South-west and Channel Islands
EventLocal meeting | In-person

South West

Date & time

  1. 5 March 2026 09:30 - 14:30

Location

  1. Exeter Racecourse

Agenda

  1. 09:30 Arrival Tea and Coffee
  2. 10:00 Welcome & Introduction

    Craig Wilkins, Chair

  3. 10:10 How Gloucestershire is approaching the delivery of DDAT in the context of LGR

    Sherrill Holder, Gloucestershire Council

  4. 10:30 WeChange.AI & a Framework for Change

    Andrew Boxall, WeChange.AI

  5. 10:50 Socitm update

    Aimie Francis, Socitm

  6. 11:15 WARP update

    John Finch, Plymouth Council

  7. 12:00 Lunch
  8. 13:00 Demo: A simpler way to handle FOIs, SARs and complaints from one resident view

    Sean O’Hagan & Shilen Khimani – HSO

  9. 13:20 LGA update

    Lisa Trickey, LGA

  10. 13:50 Socitm membership

    Craig Wilkins & Aimie Francis

  11. 14:20 Closing Remarks

    Craig Wilkins, Chair

  12. 14:30 Finish

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