- Request
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Information on training for councillors.
1) Could you please provide a fully costed list of all the externally delivered training which has been provided to all County Councillors since the beginning of May 2025.
- Decision
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1. We have identified training activity arranged for all County Councillors from 1 May 2025 onwards which was delivered by external providers, i.e. not delivered in‑house by Council officers.
Externally delivered training for all Councillors (from 1 May 2025 onwards):
Date(s) of training
Training title / subject
External provider name
Total cost to the Council
10/06/2025
Local Government Association Introduction
Local Government Association
Trainer: Mark Edgell
None found
11/07/2025
New Councillors – Hitting the ground running session
East Midlands Council
None found
18/07/2025
03/12/2025
Media Training
Positive Impact Communications & Training Ltd
£2,200
The Council holds finance records showing two transactions: £1,100 (transaction dated 18/07/2025) and £1,100 (transaction dated 01/01/2026).
30/06/2025
21/11/2025
Strategic Questioning Skills
Link Support Services (UK) Ltd
Trainer: David McGrath)
£5,113
Link Support Services (UK) Ltd: £1,675 (transaction dated shown 01/04/2025, with date shown 28/04/2025), £1,675 (transaction dated 04/04/2025, with date shown 02/05/2025), and £1,763 (Itransaction dated 01/11/2025, with date shown 19/11/2025).
16/12/2025
Workshop for Audit and Scrutiny Chair
Centre for Governance and Scrutiny
None found
12/02/2026
Operation Ford & Personal Safety
Lincolnshire Police
Trainer: Andrew Kirk
None found
02/03/2026 to
05/03/2026
Community Cohesion (bookable sessions)
Local Government Association
Trainer: Zainab Khanom
None found
- Reference number
- 16167993
- Date request received
- 14 April 2026
- Date of decision
- 11 May 2026