Courses
E-Learning Courses are available at any time and undertaken independently at your convenience. To sign-up please email sue@haptc.org.uk. Once processed you will receive joining instructions and your council will be issued with an invoice. Registration on this course will last 12 months.
£14/person/session available to members only ***special members only offer: take 5 subjects, choose 6th free of charge!
Topics currently available:
Webinars
Virtual webinars differ from meetings.
You can see the presenter, co-hosts and the presentation on screen but no-one else; they don't see you.
When you register Zoom automatically sends acknowledgement, email login details and automatic reminders leading up to the session.
Please check your junk mailbox.
"On demand" recordings, the presentation and supporting documents are available after the event.
Training topics are continually reviewed and updated to keep relevant to current and emerging needs of our sector. They are delivered by specialists and practitioners and cost effective to ensure affordability to even the smallest Parish Council.
£30/person/session; available to members only.
The full current list of topics is available in our regular email bulletin. For details sue@haptc.org.uk
Sessions attended in person
These are currently suspended
The following is a list of courses that HAPTC puts on at various times; for any currently scheduled into our training programme the date and times will be available through the calendar.
If you can't see a specific course that would be helpful to you in the list below, please contact the office.
- Action Plans and Business Plans
- Allotment Management
- Basic Councillor Training
- Budgeting Workshop for Smaller & Medium Councils
- Chairmanship & Meetings Process
- Clerks! Prepare for Ordinary Elections
- Code of Conduct
- Community Engagement
- Community Organisers
- Core Roles and Responsibilities in Councils
- Councillor Training session 2
- Council as an Employer
- Countryside and Rights of Way
- Dealing with Challenging People
- Effective Council Meetings Course
- Elections
- Employment Appraisals/Performance Review Skills
- Employment Discipline & Grievance Handling
- End of Year Finance
- Finance for Councils
- Finance for Councils, presented by Steve Parkinson
- Financial Briefing
- Finding and Bidding for Project Funding Successfully
- Data Protection
- Further Finance
- General Power of Competence
- Getting You Started - New Clerks
- How to Respond to Planning Applications
- Interactive Neighbourhood Planning Workshop
- Law and Procedures for Councils
- Leadership Development Taster Day
- Leadership Programme for Clerks
- Legal briefing from NALC
- Legislation Update and Networking
- Leadership for Clerks 2019
- Local Authorities and Charities - An Outline
- Mapping
- Neighbourhood Planning
- Open Spaces
- Planning Essentials; Jed Griffiths
- Planning Essentials; in house presentation
- Planning - Practical Guidance
- Risk Assessment
- Standing Orders Workshop
- Successful Working Relationships
- Supporting Good Governance for Councils
Venues
Generic Course Feedback Form
Generic course feedback form (MS Word, 160 Kb)
We always appreciate your feedback; this form can be downloaded and completed and emailed to sue@haptc.org.uk
Cancellation Policy
Please inform us immediately if you are unable to attend; there might be a reserve list. Member cancellations within 48 hours (2 full working days) of the course will be invoiced in full; non-members must give at least a full working week notice. This is to cover preparation and other costs (any handouts will be posted to the Clerk). You are of course welcome to find someone else to take your place. If we are able to reallocate at late notice we will inform you that the invoice is void.
Bespoke Sessions Tailored for your Council
Certificate in Local Council Administration (CiLCA)
SLCC Courses for Clerks
For further details, please contact the SLCC Hertfordshire Branch Secretary or see the national website:
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