National Organisations for local government

• Regional Employers’ Organisations for local government
• Central Government Departments & Organisations
• Local Councils
• Sector Skills Councils
• Awarding Bodies
• Social Services
• Professional Bodies
• Building your community
• Caring for your community
• Educating your community
• Entertaining your community
• Protecting your community
• Supporting your community
• Other Useful Sites
• Careers & Jobs
• Qualifications & Training
• Equality & Diversity
• Policy Think-Tanks
• Information

National Organisations for local government

• 4Ps
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
• Improvement & Development Agency
• LACORS
• Local Authorities’ Gateway
• Local Government Association
• Local Government Commission for England
• Local Government Employers
• Local Government Information Unit
• Local Government International Bureau
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Northern Ireland Local Government Association
• Welsh Local Government Association

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Regional Employers’ Organisations for local government

• London Councils
• East of England Regional Assembly
• East Midlands Regional LGEM
• LGMB Yorkshire and Humberside Region
• North Eastern Regional Employers’ Organisation
• North Western Local Authorities’ Employers’ Organisation
• South East Employers
• South West Regional Assembly
• West Midlands Local Government Association

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Central Government Departments & Organisations

• Cabinet Office
• Communities and Local Government
• Countryside Agency
• Department for Education & Skills
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Department of Trade and Industry
• Department for Transport
• Department of Health
• Directgov
• Food Standards Agency
• Forestry Commission
• info4local
• National Assembly for Northern Ireland
• National Assembly for Wales
• Scottish Executive
• Scottish Parliament
• Health and Safety Executive

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Local Councils

• Follow this link for Local Councils

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Sector Skills Councils

• Asset Skills
  property, housing, cleaning and facilities management
• Automotive Skills
  retail motor industry
• Cogent
  chemicals, nuclear, oil, gas petroleum and polymer industries
• Construction Skills
  construction
• Creative and Cultural Industries
  arts, museums, galleries, heritage, crafts and design
• Energy and Utility Skills
  electricity, gas, waste management and water industries
• e-skills UK
  information technology, telecommunications and contact centres
• Financial Services Skills Council
  financial services industry
• GoSkills
  passenger transport
• Government Skills
  central government
• Improve
  food and drink manufacturing and processing
• Lantra
  environmental and land-based industries
• Lifelong Learning UK
  community based learning and development, further education, higher education, library and information services, work-based learning
• People 1st
  hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism
• Proskills
  process and manufacturing of extractives, coatings, refractories, building products, paper and print
• Sector Skills Development Agency
• SEMTA
  science, engineering and manufacturing technologies
• Skillfast-UK
  apparel, footwear, textiles and related businesses
• Skills for Care and Development
  social care including children, families and young people
• Skills for Health
  All staff groups working in NHS, independent and voluntary health organisations
• Skills for Justice
  custodial care, community justice and police
• Skills for Logistics
  freight logisitcs industry
• SkillsActive
  active leisure and learning
• Skillset
  broadcast, film, video, interactive media and photo imaging
• Skillsmart Retail
  retail
• SummitSkills
  building services engineering (electro-technical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and plumbing)