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Prioritising mental health in the workplace  

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A title card that says 'World Mental Health Day 2024'

This year’s World Mental Health Day theme is ‘workplace mental health’. In this post, our colleague Noor talks about some of the mental health initiatives he has led on and been involved in whilst at MHCLG, and shares some insights and tips on how employers can support mental health in the workplace.

My experience on the Summer Internship Programme in MHCLG 

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Megan Edwards, intern in Local Digital, MHCLG

A career in MHCLG Digital is open to everyone regardless of their background. The Civil Service Summer Internship Programme fosters an inclusive environment and welcomes individuals from all academic paths, giving them a chance to experience working in the Civil Service. In this post Megan, healthcare student and summer intern in MHCLG, shares her experience within the Local Digital team.

Taking a bold, innovative approach to tackle the digital and data recruitment challenge 

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Digital and data roles are known to be difficult to fill, not only in government but in the wider sector, due to a shortage of skills and high demand. In this blog post, we share how MHCLG Digital has taken innovative steps and applied digital, user-centred approaches to overcome the challenges associated with digital and data resourcing.

Unlocking collaboration: new ways of working in our delivery community of practice

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In this blog post, Dave O'Gorman, Head of Delivery, sheds light on an innovative approach to asynchronous working in the department's delivery community of practice, and illustrates how they’ve used it to improve their community onboarding process.