “linked in” Public sector stakeholders use all kinds of social media, and…
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Engaging citizens
Here are some recent essays i came across on a” linked in” page on engaging citizens which you might find useful Volume 10, Issue…
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Filming Council Meetings – encouragement from the CLG
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has issued a plain English guide explaining how members of the public can not only attend council cabinet…
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Scottish Community Engagement Tool
The regulator has now specified community engagement in Scotland, so for those of you north of the border, or interested in improving community engagement,…
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Visit the CIH exhibition in Manchester
Tenants and staff, you can visit the exhibition for free and there will be some free seminars. You can Network with over 7,600 housing…