Archive staff enable home working: Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucester City Council

Congratulations to Gloucestershire Archives scan and send team whose work at the beginning of lockdown was featured in the Local Government Association’s case study series in November. 

Archive staff in Gloucestershire worked quickly, using their specialist professional archive skills to set up a system which enabled the scanning and sending of physical post to staff working from home. At the very beginning of lockdown, archives staff were asked by the silver command group within the County Council to set up a ‘scan and send’ postal service. The service which is now embedded in business as usual enables Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucester City Council colleagues to continue to work from home.

“Thanks again for all you’re doing – we’d grind to a halt without your efforts.” Staff member, Gloucestershire County Council

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