{"id":3411,"date":"2026-09-02T09:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haptc.org.uk\/?post_type=training&#038;p=3411"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:55:52","slug":"budgeting","status":"publish","type":"training","link":"https:\/\/haptc.org.uk\/?training=budgeting","title":{"rendered":"Budgeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday, 21 October &#8217;26 \u00a0 <span class=\"time_span\">10am \u2013 11:30am<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Thursday, 5 November &#8217;26 \u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"time_span\">10am \u2013 11:30am<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Tuesday, 17 November &#8217;26 \u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"time_span\">10am \u2013 11:30am\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This session is aimed at officers of parish &amp; town councils, who are involved in preparing and monitoring their council&#8217;s budgets.<\/p>\n<p>Topics include:<br \/>\n\u2022 setting a budget and precept<br \/>\n\u2022 Contingencies and reserves<br \/>\n\u2022 how the council tax base affects the budget<br \/>\n\u2022 Inflation<br \/>\n\u2022 budget monitoring<\/p>\n<p>By the end of this session you will:<br \/>\n\u2022 Understand how and when to prepare a budget<br \/>\n\u2022 Know how to approve and issue a precept<br \/>\n\u2022 Be aware of the factors that affect a budget<br \/>\n\u2022 Understand how to manage a budget<\/p>\n<p>Session leader: Steve Parkinson, The Parkinson Partnership LLP<br \/>\nSteve is a former Town Clerk &amp; an accountant with 30 years\u2019 experience in public sector finance, who specialises in advice &amp; training for the local council sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, 21 October &#8217;26 \u00a0 10am \u2013 11:30am \u00a0Thursday, 5 November &#8217;26 \u00a0\u00a010am \u2013 11:30am \u00a0Tuesday, 17 November &#8217;26 \u00a0\u00a010am \u2013 11:30am\u00a0 This session is aimed at officers of parish &amp; town councils, who are involved in preparing and monitoring their council&#8217;s budgets. Topics include: \u2022 setting a budget and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","training-tags":[33,34],"class_list":["post-3411","training","type-training","status-publish","hentry","training-tags-finance","training-tags-webinar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haptc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/training\/3411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haptc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/training"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haptc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/training"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haptc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"training-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haptc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftraining-tags&post=3411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}