As a body cCLOA takes a strategic view and recognises the positive aspects of the English Baccalaureate with the country needing to compete in a global economy.  However, we are […]

Four years ago a 19 year old hoodie (my term of affection for a digital genius) walked into my office with an idea for an app. His idea was not […]

  Back in October 2012 I represented CLOA at The UK’s first Public Parks Summit. The country was still inspired by the Olympics where our green spaces had been the […]

 These are the personal views of Yinnon Ezra, Specialist Advisor for Libraries, and not those of DCMS. The year at DCMS has really flown by! What follows are some thoughts about […]

2012…well what a year that was, and I didn’t think it could get any better, but it just has!! In public service, you work all your life trying to make […]

By Yinnon Ezra MBE MA FRSA, Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), Public Library Advisor (these are his personal views and not those of the DCMS), Graeme Mc Donald, […]

Sport England has long been an advocate of best practice and a source of advice and guidance in the sports and leisure sector, providing toolkits and guidance in areas such […]

These are the personal views of Yinnon Ezra, Specialist Advisor for Libraries, and not those of DCMS. I mentioned in my first blog that the response of one of my close […]

I was invited to hear the Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, give a speech on “Testing Times – Fighting culture’s corner in […]

The Local Government Association (LGA) and Arts Council England (ACE), through the single cultural conversation framework have committed to working together so that there can be a joint understanding of […]