We run a range of different training and events for Liberal Democrats. We cater for all roles and experience levels.
Alternatively, you can view training provided by other parts of the Liberal Democrats.
Training calendar
Come along to our Welsh Motivate day in Brecon on the 12-13th of September at the Castle Hotel, Brecon. This will be a weekend full of excellent training in preparation for the local elections in May next year, and will be a great opportunity to bring your team together to plan a winning campaign!
Learn moreALDC is holding a special mini-conference at Autumn conference in Brighton on winning multi-party local elections. The event is free to attend and takes place on Friday 18 September. Find out more and sign up now.
Learn moreLib Dem Disco is back in Brighton for Autumn Conference! Book your ticket now to secure your place.
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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.
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.
We run 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 6:30pm. 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-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).
ALDC’s team of Development Officers are here to work with our Council Groups to help ensure that we continue to grow and deliver on our local councils.
Council Groups that are in ALDC Group Membership can book a facilitated development day to help you develops you council group and build skills within your team.
To request a development day please fill in this form or email us on office@aldc.org
Please let us know at least 2 months in advance of the date you want your development day to be held, and please note that we do not run development days in the busy run up to local elections (February to May).