Virtual Training Seminar – June 2021

Join this one-day virtual event for training focused around the ‘Clerks’ Year Calendar’ to support you with important tasks for the upcoming months.

• Understand key aspects of the planning reforms & how they will work in practice – crucial update for clerks
• Discover how your bereavement services can be environmentally measured & achieve environmental compliance
• Identify bullying & harassment & find out what to do if it happens to you
• Receive details on the latest round of funding for Neighbourhood Plans
• Find out how to lead your community in a crisis using the Covid-19 pandemic as an example
• And much more!

The event will take place using Zoom.

Delegates will be sent the Zoom link to access the training day a week before the event begins.

Andrew Towlerton, SLCC National Planning Advisor

How will the planning reforms affect your council?

This session includes vital updates for clerks in England including details on the latest round of funding for Neighbourhood Plans.

The Government’s Planning White Paper ‘Planning for the Future’ proposes ‘radical’ and ‘far-reaching’ reforms of the planning system in England which will ‘streamline’ and ‘modernise’ it. This session will explain the key aspects of the reforms that will have implications for the sector and how they are likely to work in practice.

It is being led by Andrew Towlerton, SLCC National Planning Advisor, who is a qualified planner and has worked in various senior planning roles in the public and private sectors. He is also a parish clerk so is familiar with local councils.

Claire Rolston, Solicitor/Director, CLR Law

What do tomato plants, lawn mowers and allotments have in common? They have all been at the heart of a bullying claim by clerks. Clerks seem to have a disproportionate chance of being bullied for simply doing their job. Find out how to identify what bullying and harassment looks like and what to do about it if it happens to you.

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