Recent Workshops
LASGB Workshop – SEND is Everyone’s Responsibility
02 February 2022,
19:00SEND is Everyone’s Responsibility | Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Tickled Trout Hotel , Preston Refreshments 6-30 . Workshop 7pm until 9 pm.
This workshop looks at how the policy and strategy is being put into practice.
Sally Richardson, Head of Inclusion, will expand on future SEND provision an time for discussion on mainstream SEND Units is planned.
It should be a really interesting evening so book your place on our website . If you are still not comfortable with Face to Face meetings, the workshop will also be available via Zoom.
The PowerPoint slides for this event are available by clicking here.

LASGB Workshop – Wellbeing for Pupils, Staff & Governors
06 October 2021,
19:00Wellbeing for Pupils ,Staff and Governors | Wednesday 6th. October 2021
Tickled Trout Hotel , Preston Refreshments 6-30 . Workshop 7pm until 9 pm.
Wellbeing is the responsibility of us all but how are schools tackling the issue?
In our first Face to Face workshop since 2019, we will provide a sandwich buffet at 6-30 pm before engaging and informative speakers to include Russell Clark, Headteacher and member of ACSL National Council a leading professional on wellbeing at all levels; Clive Gregory on the role of Wellbeing Governors; and Lorimer Russell-Hayes who will introduce some wellbeing case studies.
It should be a really interesting evening so book your place on our website . If you are still not comfortable with Face to Face meetings, the workshop recording will be available on our website after the event.
For the Powerpoint slides from the event, click here
Special School Governor Workshop
19 May 2021,
19:00The Workshop will covered Preparation for Adulthood and PSHE/RHE in the context of Special Schools.
Our speakers were Gail Beeton and Sarah McEwan respectively.
There was also a plenary session on Catch Up Funding led by David Bird.
British Sign Language Interpreters were available to provide support to those who require it.
Note: The Workshop was be held by ZOOM.
Materials from the workshop are available here:
Preparation for Adulthood presentation (Gail Barlow) – click here
PSHE Curriculum Design presentation – click here
Workshop ‘Chat’ transcript – click here
Covid Catch-up Premium presentation – click here

The support – challenge pendulum during Covid restrictions (Virtual Workshop via ZOOM)
10 March 2021,
19:00LASGB Virtual Workshop | The support – challenge pendulum during Covid restrictions
Speaker Neil Yates.
At work, Neil has been at Lancashire FA for eight years as Head of Safety and Well-being.
Neil is a National Leader of Governance and has been a school governor for fourteen years and the chair of a primary school for five.
He is part of the LCC tutor team, writing and delivering training, and conducting reviews of governance.
(this was a virtual workshop via ZOOM)
Copy of PowerPoint used is available here as a PDF.

Autumn 2019 Workshop – Link (Training) Governor; Who, What and Why?
21 November 2019,
19:00Autumn 2019 Workshop – Link (Training) Governor; Who, What and Why?
The informative workshop was delivered by executive members, Lorimer Russel-Hays, Jacquie Williams and David Bennett
Here are the links to the presentation materials:
Click here for the presentation slides: Autumn 2019 – Link
Click here for the Self Review document:
Buffet was available from 6.30pm.
The workshop was held at at:
The McDonald Tickled Trout
Preston New Road
Preston
PR5 0UJ
Click here for map

Summer 2019 Workshop – Schools – Emotional Health & Wellbeing
26 June 2019,
7:00Summer Workshop – Schools – Emotional Health & Wellbeing
Presentation by Dr Sally Richardson, Head of Inclusion at Lancashire County Council
and
Lorimer Russell-Hays
Refreshments were available from 6.30pm.
The workshop was at:
The McDonald Tickled Trout
Preston New Road
Preston
PR5 0UJ

Spring 2019 Workshop – Ofsted, The New Framework
20 March 2019,
19:00Spring Workshop – Ofsted, The New Framework
Senior HMI, Joanne Ollson discussed the new OfSTED Framework for inspecting schools.
Refreshments were available from 6.30pm.
The workshop was at:
The McDonald Tickled Trout
Preston New Road
Preston
PR5 0UJ
Autumn 2018 Workshop – SEND in Mainstream Schools
10 October 2018,
19:00Autumn Workshop – SEND in Mainstream Schools
David Bird, Inclusion (SEND) Advisor delivered an informative and engaging evening of updates.
Refreshments were available from 6.30pm.
Click here for the presentation slides: Autumn Workshop 2018
and Sarah’s slides will appear here soon!
The workshop was at:
The McDonald Tickled Trout
Preston New Road
Preston
PR5 0UJ

Summer 2018 Workshop – Managing Difficult Budgets
20 June 2018,
18:30Summer Workshop – Managing Difficult Budgets
This workshop was presented by Neil Smith who is a Financial Advisor to the Lancashire Schools Forum.
Refreshments were available from 6.30pm.
Click here for the presentation slides: Summer Workshop 2018
The workshop will be at:
The McDonald Tickled Trout
Preston New Road
Preston
Click here for the presentation slides: LASGB_Summer_2018

Spring 2018 Workshop – GDPR, A Practitioners Perspective
21 March 2018,
19:00Spring Workshop – GDPR, A Practitioners Perspective
The General Data Protection Regulation came into force on 25 May 2018 and replaces the current Data Protection legislation. This is a workshop where we will share a practitioners experience of the preparation required for this important legislation.
Refreshments were available from 6.30pm.
The workshop was at:
The McDonald Tickled Trout
Preston New Road
Click here for the presentation slides: GDPR 20189
