West Midlands

 

ADSO West Midlands Regional Meeting 29 June 2017

 

REGIONAL CONFERENCE!

This year we held a joint regional conference with the East Midlands branch of ADSO on Friday 3 July at Shire Hall, Warwick. The event had a fantastic turnout from across the two regions and delivered a “looking ahead” theme, focusing on the impact of the May elections on local democracy and governance and what’s in store for local government and Democratic Services over the coming years. As well as workshops delivered by experienced practitioners, the event also had valuable input from Grant Thornton and Weightmans, who brought an external perspective and useful pointers regarding the future challenges for Democratic Services.

Thank you again to all of the speakers and workshop facilitators who participated in the event and to our sponsors Astech, Audio Minutes and Modern.gov.

• The Shape of Things to Come

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• Grant Thornton – Governance

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• Weightmans – Case Law

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• Weightmans – Case Law Notes

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• Workshop A – Hung Councils

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• Workshop B – When I grown up I want to be a DSO

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• Workshop C – Combined Authorities and New Models of Governance

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STEERING GROUP AND REGIONAL ACTION PLAN

The Action Plan, which sets out the aims and objectives of the West Midlands Branch, can be accessed

 This will be implemented by the Steering Group.

The Steering Group is a small group of ADSO members who plan regional events and activities.  The members are:

 

Sally Baxter	Warwickshire County Council
Matt Berry	Cannock Chase District Council
Andrea Davies	East Staffordshire Borough Council
Ann-Marie Davidson	Staffordshire County Council
Lesley Drury	Warwick District Council
Mel Harris	Wychavon District Council
Caroline Nash	Stratford District Council
Pauline Ross	Bromsgrove District Council
Shirley Round	Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
John Wright	Wolverhampton City Council

 

WEST MIDLANDS REPRESENTATION ON THE ADSO BOARD

The latest West Midlands report to the ADSO Board meeting on 20 March 2015 is available

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REGIONAL MEETINGS

Next Meeting!!! As there is a Regional Conference scheduled in July, followed by the ADSO Conference in November, the next Branch meeting will be scheduled for February 2016.

Previous meetings

 

Friday 13 March 2015 – the agenda is available

. . Presentations/Briefings:          

Friday 3 October 2014 – the agenda is available

, plus  and

Friday 9 May 2014  – the agenda is available

. Click  for notes of meeting.