Finance For Councillors Part 2: Budget and Precept Setting for Councillors – October 14th at 6.30pm online

Finance For Councillors:  Part 2 of a three part learning module developed for Pro-pathways for Councillors, our professional development programme. 

Session 2 – Budget and Precept Setting for Councillors 

An overview of the current guidance and ideas about the key principles and strategies about setting a budget in uncertain times.

 Suitable Audience 

This session is aimed at Councillors who want to make sense of the budget process.  

 Benefits

By the end of the Budget and Precept Setting for Councillors session, you will:

• Have an understanding of the legal framework around parish council budgets
• Have an understanding of the difference between parish budgets and those of companies
• Know how to make budget setting a positive forward planning process 
• Know how to get the message across to electors about what the council does with the money
• Know hints, tips and ideas from other councils who got it right (and wrong!)
• Know how to make best use of the proprietary software packages if used

Course Tutor: 

Eleanor Greene ICPA is a senior accountant at Do The Numbers Ltd has been auditing Parish Councils since 1997. Eleanor was the Company Secretary of Hampshire ALC ten years and is now Secretary of the Hampshire SLCC branch, so keeps constantly up to date with sector developments.

Running time:   90 minutes approximately depending on Q&A

Remote Access: Joining instructions will be issued closer to the time

Cancellation: A full refund will be given if 14 days or more notice prior to the date of the training course is given. However, this could cause an event to be cancelled if it becomes uneconomic to run.

Members £50 per ticket

Associate County Association Members: £50 per ticket

Non-members £100 per ticket