Events Calendar

Year-end & Audit - Receipts & Payments accounts (over £25,000)

Zoom

For officers who want to understand how to prepare their council’s Annual Governance & Accountability Return on a receipts and payments basis and comply with the requirements of the audit process.

There are alternative sessions for:
Councils under £25,000
Councils that prepare Income and Expenditure accounts

This session introduces the Annual Return and the stages of the audit process, enabling you to complete all the relevant steps correctly.

 Please register directly with The Parkinson Partnership LLP booking page using the registration button below.

Communicating with your community Part 1

Zoom

creating a communications strategy

It's important for councils to create a communications strategy that supports the delivery of your council’s priorities, aims and objectives. In this session we explore best practice for creating an effective and resource-appropriate communications strategy that fits with the needs and aspirations of your council.

 Communicating with your community Part 2

Zoom

implementing effective community engagement and building sustainable conversations

This session will help you consider practical ways to implement your communications strategy and engage with your community. We explore how councils can communicate and engage with their communities, as well as building sustainable conversations. Discover the tools, strategies and techniques needed to better promote your own messages but also to better respond to the voices within your local community.

CANCELLED CLERK TOOLKIT 2: Meetings Administration and Management

Zoom

This session will concentrate on the understanding meetings administration and management.

For those intending to complete the CiLCA qualification

this session is particularly relevant to LO's: 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 29

Open only to Member Clerks and Council Officers.

Each session is stand alone and can be taken in any order.

Earn: 1.5 CPD Points

 Social media for councils: getting started

Zoom

Social media provides councils with an opportunity to significantly enhance their communications. Discover how to get started on social media and how to get the fundamentals right. In this session we explore how to create a social media strategy, how to get the most out of Facebook in particular, and how to make use of time-saving tools and techniques save councils time and effort.