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Dear Member

The LRIP Member Development Programme is all about helping members develop their skills and experience from each other and from our team of experienced consultants. We’ve worked with councillors in authorities right across United Kingdom and so we’re delighted to have been asked to work with Leicestershire & Rutland members too.

We’ll be running a series of workshops over the coming months, plus we’ve developed a range of content we think will be helpful to you on this web site. As well as accessing our content, we also hope you’ll use the site to share experiences and helpful hints with each other using the online Forum.

But before we develop the programme for LRIP programme for the next 12 months we want hear from you.

After all, it’s your programme so we want to know what topics or skills you’d like us to include in the programme. It can be anything you think will help you better fulfil your role as a local elected representative.

So why not take a few minutes to complete the simple form below and help us to develop the right programme for you.

Andrew Boatswain
AS Associates

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Induction Programme: The following topics will be covered within the induction programme. Please highlight your highest priorities:
Making sure Council policies work:	Scrutiny – what does it mean and how does it work? What can I do? What research is available to me?
How good is your Council?:	Why we have performance management External audit Benchmarking Role of members in monitoring performance Understanding the role of Comprehensive Performance Assessment Annual Audit and Inspection letters
Information management:	Information rights Data Protection Freedom of Information Act Human Rights Act Working with the internet Managing paper and files
Community leadership:	Ward and constituency matters Partnership working Surgeries Community planning Getting things done
Making the most of meetings:	Meeting skills Chairing skills Planning for meetings Council meetings Committee meetings External meetings
Money matters:	How is it all paid for? Budgets Allowances and expenses Grants Value for money
Below are a list of additional topics. Please indicate any you would like to see included within the programme:
Additional topics:	Improvement planning The Council as an Employer Handling the media Customer care Equality issues Member/officer relations Information and communication technology Time management Dealing with difficult people Good governance
Any additional feedback?

Leicester Shire & Rutland Improvement Partnership