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SUMMARY:Whose job is it anyway? Who should own engagement and consultation? Should it sit on its own\, or sit within a Council’s communications team?
DESCRIPTION:Free for LGcomms members (please log in) \n\nWhose job is it anyway? Who should own engagement and consultation? Should it sit on its own\, or sit within a Council’s communications team? \n\n\nThis LGcomms webinar brings together a panel to discuss the role and purpose of engagement and consultation\, with a Q&A session at the end. \n\n\n\nPaul Gadsby\, Head of Aftercare\, Sales and Strategic Engagement at Haringey Council\, and a South London councillor\n\nJeannette Brooks\,  Community Engagement Team\, Corporate Service\, Royal Borough Of Greenwich \n\n\nThe session will be chaired by Paul Hutchinson Simpson (Westminster City Council). \n\n\n Wednesday\, 11 February\, from 1 to 2 pm. \nView slides and recording (members only)
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/whose-job-is-it-anyway-who-should-own-engagement-and-consultation-should-it-sit-on-its-own-or-sit-within-a-councils-communications-team/
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SUMMARY:LGcomms West Midlands Regional network webinar
DESCRIPTION:DATE: FEB 11\, 2026 \nTIME: 3 P.M – 4.30 P.M \nAgenda: \n\n\n\n  \n1.       Welcome  \n  \n \n  \nAndrew Hadfield-Ames\, Vice Chair\, LGcomms.\n  \n3.00pm \n5 mins\n\n\n  \n2.       Community Cohesion – the Essex experience\n  \nAndy Allsopp\, Head of Profession Communications and Marketing at Essex County Council\n  \n3.05pm \n45 mins \n \n\n\n  \n3.       Discussion: Current issues\, learning\, questions for communications pros. in the West Mids.\n  \nCarl Holloway\, Director\, Policy and Communications\, Coventry City Council\n  \n3.50pm \n30 mins \n \n\n\n  \n4.       Summary and next steps\n  \nAndrew Hadfield-Ames\n  \n4.20pm \n10 mins\n\n\nCLOSE\n \n \n\n\n\n  \nOur new regional network for the West Midlands launches in February with a timely webinar looking at the communications implications of the continuing challenges to community cohesion. \nAndy Allsopp\, Head of Profession Communications and Marketing at Essex County Council\, will take us through a powerful case study of his council’s and partners’ experiences of a series of protests and counter-protests linked in part to the housing of asylum seekers. \nThis session will be the first of a series of events offering a valuable opportunity to connect with West Midlands’ colleagues\, share learning\, discuss emerging challenges and explore how we can strengthen public engagement and communications practice. \n  \nThe webinar will run between 3 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday\, 11 February 2026 and is FREE to LGcomms members. \nTo book your place – or places for your team – click here or email hello@lgcomms.org.uk \nThe webinar will also give us an opportunity to look ahead at the key issues for 2026\, so if you wish to suggest a topic please email our associate Paul Masterman at paul.masterman@blueyonder.co.uk
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/lgcomms-west-midlands-regional-network-webinar/
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