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Building diversity in senior leadership
Sue Owen highlights the opportunity to join two schemes focused on increasing diversity in the Civil Service's senior leadership.
Civil Service
What I learned during Mental Health Awareness Week
Civil Service Disability Champion Philip Rutnam recounts the key points he took from Mental Health Awareness Week.
Exercising for better mental health
Civil Service Health and Well-being Champion Jonathan Jones looks at the potential benefits of physical activity for better mental health.
Volunteering – give a little, gain a lot
Permanent Secretary Alex Chisholm talks about a recent experience as a volunteer and what it taught him.
The best of both: a story of 'blended learning'
What is 'blended learning'? How does it help the learner? Jack Harris looks at this "critical component" of the new Civil Service Learning curriculum.
Achieving gender equality and making it permanent
Following a meeting of 24 female permanent secretaries, past and present, Melanie Dawes reflects on gender equality in the Civil Service.
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Election guidance for civil servants
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Civil Service headline workforce information
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Devolution: Guidance for civil servants
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What we do
The Civil Service helps the government of the day develop and implement its policies as effectively as possible.
Meet some of our diversity & inclusion champions
Sue Owen
Sue Owen is the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport and the Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Champion and LGB&TI Champion.
Philip Rutnam
Philip Rutnam joined the Department for Transport (DfT) as Permanent Secretary in April 2012.
He was appointed Civil Service Disability Champion in 2015.
Follow Philip on Twitter: @PhilipRutnam
Richard Heaton
Richard Heaton became the Civil Service Race Champion in April 2014.
He has been Permanent Secretary for MOJ since August 2015. Before that he was Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office (from August 2012).
Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion
The Civil Service is a modern and diverse workplace, committed to promoting and ensuring equality and valuing diversity. Read more about our work on our blog.
Civil Service Learning
Civil Service Learning provides courses and resources for developing skills common to all UK civil servants in all Civil Service roles.
Civil Service Pensions
This is for current and prospective members of the Civil Service pension arrangements. It also contains links to information for past members who are not yet receiving their pension.
There are also links for pensioners who are already receiving their Civil Service pension.
What shape expert are you?
A short film explaining what being a T-shaped expert means, and why it's important to the future of the Civil Service.
'A Brilliant Civil Service'
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