Promoting volunteering is on the agenda of the main political parties and its benefits are broadly recognised. Young Enterprise has a history of training and supporting volunteers effectively and its ...

Newcastle City Council is working with a regional charity to set up what is thought to be the country’s first youth council independent of the local authority. The new body, created with the support ...

Evaluating current cleaning processes should already be part and parcel of a mindset that seeks to consistently meet high standards. However, the fact that the new standard has been in place for just ...

Local authority chief executives and other senior managers have underlined in a new report the link between their ability to recruit and retain good staff and the condition of the local economies in ...