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Kicking off the Cyber Health Framework Alpha phase
During a Cyber discovery in 2020, a Cyber Health Framework was identified as one of the main areas of opportunity to progress into an alpha project, supporting council staff to navigate numerous and sometimes overlapping standards.
Creating a more flexible funding model for the Local Digital Fund
The Continuous Funding Model (CFM) is a more flexible way for funding digital projects through the Local Digital Fund. Find out how it’s been developed, how it works and who can apply.
Announcing our new digital skills training offer
We have developed a virtual training offer that will ensure we can still support local authority staff to learn and develop their digital skills, as well as make it easier to find relevant training opportunities.
A look back at Local Digital in 2020
In this blog post we share just some of LDCU’S 2020 highlights and momentous moments, plus a teaser for what’s coming up in 2021.
Key findings and recommendations from the cyber security discovery
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit Cyber team has come to the end of a two-month discovery into cyber security at local authorities.
We’ve funded 11 collaborative projects through the Local Digital COVID-19 Challenge
We are delighted to announce the 11 projects that will be awarded funding through the Local Digital COVID-19 Challenge.
Our research to help councils with their coronavirus response
The team conducted extensive desk research into how councils across England are communicating their COVID-19 support to residents. Find out more about our approach and what we discovered.
The cyber security pre-discovery: what we’ve learned and what happens now
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit have published their findings from a 40-day pre-discovery into cyber security in local authorities.
