Engaging young citizens in Brent: a guest blog from Hannah O’Brien
Hannah O’Brien shares some examples of how Brent Council are engaging young citizens.
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Robert Sheppard – a life in Democratic Services
Robert Sheppard reflects on his 38-year career working in Democratic Services, at two London boroughs, leading to his ADSO Distinguished Service Award.
Bath and North East Somerset team award
Congratulations to Bath and North East Somerset’s Democratic Services team who won their staff ‘Being our Best’ Award.
Scrutiny and Audit Chairs: Pilot Development Programme
The Scrutiny and Audit Chairs Development Programme is aimed at enhancing dialogue and co-ordination between chairs of scrutiny committees and chairs of audit committees.
ADSO and LLG press release on virtual meeting provision
ADSO and LLG joint press release on recent communications with the Government.
ADSO’s response to the consultation on the Code of Practice on Good Governance for Local Statutory Officers
The Code of Practice for Good Governance provides advice and sets expectations for the three statutory roles of head of paid service, chief finance officer and monitoring officer, aimed at enabling them to effectively work together in delivering good governance. Here’s our response to the draft code.
CfGS webinar on Health Scrutiny changes
CfGS are holding a webinar on Tuesday 16th January 2024 at 9.30am to update people on the new regulations and statutory guidance relating to the changed powers around health scrutiny, at which DHSC colleagues will be present. Sign up for the webinar Changes to Health Scrutiny webinar
Bookings open for webinar: Beyond elections – applying Democracy Club’s approach to the rest of democracy
ADSO Webinar: Beyond elections – applying Democracy Club’s approach to the rest of democracy
Notice of ADSO General meeting – 23 November 2023
The ADSO Board has agreed to have a General Meeting of the Association to review and update the Articles of Association, including the format and date of the Annual General Meeting. Please find the link to the agenda and papers for this General Meeting below, to be held on Thursday 23rd November 2023 at 4.45pm … Continued
Helen McGrath Blog – Levelling up Bill
Helen McGrath (Head of Public Affairs at Lawyers in Local Government) has written a blog on the current situation with regard to the Levelling Up Bill and her take on the chances of remote meetings being included in the Act. when it becomes law: Helen McGrath Blog – Levelling up Bill – October 2023 extension: … Continued