Upcoming training and events

AFEP III will provide the following training and development opportunities for both the finance and non-finance community. We will continue the CPD ‘pick and mix’ style of 35 event places per year, per member organisation (force and PCC), which can be used flexibly across a wide selection of training and CIPFA network events. 

For any booking enquiries or assistance, please contact your AFEP events organiser louise.southall@cipfa.org.

E-learning 

AFEP members will have access to the following CIPFA e-learning courses, which will be available to book using one pre-pay credit per course. This will be available to members for the duration of the two-year programme.

Please note once you have booked your place on to our e-learning courses you will have 3 months to complete it.

• Finance Skills: Budget Management and Control

• Finance Skills: Developing a Business Case

• Finance Skills: Governance and Accountability

• Finance Skills: Risk Management and Assurance

• Finance Skills: Procurement and Contract Management

• Finance Skills: Commercial Awareness

• Fraud Awareness e learning

• Intro to Finance Business Partnering

• Intro to Sustainability in Procurement

• Introduction to Treasury Management

• Ethics E Learning

• Managing Small Projects

You can also access CIPFA’s micro modules. These modules have been prepared by CIPFA’s subject matter experts and deliver key information in an easily digestible online format, plus tips on where to access further information and learning.

AFEP instructor-led training

All instructor-led training courses have been tailored for police and will be delivered exclusively for the police sector using your AFEP pre-pay credits.

• AFEP Bitesize Business Cases Training, 24 April 2024
• AFEP Bitesize Business Cases Training, 16 May 2024
• AFEP Dashboards Police FRI and Productivity Tool, 20 May 2024
• AFEP Bitesize Business Cases Training, 19 June 2024

AFEP webinars

Intelligent Excellence - Practical AI empowerment for Policing Finance webinar (free for AFEP subscribers) - 15 May 2024, 10:00 to 11:00am UK time

AFEP Police Pensions Remedy training

Due to the recent popularity of the Police Pension sessions with the pension experts from Isio, we are pleased to offer additional dates for these sessions, endorsed by NPCC, focusing on Pensions Tax and the implications of the McCloud Remedy. 

Session Three

• 30 April 2024 Police Pensions Tax And The Implications Of The McCloud Remedy

Session Four

• 14 May 2024 Police Pensions Tax And The Implications Of The McCloud Remedy

These webinars will take place over two half days. Delegates are asked to book and attend each session.

CIPFA networks

Police and Fire Network Events

• Introduction to Police Finance, 30 April 2024
• Introduction to Police Finance, 15 October 2024
• Hot Topics in Police and Fire Finance, 12 November 2024

AFEP members also have access to the following networks and can use their pre-pay credits to book onto a selection of the courses. Each network is led by an experienced technical expert or experts and offers exclusive events and online resources.

• Better Governance Forum 
• Finance Advisory Network
• Property Training Network
• Treasury Management Network

CIPFA Leadership Development Programme

AFEP members receive one free place to attend the CIPFA Leadership Development Programme. This course is aimed at those who have been identified, formally or informally, as being future leaders and managers within their organisations. Please contact fiona.lowndes@cipfa.org if you would like to book your place.