Kidderminster Clerks and Councillors AI Workshop

• Location:  Kidderminster Town Hall, Vicar Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY101DB
  
• Date and Time: Tuesday 25 May 2027, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm (arrival, registration, and coffee from 9:30 am; first session starts at 10:00 am) 
• Cost:  £40 per delegate, including lunch. Please note: If your council holds CloudyIT training credits, you can use them to cover the cost of places for this day.
• Event Type:  In-person AI training day 
• Audience: ALL Councils (customer/none customer), Clerks primarily, encouraged to bring a member

Overview:

AI is becoming part of everyday council work, but knowing where to start isn’t always straightforward. Clerks and officers are looking for practical ways to use it, while councillors are considering what it means for governance, decision-making and their responsibilities. With so many tools and opinions, it can be difficult to know what’s genuinely useful, what needs careful consideration and what questions to ask.

This in-person event brings clerks, RFOs, council officers and members together to explore those questions. Through practical workshops, live demonstrations and facilitated discussions, you’ll see how AI can support council work, learn from others facing similar challenges and consider how to use it responsibly within your own council.

Two pathways, one day:

Clerks, officers and councillors can attend the same event, following two different learning pathways designed around their roles.

• Clerks and officers: A practical, hands-on programme covering effective Copilot prompts, GovAssist and everyday council scenarios. Work through examples, try different approaches and share experiences with colleagues from other councils.
• Members: A facilitated forum shaped by the priorities of those attending. Explore governance, leadership and decision-making, including the opportunities and risks of AI, planning, finance, community engagement and the questions councillors should be asking.

What you’ll learn:

Clerks and officers

You’ll learn how to give Copilot clearer instructions, explore how GovAssist can help with council-specific questions and work through practical scenarios drawn from everyday council work. The focus is on understanding what AI can help with, how to get more useful results and where your own knowledge and judgement remain essential.

Councillors

You’ll explore how AI fits into your council’s responsibilities, including the opportunities, limitations and risks that councillors need to understand. Through discussion with an experienced facilitator and fellow members, you’ll consider practical governance questions and how to approach AI use within your own council.

On the day:

We’ll begin with tea, coffee and registration, followed by a shared introduction to AI, its opportunities and the governance considerations for local councils. A live GovAssist demonstration will show how AI can support council-specific work before everyone moves into their chosen pathway.

Clerks and officers will spend the morning learning a practical framework for writing better Copilot prompts. In the afternoon, you’ll apply those skills to realistic council scenarios, compare approaches with other delegates and explore how AI can support everyday tasks.

Members will take part in a facilitated AI Forum. Rather than following a fixed agenda, the discussion will be guided by the priorities and questions of the councillors attending, with opportunities to explore governance, leadership, planning, finance and community engagement.

We’ll finish together, sharing what each group has learned and discussing practical next steps to take back to your council.

Before you arrive:

Take five minutes to complete our AI assessment; you’ll get a personalised starting point from which you can compare notes with others on the day. 

CloudyIT Customers:

If your council holds CloudyIT training credits, they can be used against places on this day. See training credits for how they work.

About CloudyIT: 

CloudyIT is a UK Microsoft partner that helps councils modernise with confidence. We recruit former clerks, officers and business leaders, so what we run reflects real council life rather than generic IT advice.