April
May
- Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, visits Cabinet Office after addressing both Houses of Parliament to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade
- Cabinet Office holds sustainable development event with Defra [External website], Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust
- First full meeting of Civil Service HR Leaders Council to develop HR professionalism across government
June
- Cabinet Office welcomes new Prime Minister, new departmental Ministers and board members
- Civil Service Capability Group was put in place to build the capacity and capability of the Civil Service to deliver the Government's objectives.
- Publication of Cabinet Office People Strategy
- Cabinet Office Ministers support Volunteers' Week by helping out at three different community projects in London
- Office of the Third Sector announces £117 million funding programme for v to transform youth volunteering in England
- Cabinet Office Briefing Room (COBR) activated to deal with terrorist threats in London and Glasgow
- Publication of Capability Reviews [External website] for three government departments
July
August
- Cabinet Office introduces staff video sharing site ‘CabCam’ to improve internal communication
- Government Gateway [External website] launches Safety in Numbers campaign
September
- Pitt Review interim report on reducing impact of future flooding published
- Office of the Third Sector launches £30 million programme – to refurbish and transfer underused local authority assets to local organisations
October
- Joint meeting of Cabinet Office Board and ministers
- Launch of new Cabinet Office diversity plan and framework at first ever Cabinet Office People Week
- Launch of Senior Civil Servants' (SCS) induction programme – SCS ‘Base-camp’ [External website] – with National School for Government
- Cross-government Crime and Communities review team set up in Cabinet Office to engage local communities in the fight against crime
- European and Global Issues Secretariat produced the publication: Global Europe; Meeting the Economic and Security Challenges
November
December
Ylana First, MBE talks about being awarded her honour
January 2008
February
March