Improvement Service

The Improvement Service is now on Bluesky! We will continue to share content on our existing LinkedIn and X channels, but now you can also keep up with the latest news from the IS at @improvserv.bluesky.social We look forward to seeing you there! https://lnkd.in/e48dddSY

Public information notices from local councils are published on tellmescotland, Scotland’s national public notice portal. Sign up to get notifications when new notices on planning and licensing applications and road and traffic issues are published in your area https://lnkd.in/ejHwarFS

ICYMI: Our spatial information team is running a series of regional sessions on data issues. This year’s sessions include a look at how Falkirk and East Renfrewshire councils are using address gazetteer data to transform their waste services. Falkirk will also be discussing how UPRN is acting at the first port of call for residents looking for council services on its website. All local authorities are invited to Argyll and Bute’s Data Advisory Group to see data issues discussed at corporate level. And finally, councils can join us at the Scottish Government’s Better Data Community, where we will be talking about the One Scotland Gazetteer and how spatial data is being used to tackle child poverty and understand nursery assets. Sessions take place on 20th and 24th March.

👏 Congratulations to the IS Digital Public Services team and tech partner Tata Consultancy Services who won the ScotlandIS #DigitalTech2025 award for public sector innovation for the parentsportal.scot app. 🏆 Launched in 2023, the app was designed to make it even easier for parents and carers to access parentsportal.scot features and communicate with their child’s school. The app is available to both Android and iOS users and has been downloaded over 110,000 times.

Each year, the Improvement Service publish Local Child Poverty Action Reports from every council area in Scotland. You can read all the past reports as well as the latest information from Year 6 of the project on the IS website: https://lnkd.in/eTybfgfA

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ICYMI: The Digital Public Services team at the IS has been shortlisted in the ScotlandIS #DigitalTech2025 awards for Public Sector Innovation, recognising the work they did in 2023/24 to launch a mobile app version of parentsportal.scot The ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards showcase excellence within the industry rewarding the innovation, expertise and ambition of businesses large and small. The Public Sector Innovation award, sponsored by Futurescot, aims to recognise a company that has worked in partnership with suppliers to create an outcome for public good. Good luck to the DPS team at the ceremony tomorrow! https://lnkd.in/e5f9d36v

Join our spatial information team for the 2025 regional sessions on all things data related. This year’s sessions include a look at how Falkirk and East Renfrewshire councils are using address gazetteer data to transform their waste services. Falkirk will also be discussing how UPRN is acting at the first port of call for residents looking for council services on its website. All local authorities are invited to Argyll and Bute’s Data Advisory Group to see data issues discussed at corporate level. And finally, councils can join us at the Scottish Government’s Better Data Community, where we will be talking about the One Scotland Gazetteer and how spatial data is being used to tackle child poverty and understand nursery assets. Sessions take place on 20th and 24th March.

Homelessness is a children's rights issue. Our new briefing shows how it impacts on health, education and wellbeing, and provides guidance on adopting a children's rights approach to tackling the issue. #UNCRC #ChildrensRights https://ow.ly/n9xq50VcK8h

ICYMI: The first national community planning self-assessment took place in 2024 and the findings are now available through a new Overview Report published by the Improvement Service. The self-assessment focused on the strategic board level of Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) and over 200 CPP board members from 20 CPPs participated. The Overview Report presents the high-level self-assessment findings from across the participating CPPs, providing an overview of CPP Board strengths and areas for improvement for partnerships across the self-assessment checklist. https://lnkd.in/gqUAtZzU