The latest meeting of the Joint Social Services Taskforce (JSST) was held on Thursday 30th January. Read what COSLA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care and JSST Co-chair, Councillor Paul Kelly, had to say on the meeting here: https://lnkd.in/d3F5ut6a
About us
COSLA’s purpose is to be the national voice for local government in Scotland and its high priority work areas reflect its commitment to promote the position of local government as the legitimate tier of governance closest to the people of Scotland and, very importantly, to take the lead in shaping the future of local government and ensuring that local Councils remain at the heart of public service delivery. COSLA aims to enable elected members of different political groups to have the opportunity to contribute to COSLA’s work and to participate fully to the development of policies for local government, which represent, as far as possible, consensus between the political groups. The system is designed to ensure that councillors can be involved in the policy development process. In parallel with councillor involvement, professional associations and officers provide professional expertise to assist in the policy development process. The Convention is the ruling body which has overall control of COSLA's policy and direction. It consists of representatives from all member councils and political groups represented within Scottish Local Government. The Convention meets four times a year in different venues throughout Scotland. COSLA also acts as the employers' association on behalf of its members councils, negotiating salaries, wages and conditions of service for local government employees in Scotland with the relevant trade unions.
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- Government Relations Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Edinburgh, Lothian
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- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1975
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Verity House
19 Haymarket Yards
Edinburgh, Lothian EH12 5BH, GB
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Glasgow, G2 2DL, GB
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Brussels, B1000, BE
Employees at COSLA
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Douglas Shirlaw
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Tony Harding
MD @ Momentum Spk | Strategic Recruitment Solutions, The Recruitment MOT Audit | LinkedIn training for business and management of individual pages |…
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Gary Robinson
Founder | Director at Talent365 - Recruitment and HR Advisory
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Steven Heddle
Vice President at COSLA
Updates
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COSLA reposted this
Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate, COSLA and the Digital Office for Scottish Local Government are working together to refresh our joint Digital Strategy for Scotland 🤝 Find out more about the process of Refreshing Scotland’s Digital Strategy in our blog post series. The first blog is written by Becca Fairless, Head of Digital Strategy and Policy, Scottish Government and gives an insight into the early work being done to refresh the Strategy. Read Blog ➡️ https://ow.ly/3r2950UPv2N
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Delighted to have a first meeting between our Sport and Physical Activity co-chair, Councillor Maureen Chalmers, and sportscotland Chair, Maureen Campbell. A super discussion on how our organisations can work closely on shared interests on sport.
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Councils face a "very difficult balancing act" due to ongoing budget cuts, COSLA has said today following a report published by the Accounts Commission which highlights severe financial pressures for Scottish Local Government. Read our full statement with comment from our Resources Spokesperson, Councillor Katie Hagmann: https://bit.ly/3Cv1j6n
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COSLA's email bulletin for Elected Members has been published! In the latest issue: 🟣Upcoming COSLA mini conference 🟣National Care Service statement 🟣Pay negotiations update ...& much more! https://lnkd.in/eTpjFM3r
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We've added a list of useful links including devoted severe weather information and advice from individual local authorities to our Storm Eowyn news piece: https://lnkd.in/eqNpSQrg A number of severe weather warnings are currently in place across Scotland including red warnings for wind. Please follow the advice of your local council & Police Scotland to stay safe and ensure that emergency services can be directed where they’re needed most.
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COSLA hosted the 2nd meeting of the Sport and Physical Activity Special Interest Group this week. Presentations from Public Health Scotland and sportscotland helped inform discussions and we were delighted to be joined by sportscotland's CEO, Forbes Dunlop.
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Following a statement made in Scottish Parliament earlier today on social care, COSLA Leaders will meet at the end of January to take a position on the National Care Service Bill. Read more from our Spokesperson, Cllr Paul Kelly: https://lnkd.in/e2JmWGPi
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COSLA’s Health and Social Care Spokesperson, Councillor Paul Kelly, gave the opening address at the second Gathering Hope event in Clydebank earlier today. Gathering Hope is organised by Suicide Prevention Scotland to bring together third sector and charity organisations working to prevent suicide. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e5SZsCKq
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COSLA's email bulletin for Elected Members has been published! In the latest issue: 🟣Read about our upcoming mini conference celebrating 50 years of COSLA 🟣COSLA's visit to Orkney Islands Council 🟣Have your say with our comms survey ...& much more! Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eNzCfhtR
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