Councillors Regional Conferences

Over the past few months some GMB Regions have organised Regional Councillors conferences, which have been very successful.

The first was held was in the London Friends Meeting House Euston Road, and more recently, the GMB Yorkshire Region organised a conference in Leeds Town Hall. Both conferences came up with some best practice on going forward with chosen projects.

London Region — In London Councillors concentrated on looking at how councils can generate more income at a time of cuts.

There were several speakers from Islington council who are looking at income generations as a scrutiny topic, which has been successful.

The same agenda of income generation was a topic in Leeds.

There were several projects running where councils have been bringing in extra finance through changing the way they work and looking at competing with the private sector instead of being taken over by private contractors.

Each conference also looked at making applications to the EU for extra joint funding projects and Environmental friendly energy provision was discussed.

There are many areas where income can be generated and GMB are developing a best practice guide..

If your region has not held its annual Councillors conference then get in touch with the regional political officers to find out when they will be taking place. Contact Details for your Regional Political Officers are below:

London Region Councillors Conference 2015

LO Region Councillors Conference

Yorkshire & North Derbyshire Region - The National Team worked with Yorkshire and North Derbyshire Region to run the first Councillor Conference in the Region, which was attended by Councillors from 7 different local authorities. The event saw a mix of backbench Councillors and Cabinet members participating in workshops on budgets and income generation; BAME representation and Housing. We were also joined by Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Jon Trickett MP, to kick start the devolution debate.

YO Region Councillors Conference 2015

YO Region Councillors Conference