{"id":27414,"date":"2020-08-21T16:04:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27414"},"modified":"2020-08-21T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:05:00","slug":"27414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27414","title":{"rendered":"Design in the public sector programme open, themed on climate change, closing 4 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"highlight\">\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27415\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/LGA_Design_Public_Sector_210820.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Delivered in partnership between the LGA and Design Council, the Design in Public Sector programme (DIPS) equips councils with design skills and methods to apply to their toughest local climate challenges and most ambitious aspiration or mission.<!--more--><\/h3>\n<p>Local Government Association writes:<\/p>\n<p>The Design in the public sector programme is now open for applications. This year\u2019s programme is themed on climate change.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7uRi4U8FPEuNOXVSTKjy6ckIgcuVAv9Ok0stvmF6VsRUNFk0NTlOM1lNVk9CUk42UVkzSFhRNTdMMS4u\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apply now<\/a>\u00a0and learn how design tools and methods can help tackle climate change challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for applications is 4\u00a0September\u00a02020 at 5pm. More information can be found on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\/design-public-sector-programme-202021-now-open-applications\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">application page<\/a>. You can also find further information on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\/design-public-sector-programme-faqs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FAQs page.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0aims of the Design in the Public Sector Programme are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Build cross-sector partnerships<\/strong>\u00a0that collaboratively explore climate challenges locally to generate demonstrator projects<\/li>\n<li><strong>Build design skills and capabilities\u00a0<\/strong>within the council and across partners, to reduce the impact of climate change, through mitigation or adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Deliver an\u00a0<strong>accelerated learning experience\u00a0<\/strong>for local authorities<\/li>\n<li>Create new\u00a0<strong>insights\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>evidence<\/strong>\u00a0to generate\u00a0<strong>solutions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Enable new\u00a0<strong>ways of working\u00a0<\/strong>with partners and stakeholders<\/li>\n<li><strong>Create a community of practice<\/strong>\u00a0around climate action across the sector sharing best practice, insight and key learning<\/li>\n<li>To use the evidence and insight generated around climate action to inform policy recommendations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Funded by the LGA, delivered by Design Council,\u00a0to date, the programme has supported 70 local authority led teams and over 350 public sector leaders to address multiple service challenges across all English regions.<\/p>\n<h2>Further information<\/h2>\n<p>For an informal discussion about the Design in the public sector programme, please contact:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:DesignProgrammes@DesignCouncil.org.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DesignProgrammes@DesignCouncil.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delivered in partnership between the LGA and Design Council, the Design in Public Sector programme (DIPS) equips councils with design skills and methods to apply to their toughest local climate challenges and most ambitious aspiration or mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27417,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27414\/revisions\/27417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}