We’re pleased to announce the launch of a private beta of two new council-led digital planning products, funded by MHCLG’s Local Digital Fund. This is an exciting step towards 21st Century digital planning systems that use data and human-centred design …
Earlier this year, we launched a library of online training courses to support our local government colleagues to learn and develop their digital skills while working remotely. A core part of this training offer is a selection of funded courses: …
During the cyber security discovery last year, we identified five areas of opportunity for MHCLG to support councils in improving their cyber health. One of these areas was technical remediation: providing support to councils identified through the survey on mitigating …
In June 2020 the Local Digital Cyber team completed a discovery into cyber security at local authorities. We found that: There are many cyber standards, but no clear baseline. An effective cyber baseline must encompass culture, leadership and ‘cyber first’ …
Since 2018, the Local Digital Collaboration Unit (LDCU) has funded 35 projects through multiple phases of work and across five rounds of funding - including our relatively recent C-19 Challenge. Through the Local Digital Fund, we’ve given out nearly £5 …
Authored by Sam Villis, Collaboration Manager at the Local Digital Collaboration Unit Prior to the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020, we worked with the Digital Academy at GDS to offer digital skills training to our declaration signatories. Due to the …
In the year that the Local Digital movement turned two years old, we saw some huge shifts as a team and as a department. Although COVID-19 response dominated our focus in 2020, there were also plenty of positive developments and …
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit Cyber team has come to the end of a two-month discovery into cyber security at local authorities. The purpose of the discovery was to investigate how MHCLG might support local authorities to reduce the incidence …
In July, the Local Digital Collaboration Unit celebrated the second anniversary of the Local Digital Declaration. We hosted a month-long celebration to thank our signatories and partners for all their hard work and promoted some of the amazing digital stories …
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit at MHCLG is delighted to announce the 11 projects that will be awarded funding through the Local Digital COVID-19 Challenge. This special edition of the Local Digital Fund was launched to support data and digital …
