Public Practice has been awarded £500,000 in new grant funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to support the recruitment of planning and placemaking professionals into local authorities.

The not-for-profit organisation will use the grant to expand its Associate Programme, which places built environment professionals in year-long roles within local government. The funding is intended to address the sector’s ongoing skills shortage and support the government’s target to appoint 300 new professionals to help deliver its goal of building 1.5 million new homes.

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