Time: 18:00
Date: Monday 9 September 2024
Location: Bellamy’s Café
BGIPU will be hosting the Annual Charity Quiz on Monday 9th September in Bellamy’s café from 1800.
This is open to all members and parliamentary staff, teams are up to 6 people, but individuals can also attend.
Entrance is £5pp going to charity, there will be prizes for the winners and drinks and snacks provided.
People wishing to attend should contact Rhiannon Edwards at edwardsrl@parliament.uk
All new office managers are strongly advised to book in on an induction session.
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Date: Thursday 8 August 2024
Location: Online via Teams
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Date: Tuesday 20 August 2024
Location: Parliament, in person
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Date: Thursday 5 September 2024
Location: Online via Teams
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Date: Tuesday 17 September 2024
Location: Parliament, In Person
The session will include:
By the end of the session you will:
To sign up for the course, please go to https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=2241 or, if you don’t have a network account yet, please email MMSST@parliament.uk
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Date: Thursday 13 June 2024
Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams
The June 2024 forum will be on the topic of NHS organisations and their inter-relationships. It will be led by Tom Powell from the Library’s Social Policy Section.
Please go here to book: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/signup.php?s=16699
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME AND DATE
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
Date: Wednesday 22 May 2024
The May 2024 forum will be on the topic of Help with childcare costs. It will be led by David Foster and Niamh Foley from the Library’s Social Policy Section.
To book, please go here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/signup.php?s=16684
PolicyMogul is putting on three webinars for parliamentary users:
This online webinar is your chance to learn about the value that PolicyMogul provides for MPs, peers, PPCs and parliamentary staff.
As well as an overview of the platform’s features, we will highlight some best practices related to getting the most out of the platform. Session includes Q&A.
PolicyMogul is the essential online tool used by UK parliamentarians and their teams to stay up to date with the latest political updates and intelligence related to their work and responsibilities.
Platform features include:
Upcoming sessions:
To register, please follow this link: https://about.policymogul.com/parliament/
Updated dissolution guidance has been published by both the House of Commons and IPSA.
For further information and links, please see our page on dissolution here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp-guides/general-elections/dissolution-guidance/
Members’ offices are offered an opportunity to join an in-person briefing in Bristol with representatives of relevant services from across the House Administration and IPSA to find out more about the Dissolution Guidance and ask any questions they may have.
To register to attend, please email MST@parliament.uk
The Vote Office’s Publications Enquiries Team has launched a new weekly bulletin summarising all reports and papers published and available in the Vote Office.
Paper Trail features links to the week’s bills, government papers, select committee and NAO reports.
Paper Trail is available on ParliNET as well as in hard copy from the Vote Office outlets in Portcullis House and the Palace.
You can find Paper Trail here: ParliNet | Paper Trail (parliament.uk)
If your office receives a ‘copyright infringement notice’, please inform the Members’ and Members’ Staff Services Team immediately, and do not respond to the notice until you have discussed it with her.
MMSST is aware that there are also some scams going around at the moment, and it’s important to get them checked out. No genuine organisation will ask for payment in cryptocurrency. All scams and phishing attempts should be reported to PDS.
It’s very easy to find pictures on the Internet and copy them to use on your own website. However, in doing so, you could easily be infringing copyright, and the owner might seek compensation.
Paul Clarke has written a useful guide especially for w4mp on publishing pictures and avoiding rights issues, which you can find here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp/w4mp-guides/support-in-your-job/publishing-pictures-and-avoiding-rights-issues/
A new series of podcasts has been launched, featuring Members’ staff and Teams across the House of Commons discussing different issues that affect Members’ Offices.
To find out more, please see here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=2184