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The Rural Childcare Challenge: State of play and what to expect

Access to affordable, flexible, and high-quality childcare is a vital tool in the collective effort to fight child poverty in Scotland’s rural and island communities, writes James Taylor, Rural Child …

Strengthening the Role of Elected Members in Preventing and Eradicating Violence Against Women and Girls in Rural Areas

Councillor Maureen Chalmers, COSLA’s Community Wellbeing Spokesperson and co-Chair of the Equally Safe Joint Strategic Board, writes about Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in rural and island…

New milestone as mygovscot myaccount hits 3 million users

Julie Edington, Business Development Manager in the Digital Public Services team, shares the success of the mygovscot myaccount platform – the simple and secure sign-in service for online public…

Why Person, Residence and Household Matter for Public Service Data Sharing

Fiona Caryl, Technical Data Lead at the Improvement Service, discusses why person, residence and household matter for public service data sharing.

Introducing the Duties and Powers Portal: Making Local Government’s Legal Responsibilities Clearer

Hannah Brown, Transformation Project Manager at the Improvement Service, introduces Scotland's first Duties and Powers Portal.

How local authorities are helping grow Scotland’s early learning and childcare workforce

Vicki Keirnan, Early Learning and Childcare Workforce Planning Manager at the Improvement Service, highlights how local authorities are helping grow Scotland’s early learning and childcare workforce.

Scottish Climate Intelligence Service: 2025 highlights and looking forward to 2026

John Rembowski, Scottish Climate Intelligence Service Capacity Building Project Officer, reflects on a big year for SCIS and looks ahead to exciting developments in 2026.

29 January 2026

A busy end to the employability year

Susie Donkin, Employability Partnership Manager at the Improvement Service, looks back at a packed 2025 for employability work across Scotland.

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