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SW Customer Focused Transformation Network - Free Conference - 12th December 2008
SW Customer Focused Transformation Network - Free Conference - 12th December 2008
our next Customer Focused Transformation Network conference will focus on culture and the role of culture in delivering service transformation.
 
Professional Services: Temporary Staff and Consultancy CSR07 Challenge within the South West - 6th November 2008
Professional Services: Temporary Staff and Consultancy CSR07 Challenge within the South West - 6th November 2008
With government use of consultancy and temporary staff rarely out of the political and media spotlight and as an area of significant annual spend across the public sector, procurement and the use of these services across Councils is a hot topic.
 
South West Provider Forum - 23rd October 2008
South West Provider Forum - 23rd October 2008
 
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 22nd October 2008
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 22nd October 2008
The importance of focusing on outcome-based commissioning is high on all our agendas – highlighted by the national policy objectives in Our Health, Our Care, Our Say and the Department of Health's Commissioning Framework for Health and Wellbeing as an integral part of the current "Personalisation" agenda which authorities and providers are focussing on.

In anticipation that future contracts will reflect these developments, with services being defined not by quantity of services delivered but
 
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 8th October 2008
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 8th October 2008
The importance of focusing on outcome-based commissioning is high on all our agendas – highlighted by the national policy objectives in Our Health, Our Care, Our Say and the Department of Health's Commissioning Framework for Health and Wellbeing as an integral part of the current "Personalisation" agenda which authorities and providers are focussing on.

In anticipation that future contracts will reflect these developments, with services being defined not by quantity of services delivered but
 
South West Children's Services Commissioning Forum - 18th September 2008
South West Children's Services Commissioning Forum - 18th September 2008
Meetings are open to those who are involved in the commissioning of Children's Services in the South West region from Local Authorities, PCTs and other commissioning bodies. Nominated representatives of service providers also attend.
 
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 7th August 2008
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 7th August 2008
Enabling attendees to hear about developments around our costing model, the "Fair Pricing Tool" for use with residential placements for people with learning disabilities which is already being used extensively within the South West region. At the "Roadshow" we can demonstrate the tools to you and show you recent toolkit developments and explain our plans to extend the use of our care cost model for residential care beyond learning disability services to people with mental health problems
 
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 5th August 2008
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 5th August 2008
Enabling attendees to hear about developments around our costing model, the "Fair Pricing Tool" for use with residential placements for people with learning disabilities which is already being used extensively within the South West region. At the "Roadshow" we can demonstrate the tools to you and show you recent toolkit developments and explain our plans to extend the use of our care cost model for residential care beyond learning disability services to people with mental health problems
 
South West Waste Officers Network Event  - 25th June 2008
South West Waste Officers Network Event - 25th June 2008
South West Waste Officer Network Event
 
Lean Thinking in Action - Industry Visit Opportunity, 19th June 2008, Cowley, Oxfordshire
Lean Thinking in Action - Industry Visit Opportunity, 19th June 2008, Cowley, Oxfordshire
Many of you are thinking about, or are in the process of, re-designing and transforming your processes using Lean approaches, tools and techniques. But how many of you have seen and touched a Lean success story and experienced the journey of the transferred entity? LIFT SW have organised an Action Learning Visit for up to 15 Transformation Leaders, Lean practitioners, enthusiasts from our Local Authorities and partner organisations to visit Unipart Group Lean University in Cowley, Oxfordshire to
 
Innovation in Action at Bristol City Council & DHL Consolidation Centre - 6th June 2008
Innovation in Action at Bristol City Council & DHL Consolidation Centre - 6th June 2008
This is a rare opportunity for 15 executives from Local Authorities across the region to get together, meet representatives from Bristol City Council and DHL Teams and share their perspectives, learnings and investigate the applicability to your circumstances.
 
Customer Channel Management Conference- 5th June 2008, Exeter
Customer Channel Management Conference- 5th June 2008, Exeter
Aligning customer needs, channel access and service design in order to deliver superior services efficiently and build flexibility and agility in the process.
 
LIFT SW / OGC Procurement Surgery - 4th June 2008
LIFT SW / OGC Procurement Surgery - 4th June 2008
Why not come along to OGC’s surgery and find out what Collaborative Procurement and Category Management really mean for you and your area. There will be specialists available to discuss OGC’s approach to Fleet, Energy and ICT and how we can assist you to achieve substantial savings to release resources to the front line services. You will also have the opportunity to learn how OGC’s innovative e-Auctions and Contracts Database can help you to deliver value for money
 
South West Children's Services Commissioning Forum - 22nd May 2008
South West Children's Services Commissioning Forum - 22nd May 2008
This is a rare opportunity for 15 executives from Local Authorities across the region to get together, meet representatives from Bristol City Council and DHL Teams and share their perspectives, learnings and investigate the applicability to your circumstances.
 
Adult Services Innovation in Commissioning - 1st May 2008
Adult Services Innovation in Commissioning - 1st May 2008
An interesting and exciting opportunity to hear about recent research and innovative commissioning approaches being developed in the SW region.
 
Economic Development: Equipping for the Future - 29th April, Taunton
Economic Development: Equipping for the Future - 29th April, Taunton
An event to consider the challenges facing local authorities (such as the sub national review, the proposed Economic Assessment Duty, delivering economic priorities agreed in the new LAAs and planning for growth and regeneration) and to discuss the capacity needs to enable the region to meet that challenge
 
Councillors at the Heart of Their Communities, 25th April 2008, BAWA Conference Centre, Bristol
Councillors at the Heart of Their Communities, 25th April 2008, BAWA Conference Centre, Bristol
Showcasing good practice around the region for Councillor engagement.
 
