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£1,995/year

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Standard benefits, plus:

  • 4 Leadership Academy training points Our unique set of programmes is designed to harness, develop and promote talent, stretching and promoting skills essential to exercise effective contemporary leadership.Points are allocated to use throughout the year.
  • 1 seat at the President’s Conference gala dinner Choose who gets to join the evening dinner on the first day of President’s Conference. They’ll get great food and meet great people, with annual awards, a charity auction, and other entertainment.
  • 2-hour Innovation session with Socitm Advisory Talk about your real business problems. Socitm Advisory will share their insight and advice and help you map out possible next steps.This is a virtual session.

Essential Plus

£2,495/year

Extra training, an IT policy audit, and overnight accommodation at President’s conference.

Standard benefits, plus:

  • 8 Leadership Academy training points Our unique set of programmes is designed to harness, develop and promote talent, stretching and promoting skills essential to exercise effective contemporary leadership.Points are allocated to use throughout the year.
  • 2 seats at the President’s Conference gala dinner Two of you can join the evening dinner on the first day of President’s Conference. You’ll get great food and meet great people; with annual awards, a charity auction, and other entertainment.
  • 2-hour Innovation session with Socitm Advisory Talk about your real business problems. Socitm Advisory will share their insight and advice and help you map out possible next steps.This is a virtual session.
  • 2 hotel rooms for President’s Conference Two of you don’t need to find and pay for overnight accommodation so you can attend the whole conference.
  • IT policy audit with Protocol Policy Systems Your IT policies are an essential part of keeping data safe. Make sure yours are fit for purpose.

Enhanced

£5,995/year

Equip your team for future challenges with bespoke development and support.

Standard benefits, plus:

  • 12 Leadership Academy training points Our unique set of programmes is designed to harness, develop and promote talent, stretching and promoting skills essential to exercise effective contemporary leadership.Points are allocated to use throughout the year.
  • 3 seats at the President’s Conference gala dinner Three of you can join the evening dinner on the first day of President’s Conference. You’ll get great food and meet great people; with annual awards, a charity auction, and other entertainment.
  • Half-day Innovation Lab with Socitm Advisory Support for your senior leadership teams to consider their transformation journey. The lab will be tailored to your context and designed to showcase the ‘art of the possible’, grounded in lived experience of successful delivery.This is an in-person session.
  • 3 hotel rooms for President’s Conference Five of you don’t need to find and pay for overnight accommodation so you can attend the whole conference.
  • IT policy audit with Protocol Policy Systems Your IT policies are an essential part of keeping data safe. Make sure yours are fit for purpose.
  • 4 hours of leadership development support One-to-one coaching sessions including Belbin Team Roles or Prism Team Brainmapping profile.

Executive

£9,995/year

Personal support with dedicated strategic guidance for organisational growth.

Standard benefits, plus:

  • 16 Leadership Academy training points Our unique set of programmes is designed to harness, develop and promote talent, stretching and promoting skills essential to exercise effective contemporary leadership.Points are allocated to use throughout the year.
  • 5 seats at the President’s Conference gala dinner Five of you can join the evening dinner on the first day of President’s Conference. You’ll get great food and meet great people; with annual awards, a charity auction, and other entertainment.
  • Full-day Innovation Lab with Socitm Advisory Support for your senior leadership teams to consider their transformation journey. The lab will be tailored to your context and designed to showcase the ‘art of the possible’, grounded in lived experience of successful delivery.This is an in-person session.
  • 5 hotel rooms for President’s Conference Five of you don’t need to find and pay for overnight accommodation so you can attend the whole conference.
  • IT policy audit with Protocol Policy SystemsYour IT policies are an essential part of keeping data safe. Make sure yours are fit for purpose.
  • 8 hours of leadership development support One-to-one coaching sessions including Belbin Team Roles or Prism Team Brainmapping profile.
  • A customised training plan Pick and mix Leadership Academy training courses to create a bespoke selection tailored to your particular people, service and ambitions

Standard benefits for all members

 

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Frequently asked questions

What is a Socitm member?

A Socitm member is someone who is part of the Socitm community – via either a membership with their organisation or individually.

Socitm members have access to networking opportunities, publications, virtual events, in-person events and much more.

Member vs member organisation – what is the difference?

A member organisation is the public sector organisation that has signed up to be part of the Socitm community. The size of this organisation is not limited to a specific number of staff.

A member is an individual person within a member organisation.

Who can become a member?

Any public sector organisation, e.g. local government, central government, blue light, housing, social care, education etc.

What is a lead / main member?

They are our main point of contact for their organisation. This person is our first point of call with anything to do with their membership, such as billing, updating contact details, updating organisation details, and assigning Leadership Academy training points.

It is also their responsibility to encourage their colleagues to take part and engage with Socitm activities.

What is an admin member?

They are someone, assigned by the lead member, who manages the contact details of their organisation. This can be adding and removing new/old colleagues, updating their contact details and generally being a positive influence for the rest of the organisation and encouraging engagement.

Where can I find everything that is included in my package?

Once you are logged in, click the ‘My account’ drop down list in the top right hand corner of the screen. Then click ‘Membership details’. This page includes everything that you have access to within your organisation.

Alternatively, you can contact hello@socitm.net and your membership details can be sent over.

What is the Socitm benchmarking benefit?

Our benchmarking service allows members to measure their organisation’s IT performance across key areas like cost, delivery, staff resources, and user skills. By comparing with other organisations, users can identify strengths, uncover risks, and make data-driven improvements, ensuring informed performance and resource management.

My account won’t let me sign in. It says it doesn’t recognise my details?

If you are a member, you should be able to create an account on the website. If you are experiencing problems doing this, please make sure you are creating an account first and then you can log in. For instructions on how to do this, read our guide on how to create an account.

If you are still having problems with your account, please contact hello@socitm.net for further assistance.

How do I book onto an event or webinar?

Head to the events and training section the top of your screen and there you will find all events that you have access to.

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I’m not receiving any emails about events, what can I do?

Contact hello@socitm.net and the team can check that you are set up correctly and are subscribed to receive the emails.

We have some staff changes in my organisation, how do I update their details?

Your main or admin member can log onto their account and head to the ‘manage organisation’ page and click on the drop down next to each name to edit that person’s details (main corporate members can also remove employees), or add users by clicking ‘add user’ at the top of the page.

Alternatively, if you are struggling, please contact hello@socitm.net and we will be more than happy to help.

How do I access my Silktide report?

Once you are logged into your account, and on the home dashboard, scroll down the page until you see a button saying ‘check your website’s accessibility score’. Once clicked, a new page will open with your personalised report to work from.

If this button is greyed out and you are unable to click it, please contact hello@socitm.net.

How does the Leadership Academy points system work?

Depending on what corporate membership your organisation has, you have between 4 and 16 points. Each of our programmes and workshops are worth a certain number of points. So, when you book your training, this number of points will be deducted from your organisation’s total.

Before you book, the page will display the amount of points your chosen training is worth.

Your main corporate member will always need to confirm the use of Leadership Academy points.

I want to upgrade my membership, how do I do this?

Please contact hello@socitm.net and we will be more than happy to discuss upgrading options.

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