Attendee Badge key:
Black – Exhibitor
Red – SLCC Officer
Blue – Delegate
Green – Speaker
Yellow – First Time Delegate
Tuesday 1 November
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
15:30 | SLCC AGM | |
19:00 – 19:30 | From 19.00, please join us in the London Suite where the exhibitors opening takes place. A chance to grab a drink and network with fellow colleagues and our commercial partners, who are glad to be back supporting our in-person events. Exhibition Opening Drinks | |
From 19:30 | Join Philip Peacock PSLCC at the Outgoing President’s Dinner where we will host our annual Charity Raffle in aid of his two charities – British Heart Foundation and the SLCC Educational Trust. Our team will be available selling raffle tickets for these extremely worthwhile charities. Dinner will be served in the Paris Suite. Outgoing President’s Dinner |
Wednesday 2 November
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
9:30 – 11:00 | Delegate Registration |
10:00 – 10:30 | Meeting of First Time Delegates |
11:00 – 11:10 | Conference Opening |
11:10 – 12:10 | Keynote Session Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is one of the UK’s most successful Paralympians and an inspirational motivational speaker who has won several medals and broken 30 World Records on the track. In 2010 Tanni became an Independent Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords, taking the title Baroness Grey-Thompson of Eaglescliffe in the County of Durham. As a working peer Tanni uses her experience and knowledge during debates in the House and she has spoken on a range of issues including Disability Rights, Welfare Reform, and of course, Sport.
Keynote Session – Seize The Day |
12:10 – 13:15 | Lunch |
12:45 – 15:00 | One-to-One Advice Book a face-to-face appointment with our expert advisory team to discuss your professional queries. One-2-One Advisory Sessions |
13:15 – 14:15 | Think Globally, respond locally, Andrew Maliphant The world is changing around us, principally but not only in terms of the environment, and our choice of responses is changing and expanding as well. This session will be looking at emerging best practice not only for town and parish councils responding to change but also in engaging and involving our local communities in the process. As change impacts on us all, there will also be an increasing need to network with our peers so that we can learn from their experiences while sharing our own recommendations. Think Globally, Respond Locally |
Does your council care about the environment? Katherine Owen, Blachere Illumination Blachere Illumination are global leaders in the provision of Eco Responsible festive lighting , this session will enlighten you on how Blachere can help you and your council as well as finding out about their summer range. Does your council care about the environment? | |
Setting the Sustainability Agenda Learn how to get sustainability on the agenda of your local council and how to set measurable sustainability goals that benefit your community. In this one hour session, Eleanor will share best practices for crafting tailored sustainability road maps and tried and tested methods of engaging peers and finding allies to take the first steps with. She will also provide an overview of the latest clean tech innovations helping communities around the world become more energy efficient. Setting the Sustainability Agenda | |
14:15 – 15:00 | Refreshments (Wig & Gown Photocall) |
15:00 – 17:00 | In this dynamic session a variety of speakers will reflect upon how much SLCC and the public sector has evolved over the past 50 years, with humorous anecdotes, interesting stories, and more. Reflecting on Half a Century |
From 19:00 | Awards Ceremony followed by 50th Anniversary Dinner (Black-tie) |
Thursday 3 November
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
8:30 – 9:00 | Registration & Refreshments |
9:00 – 9:40 | Update on the Civility & Respect Project |
9:40 – 9:55 | Welcome to NALC Chair Keith Stevens |
9:45 – 11:00 | One-2-One Advisory Sessions |
10:00 – 10:45 | A social session of insight, imagination, and ingeniousness – a chance for smaller & medium council clerks to explore problem-solving; through consideration of output from our colleagues in the larger councils’ group; and some on-the-fly heuristics. A Social Session of Insight, Imagination, and Ingeniousness |
The session from Ian Morris is intended for Clerks who think BIG!, regardless of the size of their current council(s). Discover a summary of the work Ian has been leading on identifying four ‘wicked problems’ affecting our larger local councils today; learn about an innovative ‘design thinking methodology’ that is being used to tackle those four problems; hear what’s happening next as we move towards developing innovative solutions to the four problems; and use a practical activity to provide you with a really simple technique for thinking laterally about tricky problems that you might be facing in your workplace. Your contribution to this activity will help to shape the problem solving work as it continues into 2022 and early 2023. For Clerks who Think Big! | |
Pethau Cymru – Wales Things
Lyn Cadwaller, Chief Executive One Voice Wales, will attend to discuss:
Pethau Cymru – Wales Things | |
10:55 – 11:20 | Refreshments |
11:20 – 12:15 | Case Studies from CLP training in tackling Climate change Richard Watkins & Alan Wilson, We will only conquer the Climate Emergency if people change their lifestyles. However, people have formed their habits and attitudes on travelling, heating, eating, and the countryside over tens of years. They are ingrained into their minds. People only change the way they live if they can see what is in it for them. People will always say “Why?” when asked to do something different. Education answers the question “why”.