South West Children's Services Provider Forum - 18th April 2008
South West Children's Services Provider Forum - 18th April 2008
The South West Provider Forum is open to all current and potential suppliers of Children's Services to the South West. The current focus is on placements (Fostering, Homes and Residential Schools) Members pay a subscription of £75 pa for one attendee (£150pa for two or more) to offset expenses. The objects of the Forum are to explore issues of interest to Providers and Commissioners and to work together on specific topics.
 
Strategic Workforce Planning and the Employee Contribution to Improvement  - 16th April, Bristol
Strategic Workforce Planning and the Employee Contribution to Improvement - 16th April, Bristol
An event designed specifically for members and officers who would like to develop their strategic approach to workforce planning.
 
COPROP South West Workshop - 7th April 2008
COPROP South West Workshop - 7th April 2008
Delivering Savings through a Regional Contractors' Framework
 
Somerset Waste Partnership Conference - 4th April 2008
Somerset Waste Partnership Conference - 4th April 2008
The Somerset Waste Partnership has delivered the first multi-authority service delivery partnership including all waste authorities and service delivery partnership in any UK two-tier area; it has creates an innovative shared political governance arrangement and procured a groundbreaking contract for the entire County.
 
Change Management in Action - Industry Visit Opportunity - 14th March 2008
Change Management in Action - Industry Visit Opportunity - 14th March 2008
Following our 1st October Business Transformation Conference where Clarks International shared their change management learnings and best practice from their Fusion Project,a number of delegates requested an action learning visit to Clarks to explore their learnings in more detail and share your experiences and best practices.
 
Finding and Growing Future Talent for Your Authority - 12th March 2008
Finding and Growing Future Talent for Your Authority - 12th March 2008
Reducing the risks of failing to maintain specific council services or activities through lack of employees with the right skills.
 
The Sharing Agenda: Customer Focused Transformation Network Event  - 25th February 2008
The Sharing Agenda: Customer Focused Transformation Network Event - 25th February 2008
Collaboration and sharing of services is one of the major levers for delivering the £4.9bn cash-releasing efficiency savings sought from the sector in CSR07.
 
South West Children's Services Commissioning Forum - 14th February 2008
South West Children's Services Commissioning Forum - 14th February 2008
Open to those who are involved in the commissioning of Children's Services in the South West region from Local Authorities, PCT's and other commissioning bodies.
 
Equalities - Religion/ Belief Discrimination Workshop 13th February
Equalities - Religion/ Belief Discrimination Workshop 13th February
Recent legislation has made discrimination between those with religious beliefs and those with non-religious beliefs such as humanists illegal. Part Two of the Equality Act 2006 prohibits discrimination against a person because they do not hold a religion or belief.
 
Equalities - Disability Discrimination Workshop 6th February
Equalities - Disability Discrimination Workshop 6th February
Have we taken the dis out of disability? How can local authorities best meet the needs of disabled people and understand the requirements of current disability legislation?
 
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 30th October 2008
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 30th October 2008
 
Proclass Toolkit Launch and Training Event  - 18th November 2008
Proclass Toolkit Launch and Training Event - 18th November 2008
Proclass is the procurement classification standard for local government and is backed by the RIEPs, following its adoption by eight of the nine Regional Centres of Excellence in 2006.

This event is suitable for all local authorities and any public sector organisation that wishes to understand more about ProClass as well as other classification and coding structures.
 
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 14th August 2008
Innovation in Adult Services Commissioning - 14th August 2008
 
Leading From the Front: Councillors and Their Communities - 6th February 2008
Leading From the Front: Councillors and Their Communities - 6th February 2008
A Conference for councillors wanting to achieve social and economic goals through delivering local housing. Join leading academics and national and local politicians to explore how your council and your community can be prepared for the 'new era of greater power and influence' recently promised by Gordon Brown
 
Equalities - Race Discrimination Workshop 5th February
Equalities - Race Discrimination Workshop 5th February
The Race Relations legislation was the first to place a pro-active duty on public authorities to eliminate discrimination and promote equality of opportunity and good relations between different racial groups and can be seen in many resects as the forerunner of subsequent legislation in other areas.
 
Transforming the Delivery of Public Care through Commissioning Outcome Focused Services – 5th December 2008
Transforming the Delivery of Public Care through Commissioning Outcome Focused Services – 5th December 2008
 
Equalities - Gender/ Transgender Discrimination Workshop 30th January
Equalities - Gender/ Transgender Discrimination Workshop 30th January
People sometimes say that gender in equality is over, yet the reality is that women are more in caring, catering and cleaning than in higher paid: plumbing, carpentry or in senior management jobs. We will also explore transgender discrimination.
 
LIFT SW Recruiting Consultancy Masterclass - 30th January 2008
LIFT SW Recruiting Consultancy Masterclass - 30th January 2008
This session covers the pro's and cons of consultants and supply market insights such as business models and rate cards.
 
Equalities - Age Discrimination Workshop 21st January
Equalities - Age Discrimination Workshop 21st January
At either end of the spectrum, younger or older people face exclusion, discrimination and disadvantage, which the law has started to address.
 
Equalities - Sexual Orientation Discrimination Workshop - 11th January
Equalities - Sexual Orientation Discrimination Workshop - 11th January
Sexual orientation is a matter for all of us, but is often only associated with lesbian gay or bisexual people.This workshop looks at how to promote best practice in service delivery and employment.