Training calendar
Webinar – GOTV (in-person voters) – Monday 19 April 2021
Webinar – Emails in the Last Week – Weds 21 April 2021
Webinar – Build your Shuttleworth – Weds 28 April
Webinar – New Cllrs Programme: 1 – Welcome to newly elected councillors – Weds 12 May
Webinar – New Cllrs Programme: 2. Keeping your Council seat – Fri 14 May 2021
Webinar – New Cllrs Programme: 3. The people and communities you represent – Mon 17 May 2021
Webinar – Expenses return Q&A – Weds 19 May 2021
Webinar – New Cllrs Programme: 4. Managing casework – Fri 21 May 2021
Webinar – New Cllrs Programme: 5. GDPR for Councillors – Mon 24 May 2021
Webinar – New Cllrs Programme: 6. Navigating your Council, key stakeholders and partners – Weds 26 May 2021
Webinar – New Cllrs Programme: 7. Making an impact with your public speaking – Fri 28 May 2021
Webinar – Filling in your expenses return – Weds 2 June 2021
Webinar – New Cllrs Programme: 8. Organising your work as a councillor – Fri 4 June 2021
Webinar – New Cllrs Programme: 9. Using the Council to campaign – Mon 7 June 2021
Webinar – Campaigning this Summer – Weds 9 June 2021
Webinar – Campaigning effectively with surveys and petitions – Fri 11 June 2021
Webinar – Doorstep Campaigns – design, discussion and data – Mon 14 June 2021
Webinar – Local Skills party audit – Weds 16 June 2021
Webinar – Getting going with local single issue campaign – Fri 18 June 2021
Webinar – Recruiting Volunteers – Mon 21 June 2021
Webinar – Finding Candidates – Weds 23 June 2021
Webinar – Approval and Selection – Fri 25 June 2021
Kickstart Weekend 2 – 4 July 2021
Yarnfield Park Training and Conference Centre, near Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0NL
Register Learn moreCouncillors Weekend, 2-4 July 2021
ALDC Conference – Rebuilding Communities – Sat 4 Sept 2021
Kickstart Weekend – 26-28 November 2021
Yarnfield Park Training and Conference Centre, near Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0NL
Register Learn moreAgents Training Weekend – 26-28 November 2021
Training types
Key Events
Kickstart Weekends
Kickstart is our highly regarded residential campaign training weekend. Come along to get professional advice, training and bespoke mentoring for your team from experienced Liberal Democrat campaigners and councillors. The weekend caters for everyone; whatever your role in a campaign, and regardless of your experience. Find out more.
Councillors Weekend
Come along to improve your skills in your important Liberal Democrat councillor/campaigner roles. Enjoy a packed programme of training sessions, speakers and discussions and meet with fellow councillors from across the country. Training includes how to be an effective ward councillor, organising your casework, political influencing and much more. Find out more.
Party Conferences
We provide training for campaigners, candidates and councillors at each of the party’s conferences – Federal (Spring and Autumn), Welsh and Scottish – alongside exhibiting and running fringe events. We publish details in advance of each conference via our website and weekly emails.
Motivate Training Days
We run free virtual Motivate Training Days on Saturdays, 9.30am – 2pm, featuring campaign training and bespoke support. All Lib Dem members are welcome; you don’t have to be an ALDC member. You need to register to attend. Once registered, we will email you a link to join the meeting which we host online via Zoom. In non-pandemic times, Motivates are physical events held across Britain.
Webinars
We run multiple free webinars each week covering topics such as agents and local party officers, Affinity Publisher and Connect. We also run webinars specially designed for Lib Dems based in Scotland and Wales. Sessions last about 45 minutes and they start at 12.30pm or 5pm. All Lib Dem members are welcome; you don’t have to be an ALDC member. You need to register to attend. Once registered, we will email you a link to join the meeting which we host online via Zoom.
Specialist Training Days
In non-Covid times, we deliver day-long training events across the country focussing on a specialist topic such as Affinity Publisher, Agent Training, ALDC Artworker, or Connect. A lot of these topics are covered in our weekly bitesize webinars (we’re running three sets a week at present).