IWALC offer training free to member councils staff and councillors. Non-members are also welcome to join , there is a fee of £75 per non member delegate per training session. Non member councils are welcome to join IWALC any time, please email the County Officer to make enquiries.
Training in person should be booked in advance via the Clerk of your Town, Parish or Community Council.
As Elections are being held in May 2025, the training schedule will run from June until November. Training is normally organised every other month in a non election year.
June 25th 2025- New Councillor training
- What Councils are, and the roles found within each council
- Powers, Duties and Precepts
- Where money can and can’t be spent
- Budgets, Monitoring and Auditing
- Meetings, Agendas, Minutes
July 30th 2025- Ethics
- Nolan Principles
- Bullying and harassment
- Ethical Leadership, principles and empathy
- Civility and Respect Pledge
September 24th 2025- Planning
- Statutory Basis (1972 Town and Country Planning Act, National Policy Planning Framework (NPPF), Government White Papers
- Island Plans
- Housing needs and targets
- Affordable housing
- Section 106 agreements
- Role of local councils (Public, Councillors and Local Council)
- Local plans
- Planning applications, permitted development and discussion of applications
- Criteria for decision making – material considerations
- Enforcement
October 29th 2025- Finances
- Local Council Finances and the Law
- Precept, budget; considerations and processes
- RFO role
- Important dates
- Capital Projects funding
- Reserves
- Managing and monitoring the budget; audits and practices
November 26th 2025- GDPR (to be updated)