Communities of Practice for Public Service

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• Apply to join National Substance Misuse Network for Wales Started: Sep 2011 | 23 members
  Lead organisation: Substance Misuse Action Wales
  Lead facilitator: David Evans

  A network for specialist and non-specialist workers in the field of substance misuse in Wales, service users and carer groups. A resource to share good practice and develop ideas to support people affected by substance misuse, and to help improve the commissioning and delivery of services.

• Apply to join New and Emerging Communities Action Network (N.E.C.A.N) Started: Mar 2010 | 24 members
  Lead organisation:
  Lead facilitator: Claudette Dyce

  To support effective and co-ordinated action across the City, in sharing and disseminationg infomration that supports the needs of New and Emerging Communities

• Apply to join Newcastle Child Poverty Network Started: May 2011 | 40 members
  Lead organisation: Newcastle City Council
  Lead facilitator: Janette Brown

  The Newcastle Child Poverty Network aims to work towards the prevention and mitigation of the impact of Child Poverty within the city. Members are those who are working across the public, private and voluntary sectors and have a role to play in tackling poverty in their day-to-day business.

• Join North East Scotland Climate Change Partnership Started: Feb 2011 | 21 members
  Lead organisation:
  Lead facilitator: Kelly Wiltshire

  Partnership to share best practice and work together to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change in the North East of Scotland

• Apply to join Northern Financial Inclusion Community of Practice Started: Nov 2009 | 59 members
  Lead organisation: Stockport Homes
  Lead facilitator: Carole Jackson

  The community is an online space dedicated to enabling those working in Financial Inclusion within the North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humberside areas to share best practice and collaborate on Financial Inclusion.

• Join ONS Regional and Local Statistics Started: May 2011 | 726 members
  Lead organisation: Office for National Statistics
  Lead facilitator: Steve Mead

  This community is open to all users in local government and the wider public sector with an interest in regional and local statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics. In addition to guidance and information, it includes updates on article and dataset releases and provides a platform for discussion and feedback.

• Apply to join Participation with Children and Young People (Kent) Started: Jun 2007 | 124 members
  Lead organisation:
  Lead facilitator: Noel Hatch

  This community will enable Kent County Council officers and partners to network with peers by sharing ideas, experience and practice to enhance existing participation activity with children and young people.

• Join Performance management Started: Nov 2006 | 2206 members
  Lead organisation: LG Group
  Lead facilitator: Adrian Barker

  Our purpose is to share emerging practice in performance management and to create a network of support those who wish to improve performance and PM in their council or local area. We will focus on innovation in performance management and PM implementation as well as signposting and highlighting existing resources.

• Join Policy and Performance Started: Nov 2006 | 4195 members | This community has 3 sub-communities
  Lead organisation: LG Group
  Lead facilitator: Ingrid Koehler

  Our purpose as a community is to share ideas and practice on developing and implementing better performance management and improvement policy. We want to develop a network which supports its members in developing and implementing practice and policy in support of improvement. You may be interested in joining this group if your work supports policy development or performance in a local authority or partner organisation.

• Apply to join Powys Data Observatory (PDO) Started: Oct 2009 | 31 members
  Lead organisation:
  Lead facilitator: Di Greaves

  The Powys Data Observatory (PDO) is the joint statistical data sharing and research network of the Powys Local Service Board (LSB) and Thematic Partnerships. The COP will consist of members of the Powys Data Observatory and the Thematic Partnership group to which the PDO is accountable.

• Join Research for Cambridgeshire Started: Mar 2010 | 126 members | This community has 1 sub-community
  Lead organisation: Cambridgeshire County Council Research Group
  Lead facilitator: Hendrik Grothuis

  This community encourages networking across Cambridgeshire for all interested partner organisations that are involved in socio-demographic and local government research.

• Apply to join Scottish Borders - Analysis, Information, Research and Engagement (SB-AIRE) Started: Apr 2010 | 39 members
  Lead organisation:
  Lead facilitator: Heidi Goodship

  General Information-sharing and Community Engagement Community for the Scottish Borders

• Apply to join Scottish Group: Employability & Tackling Poverty Learning Network Started: Jan 2009 | 425 members | This community has 1 sub-community
  Lead organisation: Scottish Government
  Lead facilitator: Heather Smith

  This network is for Scottish local authorities and their community planning partners. Members can use this forum to provide practical assistance to those working at a local level to tackle poverty and make people more employable.

• Apply to join Scottish Group: Life Stage Outcome Planning in West Lothian Started: Oct 2008 | 43 members
  Lead organisation:
  Lead facilitator: Bob Stead

  In West Lothian, the approach being taken to the Single Outcome Agreement is one which will focus on delivering quality of life improvements for residents at particular life stages. This CoP supports joint working between community planning partners in West Lothian who are working on the Life Stage Outcome Planning model. The community is restricted to members of the West Lothian Community Planning Partnership.

• Apply to join Scottish Group: Town Centres and Local High Streets Learning Network Started: Jan 2009 | 244 members
  Lead organisation: The Scottish Government - Scottish Centre for Regeneration
  Lead facilitator: Lesley Thomson

  This network is for those working at a local level to improve town centres and local high streets across Scotland. It connects people and organisations with an active interest in developing vital and vibrant town centres and local high streets in Scotland and provides practical assistance to people involved in decision-making and in the front-line delivery of services.