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The guest speakers at the February Caseworker Discussion Forum will be from the House of Commons Library, covering FAQ pages, online resources, requesting information and more.
Time: 14:30 – 15:30
Date: Thursday 13 February 2025
Location: Online via MS Teams
Booking: https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=1953
Elect Her is inviting any women preparing for selection to come to a drop in space, where we can get to know you and support you.
We are offering this as an opportunity so we can understand what you need help and support with.
Whatever it is you need come and join us and our expert team:
Time: 19:00 – 20:15
Date: Monday 3 February 2025
Location: Online
Drop in and ask away!
https://www.elect-her.org.uk/events-workshops/candidateclinicfebeve
The Bank of England would like to invite MPs’ staff based in and around Leeds and the surrounding regions to attend a briefing session on the work of the Bank on Monday 10 March from 10.00-12.00.
For those who would like to attend in person, the session will be held at the Bank’s offices on Greek Street in Leeds. However, this will be a hybrid session, so MPs’ staff based around the country are welcome to get in touch and attend online. Depending on demand, we will offer further sessions at our offices around the country, including in Glasgow, Belfast, and Cardiff.
Senior Bank staff will deliver a briefing on the Bank’s three main policy areas – monetary policy, financial stability, and prudential regulation – and an introduction to our Leeds office and plans for expansion. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion of how the Bank’s decisions affect constituents up and down the country. With an interest rate decision on 20 March, this will be an ideal opportunity to ask your questions and learn more about the work of the Bank of England.
If you would like to attend, please email [email protected] to book a place in person or request a link to attend online.
Please note this session is for MPs’ staff only. However, we hold regular briefing sessions for MPs to keep them up to date on the Bank’s policymaking. The next session for MPs will be held in Portcullis House on 27 March and Members are welcome to get in touch to book a place.
Join the Labour Women’s Parliamentary Staff network in an online Q&A with the Rt. Hon. Lucy Powell M.P. on Tuesday 4 February 2025.
For further information and to learn more about the LWPSN, please see here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp-guides/groups-which-staff-can-join/representation/labour-womens-parliamentary-staff-network/lwpsn-whats-on/
Time: 11:30 – 14:00
Date: Tuesday 14 January 2025
Location: Portcullis House Hub
Members and Members’ staff are invited to join us for the first session of our new monthly ‘Meet the Director’ drop-ins in the Portcullis House Hub.
Directors from key House Administration teams that provide services to Members will be available to answer your questions, listen to your feedback, or if you just want to learn more about how their teams can support you in carrying out your parliamentary duties.
This first session will take place from 11.30am-2pm and is hosted by Customer Experience & Service Delivery (CE&SD), comprising eight teams delivering services to Members, passholders and the public to keep Parliament clean, safe and operational. You can find out more about the work of the team on ParliNet.
Please see here for further details:
This training is essential for all MPs staff, and it is booked up many weeks in advance.
Please do book on to the first available course here: Course: Behaviour Code – Why it matters for all new Members’ Staff.
The Behaviour Code outlines clear guidelines on how you should be treated, and how you should treat others.
These guidelines apply to everyone who visits and works in Parliament.
You should:
Unacceptable behaviour will be dealt with seriously, independently and with effective sanctions.
A training session provided by the House of Commons, aimed at Member’s staff caseworkers.
Time: 15:00 – 16:30
Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024
Location: Online
Booking essential – https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=1918
Casework and correspondence to MPs from resettled refugees in constituencies across the UK has grown in recent years as the number of resettled refugees arriving in the UK has increased, as has the number of constituencies hosting them. This increase was primarily a result of the launch of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) that ran from 2014-2021 and resettled over 20,000 refugees across the UK. The first large scale resettlement programme to the UK in decades.
The VPRS’ successor: the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) continues to resettle refugees across the UK, and Pathway 2 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) has also been established.
An understanding of what refugee resettlement is, how it works and the rights refugees arriving will enjoy will be of crucial importance to MP’s offices when responding to correspondence. This training is intended to support caseworkers and parliamentary researchers with significant experience already, as well as those who are new to this policy area.
The training will cover:
10:30 – 15:30 on Tuesday 26 November 2024
To mark Men’s Health Awareness Month, the Parliamentary Health and Wellbeing Service (PHWS) and Parligender have partnered together with Andy’s Man Club and Prostate Cancer UK.
Andy’s Man Club are a charity who raise awareness for men’s mental health by facilitating groups all across the UK and Prostate Cancer UK are one of the UK’s most well-known charities who raise awareness for Prostate Cancer.
Visit the stall in Portcullis House between 10:30am – 3:30pm to meet representatives of Andy’s Man Club and Prostate Cancer UK along with PHWS staff.
There will also be a Men’s Health Awareness workshop at 1pm.
For further information please visit this page on Parlinet: https://parlinet.parliament.uk/events/2024/november/mens-health-awareness-stall/
Time: 12:00
Date: Wednesday 27 November 2024
This online webinar is your chance to learn about the value that PolicyMogul provides for MPs, peers 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.
For full details and to register, please visit https://about.policymogul.com/parliament/
