Training Calendar
2010 Training Programme
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Local Government & Local Councils – an introduction to law and admin. for clerks and councillors |
Didcot Civic Hall10 am – 3 pm £45 per delegate Book here or 01491 823118 |
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Getting to Grips with Finance – an introduction to procedures and responsibilities |
Didcot Civic Hall10.15am – 3.00pm. £45 per delegate. Book here or 01491 823118 |
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Presentational Skills – full day training provided by SLCC |
Milton Hill House, Steventon. £95 per delegate. Full details from SLCC 01823 253646
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Local Councils as Trustees – presented by the Charity Commission |
Full details to follow |
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Supporting new clerks – a training/networking Event.Freedom of Information & Data Protection |
Cherwell District Council.10.30am - 1.30pm. |
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Cemetery Management –Full day training by SLCC |
Milton Hill House, Steventon.£95 per Delegate. Full details from SLCC 01823 253646 |
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Supporting new clerks – a training/networking eventCode of Conduct |
South Oxfordshire District Council10.30am - 1.30pm. |
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Effective Responses to Planning Applications – led by Planning Officers from West Oxfordshire |
Stratfield Brake Pavilion – 9.30 am – 1.00pm.£25 per delegate.Book here or 01491 823118. |
National Training Strategy - Clerk’s Bursary Scheme 2009
The bursary scheme for clerks to smaller councils was re-launched on June 1st. The core principles and structure of the scheme remain although the criteria has been revised.
Further details and an application form can be downloaded here.
Community Engagement and Governance (The CEG Course) - Formerly Local Policy – University of Gloucestershire
The CEG course builds on CiLCA. It develops your skills, knowledge and confidence for work with a local council and it helps your council to operate effectively. You can tailor your activities on the course to meet your specific needs and those of your council. Applications to start the course in January and September 2010
To find out more about the course, do take a look at the course map and formal module outlines available from this web page: http://www.glos.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ceg . If you wish to discuss your options, please contact the Course Leader: Elisabeth Skinner eskinner@glos.ac.uk 01242 714558.
Upcoming Events
FREE workshops to help town, parish and community council clerks understand how VAT works for both unregistered and VAT registered local councils
Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in partnership with the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) and Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) is offering a series of FREE workshops until May this year to help town, parish and community council clerks understand how VAT works for both unregistered and VAT registered local councils.
Please download here the attached promotion of the series of courses being run across the country over the next few months. Should you be interested in attending please follow the instructions on the form. NALC are NOT administering the bookings for these events.
Download further information here.
NALC and NALC/SLCC Networking Lunches – 2010
Continuing with its successful networking lunches outside London, NALC and NALC/SLCC are organising four more exciting events in 2010.
For more information and to download booking forms, please go here.
Digital Inclusion Marketplace Event - 12 March 2010 10.00am – 4.00pm
Stratford-Upon-Avon District Council and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council will be holding this Digital Inclusion Marketplace Event at:
The Heritage Motor Centre, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwick, CV35 0BJ
This event will showcase how both principal authorities have used digital inclusion to transform service delivery around customers’ needs. The marketplace will have over 70 stalls, showcasing themes, such as promotion and enablement of independent living, increasing public participation, increasing opportunities for learning and increasing knowledge, and strengthening the local economy.
This event might be of interest to county associations and local councils given its additional focus on strong e-connectivity for rural economies. For more information, please contact Balvinder Heran, at: balvinder.heran@stratford-dc.gov.uk.
SLCC Branch Meeting Tuesday 30th March 2010
10.00am to 12.30pm
The Lounge, Benson Parish Hall
Sunnyside, Benson, Oxfordshire, OX10 6LZ Tel: 01491 825038
The guest speaker from the Human Resources and Employment Law specialists, Ellis Whittam, will be of particular interest for Clerks who have a staff management role. We hope you can come along as the executive would like to share their plans with you for the coming year and hear your ideas.
Further details from Mrs Pam Johnston, SLCC Oxfordshire Branch Secretary. Tel: 01865 421126
Annual Seminar on Local Markets - 4 June 2010
NALC is delighted to confirm that its annual seminar on local markets, in partnership with the National Association of British Market Authorities, will be held for the third year running. This year’s event will take place in Shrewsbury, hosted by the new town council, on 4 June 2010. The event will again be of interest to local councils running markets as well as those interested in possibly becoming a market authority in the future. NALC’s national vice-chairman and head of policy and development will be attending and contributing to the event.
More details and booking information will be available shortly in the events area of the NALC website, visit: www.nalc.gov.uk
2010 International Year of Biodiversity
Planned themed events taking place this year as part of our participation in the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity – Cotswolds Bluebells Weekend (24-25 April), Cotswolds Wildflowers Week (12-20 June) and Cotswolds Rivers Week (4-12 September). This is a great opportunity to get involved and help raise awareness and support for biodiversity in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. More details here.
COUNTRYSIDE 2010 is a pioneering campaign to bring new business, new visitors or new life to rural communities and businesses in the countryside of South East England. It is a free campaign, which runs from 29th May – 13th June 2010.
Inspired by Tourism South East’s Rural Ways Partnership, and funded by the Rural Development Programme for England, COUNTRYSIDE 2010 is coordinating a two week “Super Showcase” of recreational events, activities and attractions to show just what the countryside has to offer us all.
Country based businesses and communities are among the many organisers who are invited to contribute to the COUNTRYSIDE 2010 Event Directory, which will be hosted on its own lively website and promoted by a vigorous media campaign.
Entries are invited for events, activities and attractions with a rural setting, or rural theme, which encourage the enjoyment and understanding of the countryside in the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. Entries are already in the pipeline from such well-know organisers as the National Trust and RSPB and from rural enterprises ranging from farms, B&Bs and PYOs to village treasure hunts, fetes, barn dances, community cycle rides, walks and a folk festival on the pond.
For full details and to register items for the Event Directory, simply visit the campaign website: www.countryside2010.org.uk.
NALC’s Leadership Academy - 13–16 July & 16–19 November
NALC’s Leadership Academy (supported by the Improvement and Development Agency) programme will now consist of these two events at the Warwick Business School. The four day residential course is designed to:
- Increase councillors’ knowledge of personal and organisation leadership theory.
- Develop the understanding of how these can be applied to the work of a local councillor.
- Enable councillors to develop skills in action planning for their communities.
- Broaden perspectives of the role the sector has to play in the wider government empowerment and democracy agendas.
- Encourage networking with other like minded leaders across the sector, learning lessons and sharing best practice.
Full details including how to book can be found on the NALC website, visit: http://www.nalc.gov.uk/
Page last updated: March 9, 2010