Martin Pollard
Programme Director - Waste
Martin joined Local Partnerships in May 2013 as a Project Director and has an engineering and commercial project management background. Martin is currently working as part of DEFRA’s Waste Infrastructure Development Programme (WIDP) in the role of South West Regional Transactor and on DEFRA’s Waste Operational Savings Programme (WOSP) helping Councils to achieve significant savings on their existing Waste PFI Contracts.
Martin is also responsible for providing strategic leadership to our Waste service area.
Mobile: 07900 341 489
"For prevention measures from April - September, officers dealt with 1,000 single homeless presentations on the front line to pick up and prevent rough sleeping"Strategic Lead for Rough Sleepers @BhamCityCouncil Stephen Philpott, at Lessons learnt from rough sleeping webinar
"We heard evidence across the board of people who engaged with services who never had previously and between health, local client groups & councils, we still are seeing greater collaboration in place"Jenny Coombs on Lessons learnt from response to rough sleeping #webinar
The webinar has been produced taking lessons from guidance produced with @LGAcomms, "Lessons learnt from councils' response to rough sleeping during the COVID-19 pandemic"Read here: https://t.co/A6vGcZ0lZX
#WEBINAR: Lessons learnt from councils' response to rough sleeping and the pandemicWe're hosting a webinar tomorrow at 12pm with Strategic Lead for Rough Sleepers at @BhamCityCouncil, Stephen Philpott, and chaired by @CllrDavidRenardRegister: https://t.co/Z50NQXdmBr
#WEBINAR: Lessons learnt from councils' response to rough sleeping and the pandemicWe're hosting a webinar on Thursday at 12pm with Strategic Lead for Rough Sleepers at @BhamCityCouncil, Stephen Philpott, and chaired by @CllrDavidRenardRegister: https://t.co/Z50NQXuXsZ
The webinar has been produced taking lessons from guidance produced with @LGAcomms, "Lessons learnt from councils' response to rough sleeping during the COVID-19 pandemic"Read here: https://t.co/A6vGcZ0lZX
#WEBINAR: Lessons learnt from councils' response to rough sleeping and the pandemicWe're hosting a webinar on Thursday at 12pm with Strategic Lead for Rough Sleepers at @BhamCityCouncil, Stephen Philpott, and chaired by @CllrDavidRenardRegister: https://t.co/Z50NQXdmBr
#READ: "Lessons learnt from councils' response to rough sleeping during the COVID-19 pandemic"We've worked with @LGAcomms to investigate lessons learnt from the "Everyone In" response to COVID-19, dealing with those #RoughSleeping and at riskhttps://t.co/A6vGcZ0lZX
"Transparency and a willingness to accept scrutiny and change will be key to building success for the next 10-20 years"@LP_SeanHanson, chief executive of @LP_localgov for @lgcplus #LGCSummit
We're attending @lgcplus #LGCSummit today!Join us at 12pm - our chief executive @LP_SeanHanson will be talking "Building local government for the next 10-20 years" with @ProfDonnaHall, @henrimurison, @mattprosserceo & @NickGolding https://t.co/jJxl9Rxu6f #LocalGov
Hurrah! We're proudly sponsoring "Leadership in Responding to the Climate Emergency" category, @TheMJAwards for the second year. Be sure to enter now! 👇🌍#ClimateResponse #ClimateAction #CouncilsCan https://t.co/o2MqE9r9Dh
"Decarbonisation of heat will be a priority for many councils when they think about interventions needed to reduce carbon emissions on net-zero trajectory"#READ: Secure funding for your net‑zero pathwayhttps://t.co/MUHyzfPg7l@lgcplus #LCAW2020 #LondonClimateActionWeek
Happy #LCAW2020 #LondonClimateActionWeek!🌍We'll be sharing our resources over the next five days that we've produced to support #LocalGov develop plans to reach net zeroLet's start with "Renewable Energy Good Practice Guidance" @LGAcomms!#READ: https://t.co/dPNPCIDWDD
Last year we worked with Welsh Government Energy Service @_energyservice to support the Welsh public sector improve energy efficiency of buildings and renewable energy on its estate, including the procurement of three solar farms on former landfill sites.#CouncilsCan #LocalGov
Today we're celebrating #OurDay and the successes public sector colleagues have achieved 💪Last year we worked with @WirralCouncil to sign funding agreements and thus commence work at Wirral Waters, the largest #Regen project in the country.#LocalGov #CouncilsCan
Today we're celebrating #CouncilsCan and the successes of our colleagues across the public sector 👏We're shining a spotlight on @WestYorkshireCA, recent winners of @TheMJAwards "Leadership in responding to the climate emergency"#LocalGov #CouncilsCan
"Decarbonisation of heat will be a priority for many councils when they think about the interventions needed to reduce carbon emissions on a net-zero trajectory"#READ: Secure funding for your net‑zero pathwayhttps://t.co/MNUZ15smuK#Refit @lgcplus
Are you prepared for the expiry of your #PFI contract?We're hosting a webinar on 10 November to help #LocalGov better understand the contract expiry process, to achieve a successful conclusion to a PFI contract.Contact josie.brewer@local.gov.uk to book your place
Are you prepared for the expiry of your #PFI contract?We're hosting a webinar on 10 November to help #LocalGov better understand the contract expiry process, to achieve a successful conclusion to a PFI contract.Contact josie.brewer@local.gov.uk to book your place
Congratulations to East Riding of Yorkshire Council, winner of Team of the Year category at @LGCAwards 2020! @East_Riding#LocalGov #CouncilsCan
Congratulations to Great Yarmouth BC, winner of the Driving Growth category at @LGCAwards 2020! @greatyarmouthbc#LocalGov #CouncilsCan
Well done to Hull City Council, Housing Initiative winner at @LGCAwards 2020! @Hullccnews#LocalGov #CouncilsCan
Public/Private Partnerships award at @LGCAwards goes to Scottish Borders Council, congratulations! @scotborders#LocalGov #CouncilsCan
We’re proudly attending #LGCAwards this afternoon, celebrating the successes our local government colleagues have achieved in 2020 ⭐🏆#LocalGov #CouncilsCan @LGCAwards @LP_localgov
Do you know your carbon emissions? The Greenhouse Gas Accounting Tool by @LP_localgov and @LGAcomms can provide an annual carbon baseline, an important part of managing carbon in our organisationshttps://t.co/AonzyzIbK6#Localgov #ClimateResponse
You've got it!@beisgovuk: "Between 1990 and 2018 there has been a general downward trend in greenhouse gas emissions from the public sector, which have fallen by 41% over this period"https://t.co/yZOSJ3kVxH https://t.co/bS4ugbxExS
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