LMDN Notes - 200111 (PDF, 226Kb) - London Councils
LMDN Notes - 200111 (PDF, 226Kb) - London Councils
LMDN Notes - 200111 (PDF, 226Kb) - London Councils
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Barnet<br />
• Created a cohesive training programme – received good feedback from attendees.<br />
• Success with chairmanship training.<br />
• Media Awareness sessions – very popular.<br />
• Planning for next 3-6 months – difficult to plan when conversations are ‘if you’re here/if I’m<br />
here’.<br />
Barking & Dagenham<br />
• Working through PDP’s – very productive process, which has been interesting.<br />
• Ongoing member training – casework, housing etc.<br />
• Paid a lot of attending to scrutiny. Select Committees have scrutinized the budgets for the<br />
first time.<br />
Request from Select Committee Chairs to visit other authorities to see how they operate –<br />
visiting Islington and the Pubic Accounts Committee at the House of Commons in the next<br />
couple of months.<br />
• Stage 2 training underway – looking at bringing in an assessment for planning – if any<br />
colleagues have any examples of doing this can you please contact Fiona Jamieson.<br />
• Putting out tenders for public speaking. Talking to providers about possible joint training with<br />
Southwark.<br />
Islington<br />
• Annual Member survey – positive and constructive feedback.<br />
• Induction sessions went very well.<br />
• Specific briefings organised e.g. voluntary sector, partners etc.<br />
• Casework up and running.<br />
• Briefing on the census.<br />
• Session on presentation and public speaking.<br />
• Majority group training to involve back-benchers to share their experiences.<br />
Southwark<br />
• Training was reviewed in October by internal steering group, which helped to identify where<br />
the gaps are.<br />
• PDP’s – looked at key training needs from the findings – courses to be run before April 2011.<br />
• Have run lots of conferences and short courses since October 2010.<br />
Harrow<br />
• Set aside one day a month till 2012 – dedicated to member training days – all members are<br />
aware of the dates.<br />
• Split adult and children’s safeguarding training in to separate sessions to make them more<br />
manageable.<br />
• Working with scrutiny as too many clashes with training events.<br />
• Finance and community engagement sessions coming up with scrutiny.<br />
• Members asked for assertiveness training.<br />
• 1:1 sessions with newly elected members to see how they are settling in.<br />
• Changed timings of training courses from 6.30pm to 7pm start.<br />
Tower Hamlets<br />
• Not gone as quickly as usual – everyone’s focus has shifted to what is going to happen now<br />
around governance and what the dynamic will be with an Independent elected mayor and<br />
Labour Cabinet..<br />
• Running media training courses.<br />
• Couple of members LGID’s Academy training<br />
• Not sue what the budget cuts are going to be.<br />
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