Number of civil servants in the North West - over 55,000
Number of departments and agencies in the North West - 38
The North West covers all the major cities and towns in the five counties of North West England; Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Merseyside.
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.
We also run cross departmental networks for those who work in, or are passionate about, continuous improvement; wellbeing; environmental issues; diversity & inclusion; social mobility; learning & development; SCS. If you wish to join one of the networks, please email the team mailbox.
The North West of England CS Local Team are Alan Murphy, Diane Coates, Fiona Gilbert and Tom Howarth
With effect from 1 April 2022, Civil Service Local is no longer in operation.
We would like to thank you for working with us over the last 11 years, it has been a pleasure working in partnership with so many different civil servants across the full range of departments and agencies, and across the whole country.
We are really excited to announce the launch of our new Northwest Modernisation & Reform Network, the network with be the engine to drive modernisation and reform activities across the Northwest.
This is an exciting time for the civil service, promising lots of new opportunities for colleagues throughout the north west. But how much do you know about these programmes? And how can you be ready to take advantage of them?
The North West Civil Service Local Diversity and Inclusion network proudly present – Allyship – What does it mean?, the importance of Allyship and how you can become an Ally.
Join the Civil Service Eating Disorder Network for an introductory session to their network, where they will discuss what eating disorders are, the signs and symptoms, and how they may affect someone in the workplace
Do you worry about your carbon footprint? Are you keen to live a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle? Come along to hear from the NW Environment Network, and a range of local businesses, and pick up some fresh ideas.
Join Civil Service Local in conjunction with Prostate Cancer UK for our powerful awareness event - aimed at both men and anyone who knows a man aged 45 or over - on prostate cancer.
You asked, we listened: the Continuous Improvement (CI) Network's Voice of the Customer survey identified topics of interest to you. We have used that insight to develop a series of engaging Lunch and Learn sessions, taking a closer look at some key CI techniques.
We are pleased to bring you two dates for Introduction to Parliament courses, being delivered by the Parliamentary Capability Team in Cabinet Office. These are open to any UK civil servant and particularly useful for those new to the Civil Service or new to learning about Parliament.
Are you an AA, AO or EO? Do you want to develop your leadership potential? Do you have the ambition and qualities to progress into a leadership position? Would you like to collaborate with civil servants from other departments?
The Future Leaders Academy 2021 is getting ready...Are you enthusiastic, energetic and a good communicator then you could be one of our next facilitator/coaches
Learn about the benefits of the Digital Economy Act 2017 and the benefits of data sharing. Join this session run by the Scottish cross government counter fraud network on 1 September.
We will be launching our next Reach programme on 21 September 2021. The CS Local North West Reach programmes are for AA, AO, EO or HEO part time and/or term time workers and are designed to help encourage staff to reach their full potential.
We are committed to ensuring that wherever possible our events are accessible to all participants. If you have any requirements that would help you access our services, please let us know and we will endeavour to make any reasonable changes.
Please let us know if we are doing something that would discourage you from using our services.
We support recruitment practices to help make sure our workforce in locations around the country reflects the make-up of the local community.
