The LGA has produced a series of distance learning materials, covering a number of topics, in the form of workbooks.
- A councillor’s workbook on effective opposition during COVID-19, reset and recovery
- A Councillor's workbook on the local pathway to net zero
- Acting on climate change
- Being an effective ward councillor
- Bribery and fraud prevention
- Chairing skills
- Commissioning services
- Community leadership
- Community safety
- Councillor/officer relations
- Creating a 'fit for the future organisation'
- Engaging young people
- Facilitation and conflict resolution
- Handling casework
- Handling complaints for service improvement
- Health and safety in the council
- Health in All Policies and COVID-19
- Influencing skills
- Local government finance
- Mentally healthier places
- Planning
- Neighbourhood & community engagement
- Neighbourhood planning - ward councillors
- New councillors
- Scrutiny
- Scrutiny of finance
- Stress management and personal resilience
- Supporting residents with complex issues
- Working with town and parish councils
