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All England Woodland Resilience Awards now open
The All England Woodland Resilience Awards aim to showcase existing and newly created woodlands which are exemplars of resilience and adaptation. Find out more in this guest blog post. from Simon Lloyd, chair of the Forestry Climate Change Working Group.
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Small projects delivered quickly: how the DDaT team worked to deliver DIT’s priorities in a week!
“Firebreak week allowed us to take some time out of our normal routine, try new things and strengthen our community”. Find out what we worked on in firebreak week
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Launch of the England Trees Action Plan
Sir William Worsley, Chair of the Forestry Commission, reflects on the new England Trees Action Plan.
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Futuristic hyperlapse - how to bring your video subject to life
Video helps us tell stories and connect with people – and that’s why Design102 now offer drone footage, 360 degree photography and hyperlapse video. Learn how hyperlapse video could bring unique and exciting energy to your projects.
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Living with ME
It’s ME Awareness Day! An annual event to learn more about ME and listen to the experiences of those living with ME. Hear from Eleanor Chambers who was diagnosed with ME in her first year at university.
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In conversation with a soil health pioneer
Gabe Brown is this month's podcast guest. The American soil health pioneer and agricultural influencer talks to Janet Hughes about education in farming, shortening supply chains and the six principles of soil health.
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All about you - the One IPO Transformation programme
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched its 'One IPO' Transformation - a five-year programme to transform Intellectual Property (IP) services and enhance the value IPO adds to the UK economy. Debbie Cooke, Head of IPO’s Business Change Team, outlines how developing a world leading IP system can make the UK a more attractive place …
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Conversations we're having
We are invited to join a number of panel discussions, Q&A sessions and webinars, hosted by external organisations. This post contains links to some recent discussions.
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The Future Farming Resilience Fund: supporting farmers through transition
The Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) awards grants to organisations so that they can support farmers and land managers who are in receipt of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments. Today, (25 March) we’re inviting organisations to apply for funding.
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Celebrating the women working in the Forestry Commission: Samantha Pollock
In celebration of the women working in the Forestry Commission Samantha Pollock, Head of Future Woodland Creation Incentives, shares her story.
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Celebrating the women working in the Forestry Commission: Katie Parker
In celebration of the women working in the Forestry Commission Katie Parker the Plant Health Forestry team’s Contracts and Surveys Manager, shares her story.
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Social workers are achieving extraordinary things together
Isabelle Trowler, Chief Social Worker for Children and Families, reflects on her plans for World Social Work Day 2021 and expresses her admiration and respect for everything that social workers do.
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Being instilled with the trust to make the right decisions for families
Farrah Khan MBE and Sharon Davidson, co-chairs of the Principal Child and Family Social Worker (PCFSW) Network, share the values that inspired them to become social workers and reflect on the power of the relationships they have built with families.
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Celebrating the women working in the Forestry Commission: Sarah Radcliffe
In celebration of the women working in the Forestry Commission Sarah Radcliffe, Woodland Officer working in East Northumberland, shares her story of working in the Forestry Commission.
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Celebrating the women working in the Forestry Commission: Cora Pfarre
In celebration of International Women's Day Cora Pfarre, Field Manager working across the South East and London team, shares her story of working in the Forestry Commission.
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NSPCC’s new tool for navigating conversations with children about abuse
The Troubled Families Programme is founded on a ‘whole family’ approach, with children and young people, together with their parents or carers, working alongside a trusted keyworker. Keyworkers lead plans to promote positive change by referring to local services and coordinating other professionals to support interrelated needs. More than 400,000 families have been …
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Your views on our plans for sustainable use of pesticides
We want to know what you think about our revised national action plan for the sustainable use of pesticides. The draft plan covers the next 5 years and aims to minimise the risks and impacts of pesticides to human health and the environment, while ensuring pests and pesticide resistance are managed effectively.
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Living with Non-Visible Disabilities
What is a non-visible disability and what are the ways in which they can affect daily life?
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Whitehall and beyond: find a job at MHCLG Digital
Join our team and help make things better for the people living in your community.
