Linking websites – Age Concern, councils, communities

E-Government Bulletin, an email newsletter, reports:

“A programme to link the lowest tier of local government – parish and town councils – and grassroots community and neighbourhood organisations to the Directgov online portal for public services is to be launched in March.”

“This is important because it’s about joining up the whole of the public sector,” Anna Tan, ODPM’s director for the Home and Community Franchise, told E-Government Bulletin. “Imagine your elderly mum lived in Hackney, for example. Wouldn’t it be great if you could go to Directgov and find information about health centres and organisations like Age Concern, as well as neighbourhood centres and contact details for councillors?”