Local Government Association

Employers’ Secretary, Naomi Cooke 18 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ Telephone 020 7187 7335 e-mail: [email protected] Employees’ Secretary

Our council assurance and peer support programmes support councils to harness opportunities and drive improvements.

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Lambeth is a complex borough with people from a wide range of religious, language, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. These facts presented both opportunities and challenges in our communications campaign to support surge testing.

Following reports of disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on people from Black, Asian and other ethnic backgrounds, Camden Council formed a working group to investigate.

Discrimination can be direct or indirect – which is why care must be taken when for example, making a change or in reviewing employment policy

To support May’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Simon Blake, Chief Executive of Mental Health First Aid England, reflects on how the last year has made us focus on mental health and wellbeing and suggests ways that employers can learn from this as we start to reshape our work and workplaces.

“Connectivity and digital issues are hot topics in rural areas, especially in the wake of the global COVID 19 pandemic which saw a massive increase in demand for technology, connectivity and digital services.”