Lancashire Association of Local Councils (LALC) Training events

Lancashire & Merseyside County Training Partnership

The County Training Partnership members are LALC, Lancashire County Council, Preston College and the Society of Local Council Clerks. The aim of the Partnership is to develop a sustainable training programme throughout Lancashire and Merseyside and to ensure that careful budgeting will enable training courses to be sustained in the long term without detriment to either small or large councils.

The Partnership provides training for Clerks and Councillors. Several courses are held during the year and training can also be brought to individual councils. Some comments from recent courses;

Being quite new, the information covered so well many of the basics upon which to build Very grateful for the help and information Informative and enjoyable Keep up the good work

Examples of courses offered are below:

Training Timetable 2008/9
Course	Date	Max Delegates
Finance Workshop - 16th February, 7pm - 9pm	February 2011	14
Quality Parish Workshop - 2nd March, 7pm - 9pm	March 2011	14
Chairmanship Workshop - 6th April, 7pm -9pm	April 2011	14
New Councillors and Clerks, Module 1 - Saturday July 16th, 9.15am - 12.15pm This workshop covers procedures and Roles and Responsibilities.	July 2011	14
New Councillors and Clerks, module 2 - Saturday July 23rd, 9.15am - 12.15pm This workshop covers basic finance and audit and an overview of the planning system	July 2011	14
Certificate in Local Council Administration - September 7th, 7pm - 9pm. This is a six month course to mentor clerks for the certificate	September 2011	8
Community Engagement Workshop - 26th October, 7pm - 9pm	October 2011	14
Chairmanship Workshop - November 23rd, 7pm - 9pm	November 2011	14
Finance Workshop - 7th December, 7pm - 9pm	December 2011	14

Full council training on your own premises can be arranged through the office.

Courses and booking forms will be notified to Clerks in advance. It is advisable to book early as courses fill up quite quickly.