Welcome to Capital Ambition
A new Improvement and Efficiency Partnership for London
Capital Ambition is London’s Improvement and Efficiency Partnership. In April 2008 Capital Ambition was formed from the merger of four predecessor groups all of which worked across London’s authorities – the Regional Improvement Partnership (known as Capital Ambition), the London Centre of Excellence (which led on efficiency work in London authorities), the Improvement and Employment Division of London Councils, and London Connects (whose core and development e-government work was brought in from June).
To find out what this means for London, please read our What’s in it for you? Giving and taking to improve the capital booklet, and visit our Improvement & Efficiency Strategy for London page
We will be working to merge the websites from the predecessor bodies, but in the meantime the work resulting from the previous workstreams of Capital Ambition can be found on this site; efficiency projects and communications will continue on www.lcpe.gov.uk and e-government work on www.londonconnects.gov.uk
For more information contact Suzanne Rose, Head of Stakeholder & Programme Management: suzanne.rose@londoncouncils.gov.uk, 020 7934 9968
Latest News
October newsletter now available
The October edition of the Capital Ambition newsletter is now availiable. This issue features Kensington & Chelsea's improvement award, Waltham Forest's four-star borough status, Out of Hours contract awarded, and other top stories and upcoming events:
Capital Ambition Newsletter - October Edition
Kensington and Chelsea recieves Improvement Award
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has received a Member Development Charter award to mark its good work in helping its councillors do a better job. The charter is backed by the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) and promoted by Capital Ambition. You can read more about it on the award story page
Information on previous news items can be found in the news archive.
Upcoming events
6 October - ISfL 33rd Members' Forum - 06 Oct 08
The 33rd ISfL Members' Forum will be focusing on the GC CoCo and will be an opportunity for boroughs to raise issues with guests such as Niall McElroy and Peter Fagan.
To book please head to the ISfL event page
17 October - Office Accommodation Toolkit Launch
Come to the lauch of the new Capital Ambition Office Accommodation toolkit – the ‘Workplace Wizard'.
The toolkit was developed as a part of a previous LCE project, managed by LB Hammersmith and Fulham and developed in partnership with property advisers, GVA Grimley. It is an easy-to-use online resource that can help anyone involved in a project aimed at transforming the workplace. This comprehensive guide includes case studies, process steps and other tools. Should you have any specific enquiries, please contact Caroline Viac or Jon Hanlon on 020 7934 9970.
To book please head to the Office Accommodation event page
6 November - London Public Service Network Shared Service Vision and Benefits *Note the change of date*
Now that nearly every London borough has connected to LPSN or indicated intent to connect at a later stage, we have an opportunity to take the concept a step further.
London Connects have partnered with Private Public Ltd to start specifying a shared service over LPSN that allows boroughs to aggregate their approach to VoIP, data centres or other services. The project aims to be as practical as possible with delivery due by January 2009.
Attendance is open to any London government organisations and invitations will go out in the next couple of days.
To book please head to the LPSN event page