Council Employee Development

Procuring goods and services, preparing tenders or entering into contracts on behalf of local councils 

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Discover how to create a public communications strategy that supports the delivery of your council’s priorities, aims and objectives

This session will help you consider how to implement your communications strategy and engage with your community.

How councils can recruit a more diverse pool of local councillors

An introductory session to the theory and core principles of GDPR and related data protection legislation, and the policies, practices and processes councils need to have in place.

This second data protection session deep dives into how councils are required to demonstrate accountability with UK GDPR. 

Young people are often a hard-to-reach demographic for councils to engage with. Discover how to effectively reach and engage with them, and how to build partnerships 

Procuring goods and services, preparing tenders or entering into contracts on behalf of local councils 

This third data protection session considers how to deal with data subject rights requests, including Subject Access Requests.

For councillors, clerks/RFO's and officers.

 Discover how to get started on social media and how to get the fundamentals right.

In this session we explore how to get the most from each of the key social media platforms and how to ensure your social media content is delivering on your council’s communications objectives.

This training session is designed to help councils get started with Canva and to get to grips with its essential features.

This training session is designed for councils who already have experience with Canva and want to learn its more advanced features and techniques.

In this session we explore practical techniques to manage difficult conversations and situations in a council environment.

This course looks at what requirements and obligations local councils have when it comes to Freedom of Information.

This session will give an understanding of the need for internal controls and how they work, with practical examples and case studies.

This session is aimed at officers of parish & town councils, who are involved in preparing and monitoring budgets.

Discover how to create a public communications strategy that supports the delivery of your council’s priorities, aims and objectives

This session will help you consider how to implement your communications strategy and engage with your community.

This session is aimed at officers of parish & town councils, who are involved in preparing and monitoring budgets.

Dorset AONB will provide an update on the Community Tree Project: 

Find out about small grants available for community tree planting projects, and a training offer for councils who’d like to appoint volunteer ‘tree wardens’.

This session takes participants through the detail of preparing for a crisis no matter what form it may take.

This session is aimed at officers of parish & town councils, who are involved in preparing and monitoring budgets.

An introductory session to the theory and core principles of GDPR and related data protection legislation, and the policies, practices and processes councils need to have in place.

This training session is designed to help councils get started with Canva and to get to grips with its essential features.

Procuring goods and services, preparing tenders or entering into contracts on behalf of local councils 

You can expect an introduction to Litter Free Dorset's Sustainable Business Network, plus the innovative BYO Campaign and the free Sustainable Event Guide

Don't miss out!

For councillors, clerks/RFO's and officers.

In this session we explore practical techniques to manage difficult conversations and situations in a council environment.

Young people are often a hard-to-reach demographic for councils to engage with. Discover how to effectively reach and engage with them, and how to build partnerships 

This training session is designed for councils who already have experience with Canva and want to learn its more advanced features and techniques.

Enhancing Financial Management for Parish Councils:

Addressing Spreadsheet Risks & Introducing Scribe Accounts Lite

This second data protection session deep dives into how councils are required to demonstrate accountability with UK GDPR. 

This course looks at what requirements and obligations local councils have when it comes to Freedom of Information and related legislation including EIR.

This third data protection session considers how to deal with data subject rights requests, including Subject Access Requests.

How councils can recruit a more diverse pool of local councillors

This session explains the role of the internal auditor in providing assurance to the council that it has sound financial controls, and how to appoint one. (Please note, this is NOT a training session for people who want to undertake internal audits)

Learn how to set up Canva and see how the functionality works.  See how to create engaging designs, including posters for noticeboards.

Discover how to create a public communications strategy that supports the delivery of your council’s priorities, aims and objectives

For clerks, finance staff and councillors from councils that are VAT registered, who wish to develop their knowledge (VAT registered councils have a 9-digit registration number, submit quarterly VAT returns online and charge VAT on taxable sales.

If your council submits a VAT126 claim, it is not VAT registered).

This session explains when and how VAT registered local councils charge VAT, when they can reclaim it and when they can't. Essential for any council contemplating major building projects.

Learn how to set up Mailchimp and create engaging templates to send parishioners e-newsletters.

 Discover how to get started on social media and how to get the fundamentals right.

In this session we explore how to get the most from each of the key social media platforms and how to ensure your social media content is delivering on your council’s communications objectives.

For clerks, finance staff and councillors from councils that are not VAT registered, but reclaim VAT using Form VAT126.

Learn how to set up Mailerlite and create engaging templates to send parishioners e-newsletters

This session will help you consider how to implement your communications strategy and engage with your community.

This session will give an understanding of the need for internal controls and how they work, with practical examples and case studies.

Learn how Trello works and how it can be used to manage daily tasks and keep track of projects.