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Can Rhyl shake its ‘Crap Town’ label and become a short-break star?

It was summertime when Katey Howell, 34, first visited Rhyl, and she was bowled over by a town where everyone…

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Posted in: Public sector Filed under: regeneration, Rhyl, Wales

The apps taking on social care’s ‘broken’ business model

A new breed of technology-driven care providers is slashing costs, but will money be reinvested into care worker salaries? Leila…

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Posted in: Public sector, Social Care, Technology Filed under: adult social care, apps, Social care

Park strife: the battle over local green spaces

As funding for parks shrinks, councils are using them to make money and even selling off land. With locals protesting,…

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Posted in: Public sector Filed under: green space, Local government, Parks, public space

Council includes service users when choosing care providers

In Oxfordshire, people who use supported accommodation and their families sit on panels to select who delivers their care. Brian…

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Posted in: Public sector, Social Care Filed under: accommodation, Disability, grants, learning disability, living, Local government, Oxford, Personalisation, providers, Social care, Social Care Network, Society, submarine, supported, Work practices, yellow

Housing associations cast net widely to find resident-focused recruits

Housing providers are turning to other customer-facing sectors, including retail, to beef up their customer service skills. Housing associations are…

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Posted in: Public sector, Social Care Filed under: care. associations, housing, social

‘Their body, their data’: how portals can put patients in charge

Portals let patients see their own medical information through a secure website. But why have they been so slow to…

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Posted in: Health, Public sector Filed under: Brother, data, health, information, medical, portals, websites

‘We’re preparing for the worst’: urban heads await funding changes

Inner cities are most likely to lose out when the new school funding formula is announced – but leaders don’t…

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Posted in: Education, Public sector Filed under: cuts, Education, funding, headteachers, naht, School funding, Schools, Teacher Network

Charitable misgivings: fundraising and governance in the voluntary sector

Charities are coming under increasing scrutiny over their governance and fundraising tactics, just as they are taking on more vital…

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Posted in: Business, Public sector

I thought I was going to prison, I owed the council that much money

The nightmare for Andrew and Jayne McDonald* began in July 2013, with a letter from their local council. In 2009…

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