What's on the agenda?

About What's on the agenda?

Insightful content, tips and Q&A sessions for town and parish clerks, mixed in with keynote interviews and in-depth features.

Publisher

The SLCC Podcasting Team

Category

education · government · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Nov 2022

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

20 of 39 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Meet our Branch Empowerment Officer: A Conversation with Lorna Muffet

   Lorna Muffet, SLCC’s Branch Empowerment Officer, discusses her role supporting local branches and the two-year empowerment project, offering insights into practical tools and member engagement strategies in this interview.

2. 

   15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Bee Squared: A Community-Led Approach to Pollinator Conservation

   Andrew Maliphant, Natalie Richardson, and Luke Dixon discuss community-led pollinator conservation, highlighting the Ecclesfield Bee Squared project's success in engaging local councils and individuals to combat bee decline.

3. 

   17 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   French Communes Explained: How Local Government Works in France

   In this episode we delve into the unique structure of French communes, contrasting it with the local council system in England and Wales. Richard Walden FSLCC, SLCC Honorary Vice President, shares his rich experience from living in a French village and discusses how French communes originated post-revolution and evolved with the introduction of intercommunal cooperation. These communes manage strategic services and address challenges like depopulation and rural decline. The podcast also highlights the role and influence of State-appointed prefects in France's governance and discusses the implications and potential of adopting similar systems in England.

Inside a recent episode

Meet our Branch Empowerment Officer: A Conversation with Lorna Muffet

Published 30 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What are your priorities? So there are a couple of things which are a bit more practical, like looking at data security and secure email addresses for branches. The purpose of doing that is so that we can give branch offices live membership data through the website, which will help them with sort of their administration because also quite usefully we've got access to data about people who aren't members but could be as well so that so that helps branches but obviously we've got to be sensitive about the fact that that's you know sort of real people's information so that's practical but perhaps not the most sort of creative and then also looking at from 2028 do we change the way that we provide funding for branches and it's not about unusually given my background in the charity sector I'm not thinking about having to work out how we can pay for something in the sense of not having enough money. […]

Who has been a guest on What's on the agenda?

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• Lorna Muffet
• Andrew Maliphant
• Natalie Richardson
• Luke Dixon
• Lara Jacob

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3.0 / 5

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Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

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YouTube

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Engagement

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