The next meeting of the ADSO London Branch will take place on Friday 5 July. It will start at 2.30pm and is being held at Wandsworth Council. This meeting will include the Annual General Meeting and appointment of Branch Officers for 2013/14. Click here to find out more and download the papers for the meeting. … Continued
The winner of the Municipal Journal Award for Democratic Services Team of the Year was announced at an awards evening on 20 June. This year’s winning authority is Cheshire West and Chester. Mandy Ramsden, Senior Manager – Democratic Services said ‘Cheshire West and Chester Council is extremely proud to be the 2013 winners of the … Continued
** Advance Notice of a Branch Network Meeting ** Date: Friday, 13th September 2013 Time: Morning Venue: Stockport Town Hall Suggested topics include:- Tricks of the Trade Are you struggling with the usual problems? Getting officers to meet deadlines, or understand statutory requirements, such as key decisions? Have you any neat solutions? Elected … Continued
Your council’s cabinet: going to its meetings, seeing how it works – a guide for local people extension: pdf This guide provides the public with practical information about attending meetings of a council’s executive and obtaining council documents.
ADSO are continuing to monitor the airwaves to identify opportunities where we can represent your views and raise the profile of the Association. These opportunities can be as diverse as helping Government departments prepare guidance through to responding to consultations on election cycles. Currently on the horizon are guidance to be issued by the Department … Continued
At the last South West Network meeting on 19 April we discussed possible future agenda items for the network meetings. During the ADSO update session, John Quinton also highlighted that there is some potential ADSO funding available for our South West regional branch to organise some one-off events in our region, typically a conference or … Continued
We are pleased to announce that we have now opened bookings for the 2013 ADSO Conference. Following the success of last year’s conference, we will once again be using Birmingham City Football Club as the venue for this year’s conference which will take place on Thursday 21st November 2013. The theme of the conference … Continued