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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
Ref: 2980
Large room available in Walthamstow house, with access to own bathroom.
Sharing house with one other female.
Available from September to end of December.
£1000 per month including bills.
Contact c/o karen.lawrinson@parliament.uk
The BBC has reported claims that corporate clients of Health Assured, the provider of the staff Employee Assistance Programme, listened in to confidential helpline calls without the knowledge or permission of callers. You can read the House response to this on ParliNet, with contact details for those who need further advice or guidance.
Do you know anyone aged between 14 and 18 who is interested in the work of Parliament? The Learning and Careers team have partnered with one of the UK’s leading providers for online work experience, Springpod, to run a 3 month on demand virtual work experience programme.
The programme is now live until the 6th of October 2024. Click here to enrol and more information. Please share with anyone who may be interested
Between June 2023 to June 2024 a cross-party group of civic technologists worked together to create the MP Office Manual. They are all keen to see MPs with well run offices contributing to a flourishing democracy in the UK.
You can read it at mpofficemanual.uk
The proposals in the manual come from in-depth interviews with current and former MPs office staff and expert advice from 30+ practitioners, allied with a survey of staff members and a review of current literature including all past guides and examples found on w4mp, Hansard Society, and Parliament.
We hope you find it useful – and if you have any suggestions for improving it please get in touch.
A fascinating blog post from Democracy Club where they have analysed their data on the 4,515 parliamentary candidates standing for election on July 4. Read the full details on their website, but some highlights include
And, crucially, the preferred biscuit of general election candidates is the Digestive, closely followed by Hobnobs. There is a 52/48% split in favour of non-chocolate over chocolate biscuits.
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
We’ve spotted a useful article on LinkedIn by Laura Dunn, which talks about what MPs or staff who are leaving Parliament should do to tidy up their digital profiles and prepare for what comes next.
You can read the whole thing on LinkedIn here but highlights include
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