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A National Spotlight
Number of UK civil servants - over 440,000
Number of departments and agencies - 43 departments and over 300 agencies and public bodies.
Our CS Local team delivers cross departmental induction, leadership academies and learning/networking events. This blog page will show you the latest national events open for booking. To see events specific to an area, please use the links to our local area teams on the right hand side of the page. From there you will find team mailboxes, but for general enquiries please use cslocal@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.
Announcing our National Academy Showcase
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A National Spotlight, Cymru Wales, East, South East & London, Midlands, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South West England
7 years - 31 talent academies - 1,600 leaders - over 30 departments and agencies - 250 facilitators. We are inviting those who have been involved to meet to reflect on and celebrate our success.
Mental Health: it does not have to be a difficult conversation
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A National Spotlight, Cymru Wales, East, South East & London, Midlands, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South West England
In October The Charity for Civil Servants launched a chatbot, ‘DogBot’ and their Wellbeing Hub. These tools brought together their most popular wellbeing self-help resources, enabling users to identify, choose and receive information direct to their inbox. Additional and refreshed …
CS Local Scotland support Vulnerable Young People
Civil Service Local and MCR Pathways mentoring charity want to share with you the incredible power in small actions. Every person can create a wave of change that resonates for a lifetime - join us and find out how.
Banish the winter blues!
Team Chaffinch from our 2017 Junior Leaders Academy share some wellbeing tips to help banish the winter blues.
Building A Brilliant Civil Service
One of the highlights of our recent conference was sharing some of the amazing things we’ve been doing throughout the year, moments that have made us proud and which we could not have done without the help of all our fantastic helpers and supporters.
Celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Making ourselves as inclusive as possible and inspiring our colleagues to be as inclusive as possible too, always looking to make things better for others in the future.
Christmas Jumper Day
Dig out your festive woollies (yes the one hidden in the back of your wardrobe) to support The Charity for Civil Servants’ Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 13 December
A Spotlight on Tell Us Once
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A National Spotlight, Cymru Wales, East, South East & London, Midlands, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South West England
The Tell Us Once service was designed to make things simpler for bereaved families. Find out more about the service here.
#TalkMoney – Your Guide to Financial Capability
Today (12 November) the Charity for Civil Servants is launching ‘JaneBot’, a fun, interactive, virtual money advisor. JaneBot has access to a host of information, digital tools, calculators and downloads to help you make the most of your money.
Get yellow
There is still time to ‘Get Yellow’ ‘Get Yellow’ is The Charity for Civil Servants’ annual community fundraising week, which has been taking place this week, 29 October to 2 November! This year the annual fundraising event coincided beautifully with …
Use your volunteering days
As Christmas approaches, it is an especially important time to spare a thought for people more vulnerable than ourselves.
Mental Health: It doesn’t always have to be a difficult conversation
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A National Spotlight, Cymru Wales, East, South East & London, Midlands, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, Scotland
On 17 October The Charity for Civil Servants is launching a Wellbeing Hub and Chatbot, affectionately known as ‘Dogbot’.
Would you like to dance
It is National Inclusion Week so who are you going to ask to dance
Help and Advice Webinars from The Charity for Civil Servants
A series of Help and Advice Webinars from The Charity for Civil Servants will start next Tuesday, 18 September. The first will focus on ‘Looking After Your Wellbeing’. All webinars are free to access for all current, former and retired civil servants.
Inspiring each other
Kathie talks about the first 10 months leading the CS Local team - and follow the link to read the 2018 Quarter 1 report and see what the team has been doing
Do the funky chicken
Team Chaffinches are introducing the funky chicken exercise as part of a new interactive wellbeing toolkit for civil servants being launched today to help make wellbeing easy, fun and accessible. Please be assured that no chickens were hurt in this exercise.
Support for those with hearing and visual impairments
Join the Civil Service Hearing and Visual Disability Networks to increase awareness of hearing/visual impairment issues and raise and address specific concerns related to hearing/visual impairment across the Civil Service.
Carers Week 2018
This week is National Carers Week. There are over 6 million carers in the UK, 1 in every 8 of the working population, providing essential support to a relative, partner or friend in need. Many people are carers without even knowing it and many are unaware of the help that’s available.
Thank you for volunteering
As Volunteers Week comes to an end we’d like to say a big thank you to the thousands who have volunteered with us. From the feel good factor to developing new skills, the benefits of volunteering are numerous.