ADSO has frozen membership fees for 2014/15! * 2014 Membership Offer – new members joining from 1 August until 31 October can benefit from up to 15 months membership for the price of 12 (including the full year 1 November 2014 – 31 October 2015.) To take advantage of this offer please complete the membership … Continued
ADSO Awards 2014 – deadline extended until 15th August Thank you to those of you who have sent in a submission for the ADSO Awards. For those of you who are still thinking about submitting an entry, we have extended the deadline until 15th August 2014. We are looking for: Learner of the Year – … Continued
Due to some unforeseen downtime on the website on the afternoon of Wednesday 30 July, the ADSO Early Bird Conference booking offer has been extended until Midday on Monday 4 August 2014 to ensure that no members miss out. Click here to find out more about the ADSO Conference 2014 and how to book your … Continued
The next round of courses in the ADSO 2014 Training Programme are now open for booking. The Speaking with Confidence Courses, due to take place in September will be held in London, Manchester and Birimingham. Click here to find out more and book your place.
This year’s conference will once again be held at Birmingham City Football Club – a popular venue with previous delegates. Following feedback from ADSO members, we have extended the conference to one and a half days. The conference theme is: Design, Develop, Deliver – celebrating the success of 21st century Democratic Services. ADSO is once running an … Continued
As part of ADSO’s Social Media Strategy and broader communication aims we will, for the first time be Tweeting the discussions live from the ADSO Board Meeting on Friday 11 July 2014. If you aren’t yet following us on Twitter please follow us @ADSO_UK and on Friday use the #adsoboard in your Tweets. We look forward … Continued
How confident are you in your planning decisions? Making robust planning decisions which can be defended to the public and at appeal can be challenging. However, the Planning Advisory Service is here to support planning committee members on this via some new half-day sessions. What’s more, they will come to you. The sessions will enable you … Continued
We are looking for: Learner of the Year – nominations from Regional Advisers and Line Managers Teams of the Year (Borough/Districts and Mets/Counties/Unitaries) – written submission Democratic Services Officer of the Year – nominations from Chief Executives and Councillors The winner of each category will receive a certificate and trophy. The winning Learner and Democratic … Continued