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LWPSN – Online Q&A with the Rt. Hon. Lucy Powell M.P.
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/
Meet the Director drop-in: Customer Experience and Service Delivery
Time: 11:30 – 14:00Date: Tuesday 14 January 2025Location: 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,…
MPs’ Staff Survey of Well-being 2024-2025
The Wellness Working Group is excited to once again share with you the now Annual WWG Survey of Staff working for Members of Parliament You may remember that the Wellness Working Group undertakes this important anonymous survey of MPs staff to better understand the pressures and effects that our jobs have on our wellbeing. We…
“You are a casework officer in an MP’s office”…
Interest in and use of AI tools like Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, ChatGPT and Policy Mogul‘s AI Assistant continues to grow, and more and more staff members will have access to these services on their computers, tablets and phones. So far everything you read on w4mp is ‘generated by real people’ but who knows what’s coming…
Full Fact: January Caseworker Discussion Forum
The guest speakers at the January Caseworker Discussion Forum will be from Full Fact, the fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm done by bad information. Time: 10:30 – 11:30Date: Thursday 16 January 2024Location: Online via MS TeamsBooking: https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=1953 Read more about Full Fact here: https://fullfact.org/about/
Training: Registering Members’ Financial Interests
Join the Parliamentary Registrar for a training session on how to register Members’ financial interests. Time: 11:30 – 13:00Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024Location: In-Person and OnlineBooking: https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=2309
Training: Staying safe and secure across Meta technologies
Meta are hosting a virtual training for MPs and their staffers to showcase the tools they can use to stay safe and secure across Meta technologies next week Friday 6th Dec at 10h00. As part of this training, they will also cover Meta Support Pros, a dedicated support service to address operational and technical issues…
Last posting dates for Christmas
The last recommended posting dates this Christmas are: 1st Class mail: Friday 20 December 2nd Class mail: Wednesday 18 December. Overseas dates may be considerably earlier – see https://www.royalmail.com/christmas/last-posting-dates for details.
Behaviour Code Training for MPs’ Staff
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…
Refugee Resettlement to the UK: How does it work?
A training session provided by the House of Commons, aimed at Member’s staff caseworkers. Time: 15:00 – 16:30Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024Location: OnlineBooking 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…