Training & Events Calendar

The Role of the Principal Authority Monitoring Officer - Frances Harrison, City of York Council, Head of Legal Services and Deputy Monitoring Officer

Thursday 2 March 2023, 10.00am - 11.30am, Cost £25.00 or £12.50 with small council bursary

This webinar covers the statutory role of Monitoring Officers (MO) in principal local authorities. Under the Localism Act 2011, MOs also undertake that role for parish sector councils. MOs are the lynchpin of the arrangements for upholding ethical standards in their Council. In addition to looking at the role of the MO, Frances Harrison will cover the requirement under the Localism Act 2011 for all local authorities to adopt a Code of Conduct consistent with the Nolan principles, what effective standards arrangements should look like and the role of principal authorities in handling complaints about parish sector councillors.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tf-mqqzMuHNGmXG0bZZ5BSLCX_XFX8K_0

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Chairs Discussion Forum (free of charge)

Thursday 2 March 2023, 6.45pm - 7.45pm

Following on from the success of the Clerk and Councillors Discussion Forums, we wanted to give Chairs the opportunity to network and raise issues they face when chairing meetings or in general, for example, how to deal with disruptive behaviour, how to manage a meeting lawfully. There will be a YLCA Officer in attendance as a facilitator and to give information where necessary.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rdO6gqzooG9ZfGPd-gm_dBYxHeAhZDEMg

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Health and Safety in the Workplace Part 1 - Stuart Whitham, Managing Director, Clear View Training & Consultancy (restricted to 8 delegates only)

Tuesday 7 March 2023, 9.30am - 12.30pm, Cost £50.00 or £25.00 with small council bursary

This informal session aims to discuss and understand basic key elements of health and safety. You are asked to think about your council's current responsibilities regarding health and safety to tailor the session your authority's immediate needs. This session will not just be discussion and listening, we will have scenarios to 'play out' and help everyone discuss what you think of the outcomes. The session will cover the following topics: legislation, responsibility, working environments, employees, contractors, and volunteers, health and safety surrounding events, policies and current working practices (standard rulebook) COSHH and RIDDOR.

This training may be delivered as a two-session course (3 hours each). By the end of the' Introduction to Health and Safety' you will have:

• Opportunity to discuss and share all aspects of health and safety in the workplace
• Confidence in dealing with health and safety situations
• Networking

If you are registering for this Part 1, you will also need to register for Part 2. As there are restricted numbers for this training please book early to avoid disappointment.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclc-ivpz4tEtLUdgpNoFXCqbbUWqSWX0yF

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Health and Safety in the Workplace Part 2 - Stuart Whitham, Managing Director

Clear View Training & Consultancy (restricted to 8 delegates only)

Following on from Part 1 we will continue to provide awareness of Health and Safety in the Workplace. You will have the opportunity to raise any questions you may have during the session.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpfuGprzkpGNMcIFiTyj8CP_0pY-q7QGd7

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Clerks Discussion Forum (free of charge)

Thursday 9 March 2023, 10.00am - 11.00am

An opportunity for clerks to liaise/network with other clerks on current topical issues. The YLCA Officer in attendance will offer clerks the opportunity to discuss a topic, provided by the Officer.

Please register for the session at least the day before.

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqcOivqjMqHtfJJwAolkOfsdTZU7aQFvEo

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Road Safety and Speeding Concern - Sharon Fox, North Yorkshire Council Highways Officer

Thursday 9 March 2023, 6.30pm - 8.00pm, Cost £25.00 or £12.50 with small council bursary

This session will cover road safety from a Highways perspective and some of the issues regarding speeding concerns for local councils, such as 20 mph limits, setting local speed limits, enforcement, reporting speeding concerns and speed management protocols. There will be information about what councils can put in place and various measures available. There will be an opportunity to raise questions as this will be an interactive session.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkc-6trj4vGNEkBuONsZdN2zvH0WB6eqhA

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Real practical tips to get your website accessible (and compliant!) - Mark Tomkins, Founder and Creative Director of Aubergine

Tuesday 14 March 2023, 10.00am - 11.30am, £25.00 or £12.50 with small council bursary

In this highly practical webinar, Mark Tomkins, one of the UK's leading website accessibility experts for councils and author of NALC's Website Accessibility & Publishing Guidebook, provides step by step guidance and tips you can use to improve the accessibility of your council website.

