Discover membership

The network where collaboration, critical thinking and sharing best practice are key

Events & networking

Our flexible schedule of Share Local and Share National events allow members and partners to join together for mutual benefit, online or in person.

Publications & research

Through Inform and the resource hub enjoy access to the most insightful, impactful and actionable content in the public sector. In-house and commissioned research keeps members informed with what matters.

Web accessibility testing

BetterConnected+ provides automated website assessments, from expert partner Silktide, and resources to support the development of accessible digital content.

Webinars

Our 40+ annual webinars (often, but not exclusively on Wednesdays), discuss relevant issues and skills for everyone in your team. Useful, interesting and worthwhile, they allow us to learn and get better together.

Training programmes

Our Leadership Academy offers opportunities for everyone to take their career to the next level. Candidates learn in a supportive environment to build the qualities needed from today’s leaders.

ICT performance checking

Improve is a benchmarking service that provides a holistic overview of your current ICT performance, enabling you to measure it against yourself and others.

Our corporate membership is open to the following sectors

Local and central government

Health and social care

Education

Third sector

Social housing

Blue light

Benefits and pricing

Essential

£1,895/yr

Have access to a range of resources including webinars, publications and research, and accessibility testing for up to 15 individual memberships.

15 members
£4,500 savings*

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Essential Plus

£2,395/yr

Increased benefits from Essential include additional memberships and hotel accommodation for President’s Conference attendees.

20 members
£7,000 savings*

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Enhanced

£5,995/yr

Enjoy individual memberships for up to 50 of your staff, as well as increased benefits including access to one of our Improve modules.

50 members
£8,000 savings*

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Executive

£9,995/yr

Take an executive package and your authority can enjoy an unlimited number of memberships and a customised training plan.

Unlimited members
£10,000 savings*

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* The savings are based on a price comparison between buying as a package and paying for each service separately

Package comparison

	Essential	Essential Plus	Enhanced	Executive
Annual price	£1,895	£2,395	£5,995	£9,995
Savings *	£4,500	£7,000	£8,000	£10,000
Members
Individual memberships	15	20	50	Unlimited
Standard benefits	✓	✓	✓	✓
Webinar Wednesdays	✓	✓	✓	✓
Inform subscription (access to member-only resources)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Leadership Academy	✓	✓	✓	✓
Leadership Academy: Online	✓	✓	✓	✓
President's Week event	✓	✓	✓	✓
Share Local events	✓	✓	✓	✓
Share National events **	✓	✓	✓	✓
Share: Online	✓	✓	✓	✓
Silktide website accessibility testing	✓	✓	✓	✓
Variable benefits
Leadership Academy *** (number of places per organisation)	1	2	2	3
President's Week dinner (number of places per organisation)	1	2	2	3
President's Week accommodation (for dinner attendees)	✕	✓	✓	✓
Improve module ****	✕	✕	✓	✓
Customised training plan	✕	✕	✕	✓

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Preview our research before committing

A selection of our publications are free to read by everyone. We commission the best writers in the public and private sector to ensure our members access the latest thought leadership and research.

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Socitm Improve has been invaluable to us...

Denbighshire County Council have undertaken the Socitm benchmarking exercise for a number of years. It has been invaluable to us as we are able to analyse our annual results and compare them year on year. This allows us to look for trends enabling us to see what we are doing well and to investigate any…

Denbighshire County Council

Just wanted to drop you a line to say we got a lot of sign ups off the back of you guys promoting our webinar (63 to date). It’s great to see the return on this.

Jenny Trainor, Texthelp

Just a very brief note to say how much our team are enjoying working with you, and to thank you all for your sterling efforts in producing and distributing a fabulous joint communique. We rarely have the opportunity to work with such a professional cadre of people such as the like of you; it has…

Dan Turner, Deep Secure

The support Microsoft receives from Chantelle and the team at head office is really fantastic. Not only are they incredibly proactive when responding to enquiries, but they also work really hard to ensure we are getting the most out of our investment in a partnership.

Faith la Grange, Microsoft

Canon UK have had a long-standing, strategic relationship with Socitm as a partner. This partnership is a key enabler in supporting our business objectives and assisted in developing high level relationships with senior decision makers across the public sector.

David Crichton, Canon UK

...strong security standards are imperative...

Digital technologies underpin the delivery of the council’s essential services; therefore strong security standards are imperative to protect data and maintain business-as-normal.

Steve Makin, ICT Contracts Officer

I welcome this report...

I welcome this report, not only because it advances the debate about cyber security, but also because it raises awareness of the cyber threat.

Stephen Baker, SOLACE

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