Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests will be holding seminars virtually (via MS Teams) until further notice, with each lasting about an hour.
How to Support an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
This seminar will cover:
- Register entries
- APPG Secretariats (volunteers, Members’ staff, outside organisations)
- Members and Officers
- Meetings (including AGMs, inaugurals and other formal meetings)
- Transparency and records, including APPG websites
- Income and expenditure statements
Forthcoming dates:
- Thursday 10 December at 11am
- Tuesday 15 December at 3pm
Please email [email protected] to tell them your preferred date. They will then email you the joining instructions. These will include a link to the MS Teams App, which you should download and install before the meeting if you do not already have it on the device that you will be using to attend the meeting.
If the dates above are unsuitable please tell them and they will contact you when further dates are arranged.
JustUs advocates for people when they’re homeless to access the statutory support they are eligible for.
They currently offer training via Zoom on Homelessness Law aimed at new and experienced front line workers and volunteers as well as managers of services that regularly have contact with homeless people. The course provides:
- An awareness and basic understanding of Homelessness Legislation.
- An understanding of the legal definitions of homelessness, priority need, intentional homelessness and local connection.
- The information needed to know when a homeless application is appropriate.
- A practical understanding of how to help someone make a strong application for housing assistance.
- An awareness of other statutory help relevant to homeless people.
Please see their website for details of how to book: http://www.justus.org.uk/
Policy in Practice are presenting a free online webinar: Recap of the major benefits changes and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
10:30 – 11:30, Wednesday 8 April 2020
Registration required: http://policyinpractice.co.uk/events/
As new measures to control Coronavirus (COVID-19) are introduced Policy in Practice’s Head of Policy, Zoe Charlesworth, summarises the major changes to the welfare system that have been made.
Zoe will also share new analysis we’ve done to show the impact of the new measures and how they will help households hit by Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Join this webinar to learn:
- What benefits people in different situations might get
- How to get the most support for families and households
- What the impact of the 3 main changes mean for households
Here is the current list of training courses from the Parliamentary Learning & Development Team that staff can sign up for.
Courses are free of charge to all Members’ staff who are paid through IPSA’s staffing allowance and travel costs to training events can be met from the expenses scheme administered by IPSA.
There are two new courses:
- Managing Suicidal Conversations
- Advice and Effective Casework Interviewing Skills
Full details can be found in the training section of the Parliamentary Intranet.
The full course catalogue is available via Act – the Parliamentary learning management system.
| Course | Date | Region |
| Supervisory Management Course | 24.01.20 | Westminster |
| Conversations with Vulnerable People | 29.01.20 | Newcastle |
| Managing Suicidal Conversations - NEW COURSE | 29.01.20 | Westminster |
| Writing a Brief | 30.01.20 | Westminster |
| Role of the Office Manager Programme (CMI endorsed) | 31.01.20 | Westminster |
| - 3 day course - you must be able to attend all 3 days | 21.02.20 | |
| 27.03.20 | |
| Essential Writing Skills for Members' staff | 04.02.20 | Westminster |
| Introduction to Welfare Benefits | 05.02.20 | Westminster |
| Conversations with Vulnerable People | 06.02.20 | Exeter |
| Personal Independence Payment (PIP) | 06.02.20 | Edinburgh |
| Speech Writing | 06.02.20 | Westminster |
| Essential Writing Skills for Members' staff | 07.02.20 | Manchester |
| Asylum and International Protection | 12.02.20 | Westminster |
| Media Handling and Social Media | 13.02.20 | Westminster |
| Universal Credit Overview | 13.02.20 | Westminster |
| Taking Control of Your Time & Speed Reading | 18.02.20 | Westminster |
| Advice and Effective Casework Interviewing Skills - NEW COURSE | 19.02.20 | Westminster |
| Personal Independence Payment (PIP) | 20.02.20 | Westminster |
| Essential Writing Skills for Members' staff | 21.02.20 | Cardiff |
| Members' Staff Induction | 24.02.20 | Westminster |
| Managing Suicidal Conversations - NEW COURSE | 25.02.20 | Westminster |
| Immigration Law | 26.02.20 | Edinburgh |
| Introduction to Welfare Benefits | 27.02.20 | Glasgow |
| Speech Writing | 27.02.20 | Westminster |
| Personal Independence Payment (PIP) | 04.03.20 | Birmingham |
| Writing a Brief | 04.03.20 | Westminster |
| Conversations with Vulnerable People | 05.03.20 | Westminster |
| Immigration Law | 09.03.20 | Cardiff |
| Advice and Effective Casework Interviewing Skills - NEW COURSE | 10.03.20 | Westminster |
| Universal Credit Overview | 10.03.20 | Leeds |
| Taking Control of Your Time & Speed Reading | 12.03.20 | Manchester |
| Media Handling and Social Media | 17.03.20 | Exeter |
| Immigration Law | 18.03.20 | Leeds |
| Asylum and International Protection | 19.03.20 | Manchester |
| Taking Control of Your Time & Speed Reading | 19.03.20 | Edinburgh |
| Immigration Law | 23.03.20 | Birmingham |
| Members' Staff Induction | 26.03.20 | Westminster |
| Universal Credit Overview | 26.03.20 | Glasgow |
| Immigration Law | 27.03.20 | Westminster |
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Westminster Professionals
Training, networking and support for those in and around Westminster
- Training delivered by political professionals who understand your daily challenges
- Networking opportunities across Parliament – strengthening your connections, giving you new ideas and enhancing your career prospects.
- Support for you and your office with individualised training, advice and services
The course will cover the principles of good written communication and how to put them into practice. It will look at some essentials about the use of language, grammar, tone and writing style and will include an introduction to the ‘Plain English’ approach to business writing.
For full details and dates, please click here:
https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=429
This course will cover the elements which make up a compelling speech, focusing on structure and the ability to tailor to the best abilities of the speaker and understanding the needs of the audience.
For full details and dates, please click here:
https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=554
This one day course has been designed to provide an initial opportunity to build management capability and will be of particular benefit to those with limited or no experience of line management.
For full details and dates, please click here:
https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=1412
This workshop will give Members’ staff the opportunity to think about their roles and identify the tasks that really get results. In addition, delegates will learn a variety of tips and techniques on how to control more of their time, enabling them to focus on their key tasks.
For full details and dates, please click here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?f=616
This session will cover the opportunities and challenges that using social media in the Public Sector presents and introduce delegates to using social media platforms for themselves, their teams and their organisation.
For full details and dates, please click here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?f=480
