YORKSHIRE LOCAL COUNCILS ASSOCIATION
TWO-DAY CONFERENCE, 21 – 22 APRIL 2021
Kindly sponsored by Churches, Charities and Local Authorities (CCLA), Streetscape, suppliers of Play, Sports and Fitness equipment, and Imaginarium, Learning and Development.
To be held remotely between 9.30am – 8.15pm daily (with lunch and evening breaks)
Cost: £40.00 for the two days or £30.00 with small council bursary (Bursary - 25% reduction in the conference fee will be given to those with a gross income of less than £5,000 per annum)
DRAFT PROGRAMME DAY 1 – 21 APRIL 2021
There will be several exhibitors and information at the end of each sessions, please stay and hear what our exhibitors have to offer.
Time | Session Title | Presenter (s) |
9.30am – 10.30am | Who we are and what we provide? | YLCA Team, President of YLCA, Mike Elsmore and Councillor Tim Saunders, Joint Executive Board member. |
9.30am – 10.30am | Village Greens, Commons and the opportunity to understand how to apply for lost commons in North Yorkshire. | Frances Kerner and Nicola Hodgson, Open Spaces Society |
10.30am-10.45am | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor |
10.45am – 11.45am | Inspections and Maintenance of Play Areas | Doug Belfield, Sales Director, Streetscape Products Ltd (Sponsor) |
10.45am – 11.45am | Cyber Security | Andy Hall, BHIB Council Insurance |
11.45am – 12 noon | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor |
12.00 – 1.00pm | Registration of Council Land Assets | HM Land Registry – Nicholas Dodd |
12.00 – 1.00pm | Climate Emergency | Simon Bowens, Friends of the Earth |
LUNCH BREAK | ||
1.30pm – 2.30pm | What does Social Media mean to Local Councils? | James MacCleary, Director, Breakthrough Communications |
1.30pm – 2.30pm | Council's Code of Conduct | Gurvynda Padden-White, NALC Legal Services |
2.30pm – 2.45pm | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor |
2.45pm – 3.45pm | Influential Communications: How to engage with the local community | Joe Cheal, Imaginarium (Sponsor) |
2.45pm – 3.45pm | Council's Investments and Strategies | Mark Davies, CCLA (Sponsor) |
3.45pm – 4.00pm | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor |
4.00pm – 5.00pm | Procurement – Rules and Regulations | Steve Parkinson (Parkinson Partnerships) |
4.00pm – 5.00pm | A brief overview of the Highways Act | Sharon Fox, NYCC Highways Officer |
BREAK FOR EVENING | ||
5.45pm – 6.45pm | Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) and the Year End | YLCA |
5.45pm – 6.45pm | The Easy Guide to Leadership: How to inspire others to greater things. | Joe Cheal, Imaginarium (Sponsor) |
6.45pm – 7.00pm | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor |
7.00pm – 8.00pm | General Data Protection Regulation – The Law behind the regulation | YLCA |
7.00pm – 8.00pm | Neighbourhood Planning | Andrew Towlerton, Planning Consultant |
8.00pm – 8.15pm | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor |
8.15pm | END OF DAY ONE | |
YLCA reserves the right to alter the day 1 programme at any time.
DRAFT PROGRAMME – DAY 2, 22 APRIL 2021
There will be several exhibitors and information at the end of each sessions, please stay and hear what our exhibitors have to offer.
Time | Session Title | Presenter (s) | |
9.30am – 10.30am | Welcome and Introductions - National Association of Local Councils (NALC) | YLCA Team and Jonathan Owen, Chief Executive, National Association of Local Councils | |
9.30am – 10.30am | Legal updates and Hybrid meetings | Gurvynda Padden-White, NALC Legal Services | |
10.30am-10.45am | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor | |
10.45am – 11.45am | The Monitoring Officer – advisor or enforcer? | Bethan Evans, Governance Training and Consultancy | |
10.45am – 11.45am | Risk Assessments on open space and Publicly used land. | Brian Brookes, BHIB Council Insurance | |
11.45am – 12 noon | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor | |
12.00 – 1.00pm | Working through Difference: How to prevent and resolve conflicts | Joe Cheal, Imaginarium (Sponsor) | |
12.00 – 1.00pm | Protecting communities from fraud, specifically the elderly and vulnerable residents | Ruth Andrews, North Yorkshire Trading Standards | |
LUNCH BREAK | |||
1.30pm – 2.30pm | General Power of Competence and Powers | YLCA | |
1.30pm – 2.30pm | General Data Protection Regulation – A practical session | YLCA | |
2.30pm – 2.45pm | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor | |
2.45pm – 3.45pm | Being a good employer and getting the basics right. | YLCA | |
2.45pm – 3.45pm | How to design and prepare for a play area, including consultation, best practice and pitfalls | Doug Belfield, Sales Director, Streetscape Products Ltd (Sponsor) | |
3.45pm – 4.00pm | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor | |
4.00pm – 5.00pm | Planning – local council's responses to the Planning Authority | Andrew Towlerton, Planning Consultant | |
4.00pm – 5.00pm | Networking with CCLA | Mark Davies, Kelly Watson and Jamie Charters, CCLA (Sponsor) | |
BREAK FOR EVENING | |||
5.45pm – 6.45pm | Council to Council – What did councils do during the pandemic that has brought the community together - how will it continue post Covid? | Speakers include Cllr Ivey, Little Smeaton Parish Council; Cllr Jackson, Askern Town Council; and Cllr Biscomb, Kippax Parish Council | |
5.45pm – 6.45pm | A brief overview of the Highways Act | Sharon Fox, NYCC Highways Officer | |
6.45pm – 7.00pm | Exhibitor | Name of Exhibitor | |
7.00pm – 8.00pm | Asset Transfer and its implications | Stephen Rolph, Locality | |
7.00pm – 8.00pm | How local council's can use Social Media to support its council business? | James MacCleary, Director, Breakthrough Communications | |
8.00pm – 8.15pm | Exhibitor | ||
8.15pm | END OF DAY 2 | ||
YLCA reserves the right to alter this programme at any time.
Final thanks to our sponsors Churches, Charities and Local Authorities (CCLA), Streetscape, suppliers of Play, Sports and Fitness equipment and Imaginarium, Learning and Development.
BOOKING INSTRUCTIONS
Remote Conference Booking Form 21-22 April 2021 (PDF, 768 Kb)
To book a place (s) for the two day conference please download and complete the booking form (see below) and send it to admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk. Once we receive the booking form an acknowledgement email will be sent and further details will be provided to the delegate in the week prior to the event.