11 civil servants and a dentist volunteer with Brandon Trust!
11 civil servants from 6 departments, and a dentist, volunteered with Brandon Trust and came away with a sense of achievement, new skills and met some interesting people.
East, South East & London
Number of civil servants in the East South East and London - 152, 290
This breaks down into 21,160 (East), 39,470 (South East) and 91,660 (London).
Number of departments and agencies in the East South East and London - 79.
The East South East and London is a huge geographic area covering from the Norfolk coast to the Isle of Wight, with Greater London at its centre. Whilst London contains the majority of our civil servants, there is a distribution across the whole of the region, with significant pockets of staff in places such as Southampton/Portsmouth, Dover, Hastings, Reading, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Peterborough, Norwich, Ipswich and Southend.
Our CS Local team delivers cross departmental induction, leadership academies and learning/networking events. The blog page below will show you the latest events open for booking, alongside other reports and stories which we think will be of value to you.
We also run cross departmental networks for those who work in, or are passionate about, continuous improvement; engagement and wellbeing; environmental issues; social mobility, diversity and inclusion and citizen outreach. If you wish to join one of the networks, please email the team mailbox.
The East South East and London CS Local Team is led by Ian Barton and can be contacted on their team mailbox - cslocalesel@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Attracting the best
We are looking for a couple of volunteers to represent the Civil Service at a careers fair in Ipswich, helping to attract the best individuals towards a career in the Civil Service.
Helping to make diversity and inclusion top of our agenda
Civil Service Local in the East of England is holding a new Discovery Session on Tuesday 26 January 2016 at Eastbrook, Cambridge in order to support greater cross-departmental working on Diversity and Inclusion - find out more!
Let's talk change
Love it or loath it change is a fact of life and we all need to deal with it whether in our business areas, the way we work, even outside of work. Join our next discovery session
First impression – a really good discovery session
30 civil servants from across London attended our latest Discovery Sessions at which employability skills were explored and delegates were shown how they can use their skills in our communities; preparing students for the world of work and helping vulnerable …
London School Volunteering Options – Come and make a difference!
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Volunteering can make a real difference to the lives around you, whilst adding something great to your life and of course your CV! We want to ensure that Civil Servant volunteers who are thinking about giving some of their time …
Secure that Job!
Due to popular demand, we are holding our third 'Secure that job' discovery session this month. This will help you to get the best use of CS Jobs, with top tips on making your job application stand apart from others. This …
Schools, snakes and sweatshops!
Connecting with our local communities through volunteering with schools and community organisations not only promotes awareness of how our work supports the public, it helps citizens access the services we provide.
Secure that job!
This Discovery Session will advise you how best to use Civil Service Jobs, with top tips on making your job application stand apart from others.
Train the Trainers - employability skills!
The next discovery session will equip you with the techniques you need to share your employability skills with schools, colleges and vulnerable groups as a Civil Service volunteer.
Making a difference
Volunteering is one way to make a difference, in so many ways. As well as helping others, it can boost your confidence, show how you have enhanced your personal and teamwork skills, used your talents in a new environment and much more.....
Inspiring primary school children
We are looking for volunteers to give motivational talks in primary schools in Peterborough and Norwich. Working alongside other civil servants you will be advocating the Civil Service and encouraging a positive work ethic.
Volunteers still needed at Civil Service Live London
There has been a tremendous response to our call for volunteers and we have enough for the events outside of London. In London more are needed!
Volunteer: Be a Digital Champion
We are looking for volunteers in Cambridgeshire to become 'digital champions' in the community who will support and encourage first time users of computers and the internet - which will help tackle social isolation and make a more inclusive digital society.
Find out more about the work of Parliament
If you'd like to know more about how Parliament works, then why not sign up for one of our upcoming discovery sessions
Stepping outside the zone - Primary Schools
3 departments recently visited a Primary School in Luton to encourage students to be good citizens and raise higher job aspirations
Volunteer: help others beat loneliness in later life
The National Visitors Network are looking for volunteers to befriend older people who may be experiencing loneliness or social isolation.
Volunteer: Lab in a Lorry Bury St Edmunds
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...how fibre optics work. It also gave me the confidence that I could be a STEM Ambassador for my son’s school. If I could engage and enjoy doing physics with...
Getting engaged with the Ministry of Justice
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...outside of the MoJ. For example, Richard Mortimer, MoJ’s Head of Employee Engagement, reflected on the department’s People Survey results in 2014 and the progress it has made in employee...
How Civil Service Local helped me progress
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...4 days of hard work, being pushed out of my comfort zone, having the opportunity to work with colleagues from other government departments and giving a presentation to a group...