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At APSE, we help local councils deliver excellent frontline services. Follow us for news, updates and events. Find out more here: https://apse.org.uk/index.cfm/apse/

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โšก 24 - 25 February 2026, Birmingham Conferences and Events Centre Keeping local authorities up to date on the climate change, energy, and sustainability agenda. ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š! ๐Ÿ‘€ We will be releasing the agenda and booking link over the coming weeks

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ โ™ป๏ธ Tuesday 16 December, 11.00-13.00, MS Teams Hear from WRAP, APSE award winners, a leading LGR case study, and innovative technologies in the last session of the Waste and Recycling Network before Christmas. Sign up here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.surveymonkey.com/r/PK5NHDW

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐Ÿšš Tuesday 9 December, 11.00 - 12.30, MS Teams Hear from APSE award winners and finalists leading on transport decarbonisation, upskilling technicians, fleet graphics, and revenue generation! Book your place here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.surveymonkey.com/r/LSCHMFB

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๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜† โœ… APSE is undertaking research into the economic conditions and challenges facing Scottish island communities. Take the survey here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.surveymonkey.com/r/FBWSRMQ

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๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ APSE is undertaking research that will enable a snapshot to be gained of the provision that local authorities are providing in the UK. The deadline for responses is ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ. Take the survey here ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.surveymonkey.com/r/HQZDFB7

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ โžก๏ธ Friday 21 November 2025, 10.30am - 12.30pm, MS Teams This new network was established to support councils facing reorganisation under the English Devolution White Paper. Click here to attend ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.surveymonkey.com/r/JDM87GS

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๐Ÿšจ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜! ๐Ÿšจ Deputy Head of North Waste Collection and Street Scene - Buckinghamshire Council Full time | Salary up to ยฃ78,540 | Deadline: 23 Nov 2025 Apply here ๐Ÿ‘‰ jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/apply/?jobId...

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ: ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐Ÿ˜๏ธ ๐ŸŒณ Tuesday 18 November, 11:00am -12:30pm, MS Teams Taking place tomorrow! This online meeting is free for APSE members. Book your place here ๐Ÿ‘‡ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐Ÿ“Š There's one month to go until we're back in Blackpool for the UKโ€™s largest local government benchmarking conference! Find out more and book your place here ๐Ÿ‘‡ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ - ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐ŸŒณWednesday 26 November, 13.45-16.00, MS Teams Free for APSE member councils! Find out more and book here ๐Ÿ‘‡ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™‹๐™‹๐™‚ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒโœจ The three categories are: ๐Ÿ† Groups ๐Ÿ† Individuals ๐Ÿ† Schools Submissions close at 3pm on Thursday 8 January 2025. Download an application form here ๐Ÿ‘‡ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐Ÿšจ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜! ๐Ÿšจ Assistant Head of Parks (Technical) - Douglas City Council Full time | 37 hours per week | ยฃ47,980 - ยฃ56,267 | Apply here ๐Ÿ‘‰ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ โ„๏ธ Thursday 9 October, Bradford Join us to hear from leaders and experts in the fields of winter maintenance, climate resilience and adaptation, flood prevention and emergency response. Book you place here ๐Ÿ‘‡ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ โ™ป๏ธ Thursday 23 October Join us in Nottingham - alongside a special ministerial guest - to explore the future of waste and recycling, including simpler recycling legislation and reorganisation. Book your place here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐Ÿค Friday 26 September 2025, MS Teams ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†! This will support councillors and officers who hold responsibility for ensuring support to Armed Forces and Veterans in their locality. Book your place here ๐Ÿ‘‡ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐— โœ Mo Baines, APSE Chief Executive, shares her thoughts on the joint panel session that took place at the recent APSE Annual Seminar, that explored the challenges facing local government across the UK. Read the full article here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.themj.co.uk/relationship...

The relationship between the centre and local councils has to be earned.

At our recent annual conference APSE hosted a panel session joined by colleagues from the Northern Ireland Local Government Association, the Convention of Scottish...

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๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ก๐—ญ ๐ŸŒŸ The awards will be presented at the Big Energy Summit Awards Dinner in Birmingham on Tuesday 24 February. Download an application here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ โšฑ๏ธ 3 September 2025, 2pm - 3.30pm, online via MS Teams Book your place here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.surveymonkey.com/r/JQTNL85

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There's still time to apply to the Living Wage Scotland Awards! APSE is proud to be sponsoring the Living Pension Award this year ๐Ÿ† The closing date for applications is ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿฑ๐—ฝ๐—บ. Find out more here ๐Ÿ‘‡ scottishlivingwage.org/lws-awards/

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๐˜ผ๐™‹๐™Ž๐™€ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™€๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ โ˜€๏ธ Including a preview of this yearโ€™s Annual Seminar, exploring waste and recycling in Gambia, making the West Midlands an exemplary region for disabled people, supporting city town centre recovery, and much more! ๐Ÿ‘€ Read online here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ™ป๏ธ Wednesday 24 September, 14.00-15.30, MS Teams A ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ online meeting for APSE members, looking at how local authorities are helping Wales transition to a circular economy. Book here ๐Ÿ‘‡ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐Ÿ† Closing date: Thursday 2 October The categories are: โœจ Circular Economy Innovation Award โœจ Making โ€˜hard-to-recycleโ€™ easier innovation Award โœจ Innovation in behaviour change Find out more here๐Ÿ‘‡ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐Ÿค Friday 26 September 2025, online via MS Teams Agenda includes: ๐Ÿ’ก Vector24: Removing barriers to support; ๐Ÿ’ก How Leeds City Council support the armed forces community; ๐Ÿ’ก MOD Update Book your place here ๐Ÿ‘‡ apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด - โ€˜๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€โ€™ โšก - 25 September 2025, Reading Town Hall Book your place here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.apse.org.uk/index.cfm/ap...

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๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘ Switch is a modern, cloud-based booking system that helps local authorities manage a wide range of services through one easy-to-use platform. You can find out more here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.switch.dispace.co

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๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐Ÿงน Thursday 30 September, 10.30- 12.30, online via MS Teams Free to attend for APSE members, this network will facilitate debate and discussion relating to local authority street cleansing services. Book here ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.surveymonkey.com/r/V25VR7J

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