Councils often ask why they need to do this? Put simply, aside from it being a legal requirement since 2020, it is the right thing to do. One in five people in the country has a disability or situation that makes it hard for them to access the information from a website without barriers if it's not accessible. As a public body, local councils must make sure that what they publish is available to the whole community. This also leads to greater Community Engagement. With a few, easy to learn tips and guidance, by the end of the webinar you will understand the techniques and process that will improve the access to information for those in your communities that otherwise would struggle. The session will include:

• Documents and links
• Page Formatting
• Images
• Page heading structure
• File formats
• Checking processes

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcuyqpjIiH9Fj8eJOGneiGYEGHSYPirS7

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Induction for new clerks, held remotely

Wednesday 15 March 2023, 1.00pm - 4.00pm, Cost £50.00 or £25.00 with small council bursary

This session will include production of lawful agendas, effective minutes, learning legislation for local councils, introduction to accounts, the financial regime and lots of time for questions and answers throughout the session. It is a must for every new clerk or for clerks that have been in post for some time but have never undertaken this training.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsc-mrrz4pHNRxCDfrAfsmZuRdFV4DA7Ml

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Councillor Discussion Forum (free of charge)

Thursday 16 March 2023, 6.45pm - 7.45pm

An opportunity for councillors to liaise/network with each other. This forum is great for information sharing, asking questions and general discussing issues. If you haven't already joined a discussion forum, please do give it a try. A YLCA officer is present throughout for support.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcu-grz0qGt0TjPcy92wlN5LQqRLyG6Sl

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) and the Year End procedure (For Clerks/Responsible Financial Officers (RFO's) to smaller councils

Tuesday 21 March 2023, 10.00am - 11.30am, Cost £25.00 or £12.50 with small council bursary

The session will run through the year end procedure and what is required in preparation for the internal and external audits. This session is specifically for councils where the higher of gross income or gross expenditure is £25,000 or less.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvdu-oqTovEtHuomQGmEdTWf07Lu72-TgS

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Council Vacancies – filling ordinary and casual vacancies

Wednesday 22 March 2023, 10.00am - 11.30am, Cost £25.00 or £12.50 with small council bursary

Learn how to apply the law, fairness, and consistency when councillor vacancies arise for both ordinary vacancies following an election and casual vacancies following a resignation, non-attendance, or other recognised reason.

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvd-uqrDkpG9LjpssDyT-LIIOFL1pJhzqb

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Clerks Discussion Forum (free of charge)

Wednesday 22 March 2023, 1.30pm - 2.30pm

An opportunity for clerks to liaise/network with other clerks on current topical issues. The YLCA Officer in attendance will offer clerks the opportunity to discuss a topic, provided by the Officer.

Please register for the session at least the day before.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkde-sqj0jGdRiZf_OBd6YHWdlQvLUd6pG

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities with a turnover not exceeding £25,000

Tuesday 28 March 2023, 10.00am - 11.30am, Cost £25.00 or £12.50 with small council bursary

The Smaller Authorities (Transparency Requirements) (England) Regulations 2015 came into force on 1 April 2015. This webinar will go through the duties for smaller councils only. (There will be a separate session in the next training programme, for councils with a turnover exceeding £200,000).

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvd-msqTwuEtzN2ebhNR6j4YNuMDmQ9KTf

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk

How to deal with the unexpected!

Wednesday 29 March 2023, 10.00am - 11.30am, Cost £25.00 or £12.50 with small council bursary

Business continuity is a subject that some councils don't think about – but they should! This session will cover how local councils can plan for the unexpected and consider what to include in a basic plan to guarantee the day-to-day business continuity of the council.

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkduCgrD4uG9KHPX9B1AZwALufHxIIZS2o

Venue:

remote

Contact:

admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk