It was never in doubt, was it? Superb facilities, a stunning environment, event organisation of outstanding quality, and an army of volunteers that made event participation and attendance a pleasure. […]

“An intelligent debate” was one of the key messages from Ed Vaisey, Minister for Culture, at last week’s NSA/CLOA conference on the future of libraries. I had the pleasure of […]

As Chair of CLOA it was a pleasure to meet recently with The National Archives CEO Oliver Morley and members of the management team. There was a strong focus in our […]

I’m sure I wasn’t alone this week among CLOA members to be in a state of “non – shock” by the breaking news that “the majority of NHS spending on […]

Dear Colleagues, Following on from discussions at the back end of 2011 CLOA has been working closely with Sport England to try and improve the engagement of NGB’s and Sport […]

It’s been a hectic time since the Cardiff conference – catching up back at the office being a priority, and then attending a number of CLOA engagements that demonstrated to […]

The LGA/ CLOA conference in Cardiff was always going to give a barometer reading of the sectors’ mood after the first serious set of savings have begun to bite and […]

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to be writing this week from Cardiff, where over a 100 delegates have made their way to the LGA/CLOA Culture, Tourism and Sport Conference.  There is a […]

Dear Colleagues, 2011 was a challenging year I’m sure for most of us, with the impact of savings beginning to bite, and change the one certainty in our daily business. […]