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
Team mailbox - cslocalnw@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Do you want to learn more about devolution? This Discovery Session aims to explain how devolution is relevant to your work and will let you know where to go for more information on devolved matters.
Are you looking for a new challenge after the summer? This autumn you could help Andy Ashworth bring two new ideas to life and bring some joined-up help and support to people in our community.
Read about my thoughts when working on secondment in a completely different department. It was a challenge!
Following our win at last year's Civil Service Awards, we recently joined colleagues from across government to celebrate 10 years of these prestigious awards. At the fantastic event at Lancaster House, I was reminded once again of the incredible work done by civil servants – something we should celebrate much more often. The night also marked the launch of this year's awards and nominations are open until 07 August.
On 22nd July, 4 civil servants from the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) visited Trinity Buckshaw primary school, and brought along some unusual colleagues . . .
Our popular Exchange to Change and People Connection programmes are looking for new civil servants like you to get involved. It's a great opportunity to learn from another government department - with an individual or a team.
What is dementia? How does it affect people’s lives? What can we do to help? These were among the questions answered at a discovery session in Blackpool hosted by the Dementia Friends campaign.
A team of volunteers from four different government departments has given students a taste of life in the Civil Service and helped to prepare them for the world of work.
There were no signs of a post-election hangover as an assembly of civil servants from across the North West attended a Discovery Session in Preston on the workings of Parliament. Simon Jolley joined them.
Do you know someone whose life has been touched by dementia? This Discovery Session will help you to understand more about it, and how you can provide help and support to people in your community who are living with the disease.
John Pendlebury tried hard to progress in his career for many years – without success. Then he met Gemma Harris through People Connections, and things started to look up . . . .
Our 2015 Academy will be held from 22 to 25 September in Chester. Nominations need to be in by 15 July 2015 so look out for more information in your workplace about how to apply.
How resilient are you? How do you cope under stress? These are questions I have asked myself, and a discovery session gave me the chance to find out.
A wonderful day of fundraising for our Government Access Point project partners at St Catherine's Hospice in Preston. I found out the hard way what undulating means and was reminded of the dedication and true spirit of Civil Service Local - all on the back of a bike.
Our Government Access Point project aims to ease the burden for hospice patients and their families at a very difficult time. Two members of the team talked to us about their experiences . . .
With only five months to go until our fourth Academy event in September, our new facilitators share their initial thoughts with us.
Sarah Blair and Craig Greensmith took part in an inspiring young people project and found their optimism a “shot in the arm”.
Jayne Krol shares her Ten Top Lessons resulting from her work so far with Civil Service Local where she has taken overall responsibility for promoting cross-government collaboration and leading all our citizen-focused activities in the north west of England.
Twelve year 10 students from Maghull High School have just completed a 6 week Inspiring Young People project with the help of six volunteers from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Mandy Morris tells us how her first experience of leading a project in a prison involved mentoring new team members, motivating offenders – and eating lots of chocolate!
