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Successful launch of Parish Online Wellbeing helping clerks and councillors cope under pressure
Parish Online Wellbeing, a new coaching service for clerks and councillors was launched in May 2026. It allows clerks to access a free one-to-one session with our wellbeing and business psychologist, Sarah. It’s already helped many councils where staff or councillors are struggling with isolation, civility and respect issues or coping with workload. Due to…
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Parish Online supports Nature Recovery LNRS project in Cambridgeshire
The Parish Online team have been working closely with the Community Nature team at Cambridgeshire County Council to make mapping nature recovery easier for local councils. We’ve enhanced the software with new editing tools, and provided extended free access to the software for all Cambridgeshire parishes through our Community Interest Company fund.
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Woodland Opportunity Planning research
We’ve embarked on a research project on behalf of town, parish and community councils to bring together datasets and guidance for visualising where land could be used for tree planting and woodland creation. We’re working with data and strategic partners including Friends of the Earth, TerraSulis, NALC and Hart District Council. Read our Woodland Planning…
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Property Density Layer aids urban planning
We’re always looking for ways to implement technology or data for the benefit of public sector. One theme that came up was the lack of information local councils had to help them carry out evidence-based research into how housing should be allocated in their local area. One of the key areas of interest was visualising…