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LGYH undertakes much of its work through Networks, Panels and Task Groups consisting of local
authority members, officers and relevant partners. Below is a list of current networks with their purpose.

Network	Meeting Frequency	Purpose
Pay & Rewards	Quarterly	A regional group of local authority representatives who have responsibility for pay and rewards including job evaluation and single status.
Productive Workforce	Quarterly	Representatives from local authorities in the region looking at retaining talent and internal marketing and engagement, managing departure due to redundancy and total rewards packages.
Skills	Quarterly	Regional group responsible for developing and maintaining skills within the local authorities including the skills pledge, train to gain and the development of apprenticeships and training programmes.
Regional EOS Benchmarking Group	Quarterly	A regional group of representative from local authorities who have responsibility for employee engagement. Sharing best practice, benchmarking of staff surveys and engagement of employees
Organisational Development & Leadership	Quarterly
Children’s Services HR Network	Quarterly	Provides a regional forum for HR officers in children’s service to share information advice and best practice on all Children’s services workforce issues.
Skills for Life Network	Quarterly	A regional group offering support and guidance to develop skills for life take up in the regional local authorities.
Member Development Network	Quarterly
Regional Safety Officers Network	Quarterly	Provides a formal forum, for the identification, sharing and development of good practice in regard to health and safety. The network has been in existence for 26 years
LAA Network	Monthly
PR / Communications Network	Bi-Monthly
Regional Community Cohesion Network	Monthly	Network for sharing of good practice across the region's local authorities and partner agencies.
Equalities and Diversity Network	3 times a year	To develop collaborative and innovative peer support and collective approaches council's equality and diversity policy effectiveness through implementation of the standard, framework and equalities schemes, response to Equalities Bill, and Comprehensive Area Assessments.
Active & Engaged Communities steering group (to support the delivery of this chapter in Yorkshire Gold)
West Yorkshire Community Cohesion Project Board	Meets once every six months	Meetings are a forum to discuss a broad range of issues which impact on the cohesiveness of communities in the sub-region. The Project Board sets the strategic direction for sub-regional activity on community cohesion and preventing violent extremism.
West Yorkshire Community Cohesion Project Group	Quarterly	Meetings are a forum to discuss a broad range of issues which impact on the cohesiveness of communities in the sub-region. The Project Group acts as the Executive Body to the Project Board
West Yorkshire Tensions Monitoring Group	Quarterly	Meetings are a forum to share information and good practice on tensions monitoring systems between organisations and across administrative boundaries and to develop mechanisms for sharing information on community tensions which has cross-boundary implications.
European Officers Network	Quarterly	To further the aims of the LGYH European and International policy, through joint working on policy and funding opportunities, information and intelligence sharing and initiative innovation.
HR/OD Leadership Group	Quarterly	A regional group of the Heads of HR looking at the regional workforce priorities for the region

For more information about any of the networks, contact us.

LGYH: 18 King Street, Wakefield, WF1 2SQ Telephone: 01924 331 631 email: mail@lgyh.gov.uk

MAKING A DIFFERENCE AWARDS 2010 LAUNCHED

The Making A Difference Awards 2010 were officially launched at the Annual Conference and AGM held on Friday 25th June 2010.

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