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How do existing screening programmes get modified?
Find out how the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) reviews suggestions for modifications to NHS screening programmes.
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An emerging threat to beech: Petrakia liobae
Petrakia liobae is a disease threatening Beech trees in central Europe. Know what to look out for and how to report suspected findings.
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Freehold management companies: making decisions and managing disputes
Practical guidance for management companies on how to make decisions, manage disputes and deal with common problems.
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Monitoring radioactivity in the environment
The Environment Agency has today published its Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) report, now in its 25th year.
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Going beyond a Lived Experience.
This edition focuses on how Going Forward into Employment have extended their scheme to provide life-chance opportunities to a greater reach of the community.
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MHCLG looking for DDaT professionals for a new Birmingham HQ
The Digital Directorate in MHCLG is still less than three years old but things are going from strength to strength. As Chief Digital Officer, I am particularly proud of what we’ve achieved in this time: we are the highest rated …
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What happened when we stopped having meetings and sending emails
We took advantage of the switch to remote working and tried new working practices in GOV.UK Pay. Our aim was to help people find a balance between work and life that works for them. Here’s what happened.
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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the food chain
In our latest Food for Thought seminar, Dr Edward Haynes (Fera) and Dr Erin Lewis (Food Standards Agency) explore the impact of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the agrifood chain.
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National Plant Health Week: here are the pests and diseases threatening our plants
In the UK, the value that our plants and trees provide to society each year is estimated at £9bn. In reality, plants are priceless. They clean our air, provide 80% of the food we eat and are known to help …
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National Plant Health Week: biosecurity as the first line of defence
Our trees are under threat from an ever-increasing number of damaging pests and diseases. We aren’t helpless to stop this, but we need to start taking action now. These actions can be summed up with one word – biosecurity. Good …
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National Plant Health Week: healthy stock for healthy forests
Alistair Yeomans, Scheme Manager for the Plant Healthy Certification Scheme, writes about the aims of the scheme to help protect from pests and diseases.
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The Food Allergy and Intolerance Research Programme - Dr Paul Turner
A seminar by Dr Paul Turner on food allergy in the UK and the impact of the FSA's Food Allergy and Intolerance Research programme over the past 10 years.
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Wonderful woodlands and why you should create them
Sir Edward Milbank, owner of the Barningham Estate, shares his experience of woodland creation and why he’s responding to the England Tree Strategy consultation.
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First on the scene: meet the people keeping our woodlands healthy
Barnaby Wylder, Tree Health Officer in the Plant Health Forestry Team, writes about the importance of his role to the protection of trees in the UK.
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Not a black and white issue: using racially neutral terms in technology
Why Home Office Digital, Data and Technology are replacing commonly used cyber security terminologies ‘whitelisting’ and ‘blacklisting’ with racially neutral terms such as ‘allow list’ and ‘deny list’.
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Right tree, right place, right reason
Find out more about the UK Forestry Standard and why it plays such an important role in tree planting and sustainable forestry in England.
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Coronavirus: recovering in our courts and tribunals
Susan sets out the steps being taken by HMCTS in shifting focus from the emergency response to one of operational recovery in our courts and tribunals.
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Scottish business, SnapDragon win Queen's Award for Innovation
SnapDragon Monitoring fights fakes online. We identify and remove infringing products from online marketplaces, social media sites, and websites. We use intellectual property (IP) to remove the fakes and the fakers - which is cheap, quick and efficient. Gone are …
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Introducing the GOV.UK Data Labs
The digital world is rapidly changing, and with it, GOV.UK users' expectations of how they should be interacting with our services and information. Data Labs is a newly formed multi-disciplinary team, passionate about using data in innovative ways to fulfil our users' needs and expectations.
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Looking to the future of forestry
Sir William Worsley, Chair of the Forestry Commission, looks at how our work has continued through the coronavirus outbreak and what the next steps are.
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Have your say about environmental change
Guest Author Dr Gabriel Hemery, CEO of the Sylva Foundation and co-ordinator of the British Woodland Survey, invites you to have your say this year.