Autumn learning and development programme

Our Learning and Development programme was designed by a serving councillor to meet the training and skills needs of our members. We always offer a range of course that help elected members and officers do their jobs more effectively while staying balanced and resilient personally.

For the autumn our seminars and workshops include:

Date	Course
25-Sep	Personal safety for councillors
03-Oct	Developing political awareness and sensitivity for officers.
08-Oct	Practical project management
10-Oct	Workshop: Working and supporting volunteers & community champions: the benefits to individuals, communities and councils
15-Oct	Techniques for working with national and local media
22-Oct	Reviewing the ‘Big 3’ financial reports effectively
29-Oct	Seminar: Being an effective Councillor: ways of strengthening and sustaining personal resilience
05-Nov	Seminar: Being an effective councillor: influencing skills
07-Nov	Understanding strategic thinking
14-Nov	Seminar: Developing a Commercially Aware Organisational Culture
21-Nov	Seminar: Understanding communities through Participatory Appraisal
13-Dec	An introduction to local government finance

And, as always we can work with individual councils to develop tailored in-house training. LGiU offers an extensive programme of in-house training for councillors and officers. We can deliver courses for one local authority or a small number of neighbouring councils. Find out more here.