Well & truly proud of our Digital Public Services team on processing 1 million online applications for NECs via getyournec.scot. A fantastic achievement working with Tata Consultancy Services, which has given citizens more choice when applying for a NEC & reduced footfall to council offices.

Elected members need to consider the ethical standards of public life when using social media. Hear from @standardsscot on how you can manage your social media presence.

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getyournec.scot has hit a new milestone - 1 million online applications for National Entitlement Cards processed. The platform allows the public to apply for cards from home while removing the burden of processing applications from council staff.

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If you're over 60, under 22 or have a disability you can get #FreeBusTravel across the whole of Scotland. All you need to do is sign up via our getyournec.scot online platform or contact your local council for more information getyournec.scot/nec/

🆕 Want to know more about logic models and theory of change and how to use them? Join us on 21 May when our #Evaluation Manager will be running a practical session on developing logic models and helping you prepare your own.

Sign up here: ow.ly/9ZEv50Rgal0

🗣️Have you caught up on our Place & Wellbeing Outcome Briefings?

✅These Briefings highlight the evidence behind each of the Place & Wellbeing Outcomes, and explore how each Outcome impacts communities, organisations and practitioners within our Project Towns

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VACANCY: Change Management Programme Manager

To be operational lead for the change management workstream & lead officer for the Solace/IS Transformation Programme Management Office.

Full time, fixed term until Aug 25
£63,994 - £68,696 DOE

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As part of the mygovscot myaccount redesign, new features have been introduced to make it easier for new & existing users to set up and log in to their accounts, recover passwords, edit account information and identify the services they have access to.

signin.mygovscot.org

🆕 Catch up with the latest IS news in our Council Leaders Newsletter. It includes updates on the latest IS board decisions and what's happening across all our programmes.

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🆕 Are we measuring what matters in planning?

Have a read of this new column by National Planning Improvement Champion Craig McLaren in The Planner Magazine

theplanner.co.uk/measuring-what…

Applications for the COSLA 2024 Excellence Awards are now OPEN!

Find out more and apply at: cosla.gov.uk/excellence-awa…

Hear more from our President, Shona Morrison⬇️

VACANCY: Change Management Programme Manager

To be operational lead for the change management workstream & lead officer for the Solace/IS Transformation Programme Management Office.

Full time, fixed term until Aug 25
£63,994 - £68,696 DOE

ow.ly/LlmG50RaxG5

mygovscot myaccount prioritises security and customers can now access different options to increase the security on their account, while the updated password policy is both easier to use and more secure.

signin.mygovscot.org

mygovscot myaccount has been redesigned to make it easier to use and give it a fresh new look. Watch this 1 minute video to see how to set up an account.

signin.mygovscot.org

mygovscot myaccount lets people living in Scotland set up an online account that can be used to access an increasing range of online public services, such as paying council tax, requesting a parking permit, and paying for school meals.

signin.mygovscot.org

The mygovscot myaccount platform will be temporarily unavailable from 11pm to midnight tonight (Thursday 28 March) while undergoing essential maintenance.

Join SSN for its annual climate change conference on 22 May.

This year's Conference will address the key challenges/opportunities facing the public sector it moves from ambition into action on climate change, resilience and sustainability.

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mygovscot myaccount provides people living in Scotland with the ability to set up an online account that can be used to access an increasing range of online public services, such as applying for benefits or a National Entitlement Card.

signin.mygovscot.org

⏰Last chance to sign up for the @isprotectpeople event on 27 March on implementing @safeandtogether in Scotland.

This model is designed to help key professionals engage with families experiencing domestic abuse in a child-centred, strengths-based way.

improvementservice.org.uk/events/impleme…

Read the latest blog from DPS Business Development Manager Julie Edington on the improvements that have been made to the parentsportal.scot and our plans for the future of the platform: improvementservice.org.uk/insights/2024/…