I’m pleased to say that the arrangements for this year’s annual conference are progressing well. It will be held once again at the Doubletree Hilton in Nottingham on 23 and 24th November, with the dinner on the night of the 23rd.
The theme is ‘Democratic Services – Shaping the Future”. Following on from last year, we want to ensure that ADSO members continue to be as equipped as possible to deal with the political and other challenges, increased workloads and dwindling resources faced by all authorities. Therefore, some of the workshops we will be running include”
- delving deeper into new ways of working
- a practical lesson in starting and working within a shared democratic service
- the Centre for Public Scrutiny bringing you up to date on current thinking, good practice and issues in the scrutiny world
Plus, Philip McCourt, the author of the latest “Knowles on local authority meetings”, will be running a workshop to discuss and seek new ideas from democratic services practitioners for inclusion the next edition.
Key note speakers are yet to be confirmed and we will update you as things progress.
Early bird bookings will be available from 3 July.
The West Midlands region will be having a meeting on 29 June at 10am in Committee Room 2 of the Birmingham Council House. It looks a really good agenda so please make an effort to get there if you can. Both Modern.Gov and Public i will be present too.
Nominations are open for LGiU’s C’llr Achievement Awards 2017!
Back for the eighth year, these are the only awards to celebrate the important work of councillors. Anyone can nominate – residents, officers, community groups, businesses, other councillors or MPs – and the competition is fierce every year. It is a great opportunity for you to celebrate a councillor that has gone above and beyond for your community. The deadline is 1st September.
Visit LGiU for details: http://www.lgiu.org.uk/project/lgiu-cllr-awards-2017/