With Easter looming, events will pause for the school holiday. But not quite yet.
We’ve managed to arrange two LGR-themed things on Wed-25-March! Browse the whole calendar to find useful things.
Keep getting everything you can from your membership. You’re the most vital part of this community.
In your membership: content and people
- Watch: Newcastle’s low-code approach to consolidation and rationalisation
- Join: a lunchtime webinar:
Wed-25-Mar | Transforming LGR communications with Teams‑enabled SIP and AI reception services
Wed-15-Apr | Defend as one: Building collective cyber resilience across councils - Book: your next online core skills course: Managing and motivating hybrid teams | Tue-28-Apr and Tue-12-May | 09:30 to 12:30 | Teams
- Did you miss this? Maximising social value in procurement: Measurement and evaluation for buyers
- Share what works for you: Your experiences and perspectives matter, and by sharing them you’ll help spark conversations and inspire others.
- Walk: Near North Kesteven and/or Sleaford? The Public Sector Challenge: Lincolnshire is coming to you on Saturday 13 June.
Speak your mind at a focus group in April
Whether you’re a new or long-standing member, your insights are critical in helping shape the future of services, events, and resources. Can't join either of these dates? Email Yasmine.Hajji@socitm.net with your feedback.
Thu 6 Apr | 13:30 to 15:00 | Teams
Thu 23 Apr | 11:00 to 12:30 | Teams
Browse your members-only resource hub.
Share what’s working for you
If you were at an in-person event, that thing you’ve been working on (or have already done) might have been exactly what the person next to you needed to fix a problem or project they’re working on. The next best virtual alternative is sharing that thing in a case study or blog post.
Your experiences and perspectives matter, so please share them with members.
In your membership: Courses
Bring your favourite course in-house
Which course have enjoyed the most? With slight adjustment, could it meet the requirements of your whole team or organisation?
We can personalise training for you and deliver it in house.
Please just ask about it and how much it might cost on hello@socitm.net
Registering for training
Read your guide to using training points. Log in for the current number of available points. Don’t have enough or you’ve run out? Let us know. Things happen. If you can’t make the date of your training course let us know ASAP and we’ll get you onto the next suitable one available. And your training points will transfer with you.
Please note: non-attendance without letting us know will mean training points getting deducted from your organisation’s annual total.
In your membership: events
Lunchtime webinars next month (13:00 to 14:00)
| Wednesday 15 April | Defend as one: Building collective cyber resilience across councils Cyber attacks are increasingly exploiting weaknesses in third-party suppliers, not just core IT systems. Join Croydon, Stevenage, and Risk Ledger to explore how councils like yours are embedding cyber security into procurement and supplier management, moving beyond IT-only controls. Friday 17 April | Protecting public services: A roadmap through the Microsoft Security Ecosystem Get help to better understand the various Microsoft Security products (such as Sentinel, Purview, Defender and Security Copilot) and how these integrate to provide you with a strong security posture. |
President’s Conference 2026
Socitm at 40: From legacy to leadership
Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 June | London SW6 1UD
Book your place for bold thinking, practical insights and the space to reflect.
Chief Executive Nadira Hussain invites you to join her in London for our annual conference – this year marking Socitm’s 40th anniversary. It’s the biggest event in our calendar and a real opportunity to step back, reconnect, and focus on what matters next.
Partners’ events and updates
March
- Monday 16 to Friday 20 March | AI Public Sector Week
- Tuesday 17 March | 15:00 to 15:30 Ingredients of local authority success: What 208 councils reveal about AI readiness across the UK
- Thursday 19 March | 110:30 to 12:00 | OSCAR: Redesigning the Front Door with AI
- Wednesday 18 March | 10:00 to 16:15 | Public Sector Data & AI Summit 2026 [Edinburgh]
- Tuesday 24 March | 14:00 to 15:00 | Artificial Intelligence: Are you ready?
- Wednesday 25 March | 18:00 to 19:00 | AI and the future of public health [Cambridge]
- Thursday 26 March | 16:00 to 17:00 | Accessibility is going in the wrong direction where I work. What can I do?
April
- Wednesday 1 April | 10:00 to 12:00 | Microsoft Local Government Innovation and Collaboration Forum
- Wednesday 15 to Friday 17 April | 11:00 to 12:30 | Powering Digital Public Services
- Thursday 16 April | 08:45 to 17:30 | The GovTech Summit [London]
- Wednesday 22 April | 09:00 to 16:30 | Think AI for Government [London]
- Tuesday 28 to Wednesday 29 April | 08:00 to 17:45 | LGPN North [Manchester] Chaired by VP Alison Lincoln (Blackpool)
Thank you for reading (or scrolling) this far! Just one more thing…
A few of the things I’ve been looking at (and sharing with colleagues) this week:
- From UKAuthority: Smart capability in the age of AI
- From West Midlands Employers: Employment Rights Act 2025. A New ERA: What local government HR should focus on now
- Open call for evidence: Building a future tech sector that works for everyone
Take care. I hope you can have a great weekend when it arrives.
Best wishes,
Alex.
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