We have 500,000 people in Shropshire, so we set up Save Our Shropshire to explain to them, through Parish and Town councils, the disastrous consequences of climate change. We show how each person contributes to it, why we all need to change, and how to make the changes. We will explain our objective of helping Parish and Town councils to be at the heart of helping their communities. As President Barack Obama said, “If you think education is expensive, wait until you see how much ignorance costs in the 21st century.”
Case Studies from CLP training in tackling Climate change |
Tracey Robbins is Head of UK Programme Delivery for Eden Project Communities, she is passionate about communities, informal networks, relationships, interconnectedness and reducing loneliness. Eden Project Communities brings people together, supporting and empowering them to make positive changes where they live, through The Big Lunch, Community Camps and the Network, which connects and supports community-minded people right across the UK. This session will provide an overview of the latest annual research, delving into the data that demonstrates the power of simple community activities to build resilience, community connection and local responses to climate change. Tracey will also share practical ways to support community action, increase interconnectedness and encourage sustainable living in your council area, leaving you inspired and better equipped to face the challenges ahead. Communities and Climate Change: building a better Future | |
Megan joined CSE in September 2017. A major part of her role has been mentoring young people through the Bright Green Future and Green Influencers youth environmental leadership programmes. Megan also works on projects supporting communities with their energy projects and local councils take action on climate change through the Town and Parish Climate Action Day events. She manages grant schemes within the Local and Community Empowerment Team, and designs and facilitates face-to-face and virtual workshops that support the community energy sector, community groups, young people and councils. Megan researches and engages with community groups and organisations across South West England and Wales to promote CSE’s projects and has assisted the Research & Analysis team with evaluation reports. Megan has also supported the Home Energy team on numerous of projects providing energy advice for vulnerable and fuel poor households on the phone and in person. CSE Impact Tool for carbon footprinting: what it is, how it can be used | |
11:30 – 12:15 | One-2-One Advisory Sessions |
12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch |
13:15 – 14:00 | Dr Carlton Brand, FRSA is a retired engineer, non-exec director, coach, trustee and governor at Wiltshire College and University Centre where he leads on safeguarding. He was Programme Director at Somerset County Council where he authored the business case for a single unitary council for Somerset, where he lives, and steered the proposal through the democratic process locally and nationally – it being approved by the Secretary of State in 2021 for implementation April 2023 without amendment. Carlton worked as a senior manager for Ford Motor Company designing and developing cars and trucks for 22 years, working and living throughout Europe, the United States and Japan. Looking to work in his local community, he moved into local government, first as a Corporate Director at St Edmundsbury Borough Council before moving to Wiltshire County Council leading on unitary implementation. He was Executive Director for resources and transformation; place-based services (economy, environment, planning and transport); adult social services and public health (mental health, learning disabilities, older people, reablement and safeguarding). He held the statutory posts of Head of Paid Service, Director Adult Social Services and Electoral Registration Officer & Returning Officer for all elections. Carlton holds a BA (Hons) Business Studies, MSc Advanced Automotive Engineering, Manufacture and Management and a Doctorate in Engineering; he is a level 7 qualified executive coach and programme & project manager and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA). His biography appears in Who’s Who.
The new Prime Minister and government: the future for local government and the implications for town and parish councils for devolution, levelling up and reorganisation |
14:00 – 15:00 | Confronting adversity, working as a team, and saving the planet, all whilst having fun and making the most of your life. Climb Your Own Everest |
15:00 | Close of Conference |
National Conference 2022 is generously sponsored by Blachere Illumination.
For expert advice visit www.blachere-illumination.co.uk
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