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Members’ staff are invited to learn more about the Vote Office and the services we offer to support their work.
Friday 11 Jun 2021, 11:00 – 11:40 on MS Teams
Booking essential. For full details please see here
Affordable rooms in London this summer
Room for Tea is a social enterprise which connects interns looking for an affordable place to stay with hosts who have a spare room in their homes.
Our motivation is to help aspiring interns and apprentices access affordable accommodation in London during their work experience, and offer young people a fair chance at starting their dream career.
Looking for a room this summer? Room for Tea has new hosts available now! Rooms available in KentishTown, Clapham, Hackney and Wimbledon. Rent varying starting at £85 per week.
Visit our website www.roomfortea.com to access specific information about each of our hosts and register interest.
The Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests runs workshops for Members and their staff on the following subjects together with the next available dates.
‘Openness and Registering Members’ Financial Interests’, covering:
Thursday 3 June 2021 at 2pm
Thursday 17 June 2021 at 2pm
Thursday 1 July 2021 at 2pm
‘How to Support an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)’, covering:
Thursday 3 June 2021 at 11am
Thursday 17 June 2021 at 12.30pm
Thursday 1 July 2021 at 11am
Booking required. Please contact [email protected] to book a place.
The Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests runs workshops for Members and their staff on the following subjects together with the next available dates.
‘Openness and Registering Members’ Financial Interests’, covering:
Thursday 3 June 2021 at 2pm
Thursday 17 June 2021 at 2pm
Thursday 1 July 2021 at 2pm
‘How to Support an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)’, covering:
Thursday 3 June 2021 at 11am
Thursday 17 June 2021 at 12.30pm
Thursday 1 July 2021 at 11am
Booking required. Please contact [email protected] to book a place.
This briefing paper explains the status of directly-elected mayors in English and Welsh local government, and the routes to establishing them, including the use of local referendums. It also includes an up-to-date list of elected mayors and statistics on previous referendums.
Find the briefing here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05000/
There are still a few places available for the Member’s Staff Induction session on 27 May 2021.
If you have any new starters who have not yet signed up the course, please ask them to sign up here: Member’s staff induction
The details of the session are s follows.
Part 1: Induction (9.30-12.30)
Part 2: Valuing Everyone – Tackling bullying and harassment and sexual misconduct workshops (13.30-16.30)
The Commons Library has published a new research briefing looking at online scams. In addition to looking at the scale of the problem, it considers the different types of scams, who are the targeted victims, and what is being done to combat them.
You can find it here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9214/
The Commons Library has published a new research briefing looking at the results of the local elections that took place in England on 6 May 2021.
You can find it here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9228/
The Wellness Working Group has launched a new Wellbeing Hub for Members’ Staff.
This is a dedicated space created by MPs’ staff for MPs’ staff; they know just how difficult this job can be and the importance of taking time to look after yourself. They have gathered all resources to support you on this site.
The Wellness Working Group is a cross party group of members staff that aims to place a greater focus on mental health and increase support for members staff wellbeing.
Please visit the Wellbeing Hub for Members’ Staff here: https://hopuk.sharepoint.com/sites/hct-wellbeinghub
There will be a tour of the new Wellbeing Hub at 3pm on Wednesday 12 May 2021. Please click here for details of how to join: https://hopuk.sharepoint.com/sites/hct-wellbeinghub/_layouts/15/Event.aspx?ListGuid=391ff5e9-e147-4629-996a-5998ff65a95a&ItemId=3
Award-winning public affairs professional Robert McGeachy has written The Public Affairs Guide to Westminster: The Handbook of Effective and Ethical Lobbying, drawing upon his experience of working in the House of Lords for many years, and of leading successful UK-wide public affairs campaigns.
The Westminster Public Affairs Guide shows organisations and individuals how to influence both Houses of the UK Parliament and the UK Government, and to do so on an ethical, cost effective basis. Full of useful hints and tips, and written with the benefit of years of experience and success in the profession, the Westminster Public Affairs Guide is the essential tool for those seeking to find out more about the Westminster political system, about developing campaigns and about how to engage with the UK Government, and with both Houses of the UK Parliament, to influence policy and legislation.
The book will be of interest both to public affairs professionals, and to parliamentary staff. It will help parliamentary staff to maximise the effectiveness of their support for the MPs or Peers they work for, and strengthen the latter’s capacity to influence legislation and policy development.
The Westminster Public Affairs Guide has been published by the Welsh Academic Press. Further details can be accessed at https://welsh-academic-press.shopfactory.com/contents/en-uk/p60.html or https://www.amazon.co.uk/Public-Affairs-Guide-Westminster-Effective/dp/1860571344