Essex, Ipswich and East London
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Our vision for our members

We have developed an action plan for the next two years, which is focused upon ensuring that all of our branch activities help you to make the best use of your CIPD membership.

This includes working towards the following CIPD goals:

  • To advance continuously the management and development of people to the benefit of individuals, employers and the community at large.
  • To be the professional body for those specialising in advancing the management and the development of people, recognised as the leading authority and influence in this field.

Our commitment to you

Activity
Objective How
Marketing Maintain the profile of the branch and its activities.

Internet site

InTouch newsletter

To develop other tools for use by members.

Influencing To be pro-active in contributing to the development of national policy.

CIPD policies and best practice
Training and learning To ensure that the activities of the branch and groups meet the learning and development needs of members.

Identify members needs and how best to meet them.
Succession planning To ensure that there are members willing and able to take on appropriate branch officer roles.

To introduce a mechanism to support succession planning at branch level.

To appropriately induct and support members taking on roles within the branch and groups.

Networking and support To improve the networking opportunities available to members. To develop better mechanisms by which members can access networking opportunities.
Career progression To provide members with sources of appropriate advice and guidance in progressing their career and CIPD membership.

To provide accessible sources of advice on professional and career matters to members.

To provide members with access to local sources of advice for upgrading their membership and upgrading panels.

Branch development To ensure the ongoing effectiveness of the branch by implementing key practices that enable best practice management of the branch.
To implement appropriate administrative and management processes to ensure the effective running of the branch.
The Ron Shepherd Trust
The Ron Shepherd Trust was established, by local committee members, in memory of the dedication and committment of Ron Shepherd to Training and Education services both at a local and national level. 

It's aim was to forge a permanent link between the work of the Branch and Educational institutes.  

Awards are made twice a year to two CIPD PDS students from each of the educational centres providing the CIPD PDS courses within the area. This is currently, University of East London, Anglia Ruskin University and Suffolk College.  The awards are made in recognition of academic achievement.
 
For further details of the Trust and it's activites, please contact  Don Nowell