Socitm 2025: The year in review
Governance We continue to strengthen the way Socitm is governed As a management team we have made several changes … Read more
Nations and regions news, July 2025
A supplementary edition of nations and regions news, which appears in Socitm’s annual magazine, In Our View, with recent … Read more
Event roundup: President’s Conference, 10-11 June 2025
Celebrating hard work, our sector and our community What an honour it is to be standing here as your … Read more
Nations and regions news, May 2025
A supplementary edition of nations and regions news, which appears in Socitm’s annual magazine, In Our View, with recent … Read more
Nations and regions news, April 2025
A supplementary edition of nations and regions news, which appears in Socitm’s annual magazine, In Our View, with recent … Read more
Socitm’s AI benchmarking pilot and Coventry City Council’s use of AI
Challenges Several challenges were identified by Socitm and Coventry regarding AI implementation: Approach Step 1 – Microsoft 365 Copilot … Read more
Nations and regions news, March 2025
A supplementary edition of nations and regions news, which appears in Socitm’s annual magazine, In Our View, with recent … Read more
Nations and regions news, February 2025
A supplementary edition of nations and regions news, which appears in Socitm’s annual magazine, In Our View, with recent … Read more
How Socitm benchmarking supports data-driven decision making – Argyll and Bute Council
Q. Why did you start using Socitm’s benchmarking service? I have been with Argyll and Bute Council since 2004. … Read more
Socitm benchmarking survey exposed a need for transformation support – Dorset Council
Q. As a relatively new unitary authority formed in 2019, what were your reasons for using Socitm’s benchmarking and … Read more
Using Socitm benchmarking to transform a service desk operation – Argyll and Bute Council
Q. How has Socitm benchmarking helped you improve your service desk operation? Six years ago, we noticed that our … Read more
Redefining engagement and shaping policymaking – NILGA
Challenges This project aimed to enhance how local councils consider community needs in policy-making. The CLI model prioritises lived … Read more
Data charter and AI technologies – Camden Council
Challenges The council encountered challenges in collecting and using residents’ personal data, including equality data, for the planning and … Read more
Fostering inclusive growth – Leeds City Council
Challenges Lack of understanding of population outcomes and the absence of outcome data to inform an inclusive growth strategy. … Read more
Tech-tastic tale! Ctrl+Alt delivering digital transformation – Brent Council
Challenges Digital exclusion: An independent review in 2020 found that 19% of adults in Brent did not have access … Read more
BarNet Zero campaign – Barnet Council
Challenges Approach Discussions about climate change at the Barnet’s Citizen Assembly, led to five themes to help drive Barnet’s … Read more
