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Number of Civil Servants in Scotland - 45660 UK Civil servants 24720 and Scottish government 20940.
Number of departments and agencies in Scotland - 47

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 government partnership networks for those who work in, or are passionate about, continuous improvement; engagement and culture; wellbeing; environmental issues; learning and development; social mobility, counter fraud profession: diversity and inclusion and . If you wish to join one of the networks, please email the team mailbox.

The Scotland and Northern Ireland team are Neil Alton, Heather Flanagan and Mary Crozier.

Team mailbox - cslocalscotlandandnorthernireland@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

How the impact of Covid is changing our workplace

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Whether you have a formal engagement role or are just passionate about improving engagement in your department, take this opportunity to learn about what is taking place across the Civil Service in Scotland to support our colleagues and find out how Covid is changing our workplace culture.

We have speakers from, Insolvency Service, Cabinet Office, Ministry of Defence, Social Security Scotland , Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.  As well discuss as discussing topics linked to engagement and culture, there will be opportunities to talk about what future working practices will look like and share your experience, expertise and ideas on how together we can meet the challenges and opportunities facing our departments.

Join our online events for International Women’s Day

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A week of online events open to all Civil Servants across the UK to celebrate International Women's Day on the 8th March...

Lasting Power of Attorney and Wills - what are they and why do they matter?

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Due to the due to the popularity of these sessions we have added extra dates available to colleagues in any location....

Elections, your vote and why it matters

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We are pleased to invite all civil servants to join our online event on 23 February 2021 where you will hear from a member of the Modern Registration Division about the voting process. Find out more and how to register.

Lasting Power of Attorney and Wills - what are they and why do they matter?

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We are running an event for civil servants in England and Scotland, which will focus on lasting power of attorney and wills. Find out how to book a place...

Data Standards Authority - Show and Tell

We have been working with colleagues from the Government Digital Service and are pleased to invite you to an online session about the work of The Data Standards Authority.

Do you want to make a difference to Scotland's environment?

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  Scotland's Civil Service local environmental network are working in partnership with the Civil Service Environment network. Come along to our next meeting and hear from Zero Waste Scotland and Home Energy Scotland, if you like what you hear you too can join our network

16 Days of Activism against Gender-based violence

Join our online events taking place on 1st, 2nd and 9th December 2020 in support of the United Nations International 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign.

What does devolution mean and why does it matter to you

A great opportunity to bring devolution to the forefront of your minds, to engage with those new to intergovernmental working and to start important conversations about the opportunities presented by devolution.

Join our online event to discuss part time working

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We are pleased to bring you a 2 day online drop in event open to all UK Civil Servants on 1 and 2 December. Find out more about the sessions and how to book

National call up - Diversity and Inclusion Network are you with us

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Diversity and Inclusion Network National call up! Civil Service Local has a newly established national D&I network, you may have attended our CS Connect event “Unity, Not Uniformity” in September.  Listening to your feedback we want to do more by …

Join our events celebrating International Men's Day

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We are proud to offer civil servants the chance to join a number of online events that we are staging to celebrate International Men’s Day (IMD), which takes place on 19th November.