Introducing Scribe Academy™

Scribe Academy™ - Free Training for Council Clerks, RFOs and Councillors

The Scribe Academy™ helps keep you up to date, informed and confident when managing your Councils finances. One of our ongoing commitments to our clients is free unlimited training and we host a number of free training webinars throughout the year for our new and existing customers. Our sessions are suitable for Clerks, RFO's, Councillors and for all members of Local Councils who are looking to expand their knowledge.

Our webinars will deliver everything you need to know about Local Council Accounting including VAT, completing your annual return, data entry, bank reconciliation and more! They will also help you discover how to make the most of Scribe Accounts and a chance to hear about new product developments and releases.
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The sessions are hosted LIVE by our panel of experts meaning you can get your questions answered in real time.

↓ See our scheduled webinars ↓

Available FREE Training Sessions

Each session is limited to 100 participants and places fill up fast. Be sure to reserve your spot below to avoid disappointment!

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Forecasting, Budgeting & Setting the Precept for Local Councils

20/10/2026 11:00

60 minutes

Hannah Driver

An online, open-to-all training session providing a step by step guide to budgeting and forecasting for Town, Parish & Community Councils. Delivered by Scribe's Head Accountant, Hannah Driver, who works with hundreds of local councils to ensure smooth running finances.

Open to Everyone

Scribe Bookings - Kick Off Call

20/10/2026 12:00

45 Minutes

Jessica Shackley

A training session for new to Scribe Bookings customers to help you set up your venues and fees, customise your webpage and integrate Scribe with Stripe to allow online payments to be made for bookings!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Cemetery - Effectively managing your burial records

21/10/2026 10:00

45 Minutes

Jane Dafforn

Join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. A training session for new to Scribe Cemetery customers covering producing notice documents, inspections, mapping and registers. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Reports

21/10/2026 11:00

30 Minutes

Hannah Driver

For new to Scribe Accounts customers. Explore how Scribe can save you hours of time with over 30+ reports available. This training session will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Budgeting and Forecasting

21/10/2026 13:30

45 Minutes

Hannah Driver

A training session for existing customers. Explore how to use Scribe to budget and forecast.

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Sales Invoices and Purchase Orders

21/10/2026 15:00

45 Minutes

Jessica Shackley

For new and existing Scribe Accounts customers, join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. Learn how to raise, customise, and convert sales invoices and purchase orders to a transaction. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts -Training designed for Clerk's joining an existing Council using Scribe

22/10/2026 15:00

45 Minutes

Jane Dafforn

Are you a clerk who’s recently joined a Council that uses Scribe Accounts and would like help and training to navigate through its features? Look no further! Join us on our 45 minute training session where we will explain the main features along with showing you how to navigate around, add data, reconcile your bank accounts and take a look at our most useful reports. The session will conclude with a Q&A session where you're free to ask anything about the software that you may be curious about!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Data Entry & Bank Reconciliations

27/10/2026 10:30

45 minutes

Paige Richards

For new to Scribe Accounts customers this training session is hosted via Zoom. Explore the day-to-day data entry on Scribe including bank reconciliations. This 45 minute training session will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Allotments - Using Scribe Allotments

27/10/2026 11:00

45 Minutes

Jane Dafforn

A training session for new to Scribe Allotment customers covering Bulk emails, Bulk Invoicing, CRM Templates, Inspections & Notices and Mapping

Scribe Customers Only

Community Engagement: Kindness Is a Strategy, Not a Nice-to-Have

27/10/2026 11:00

60 minutes

Emma Payne

Community engagement in local government goes far beyond consultation forms and Facebook posts. Join Emma Payne, Town Clerk at Stotfold Town Council, for an honest look at what has worked—and what hasn't—at her council: the wins, the mistakes, and the moments engagement got uncomfortable. Learn how leading with empathy and honesty builds lasting trust during difficult conversations, and how you can approach measuring your own council’s impact over time.

Open to Everyone

Scribe Accounts - Reserves

27/10/2026 12:00

30 Minutes

Jessica Shackley

A training session for existing customers. Explore how to set up and manage your reserves within Scribe.

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Kick Off Call - Initial Set Up

28/10/2026 11:00

45 minutes

Ruby Alabaster-Williams

For new to Scribe Accounts customers join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. This 45 minute training session details setting up your Scribe database and general navigation of the Scribe programme and will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Cemetery - Kick Off Call - Initial set up

3/11/2026 11:00

45 Minutes

Jane Dafforn

Join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. A training session for new to Scribe Cemetery customers covering set up, records, and invoicing. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - VAT

4/11/2026 11:00

45 Minutes

Hannah Driver

For new to Scribe Accounts customers an online training session hosted via Zoom. Explore how Scribe manages your VAT, VAT Types and how to run returns/claims. This 30 minute training session will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Bookings - Creating and Managing your Bookings

4/11/2026 15:00

45 Minutes

Jessica Shackley

A training session for new to Scribe Bookings customers to help you create and manage your bookings and enquiries alongside invoicing, emailing and full integration with Scribe Accounts!

Scribe Customers Only

VAT – Acquiring New Community Facilities

5/11/2026 11:30

60 minutes

Richard Strevens

Local Government Reorganisation has sparked considerable recent interest in transferring community assets to local councils, and with good reason. But what are the VAT implications when a council acquires a community asset? Join Richard Strevens, Associate Director & Indirect Taxes Divisional Lead at PSTAX, as he breaks down the complexities of indirect tax during community asset transfers, from initial acquisition through to long-term use.

Open to Everyone

Scribe Accounts - Kick Off Call - Initial Set Up

10/11/2026 10:30

45 minutes

Paige Richards

For new to Scribe Accounts customers join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. This 45 minute training session details setting up your Scribe database and general navigation of the Scribe programme and will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Budgeting and Forecasting

11/11/2026 10:00

45 Minutes

Hannah Driver

A training session for existing customers. Explore how to use Scribe to budget and forecast.

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Allotments - Kick Off Call - Initial Set Up

11/11/2026 10:30

45 Minutes

Paige Richards

A training session for new to Scribe Allotment customers covering Set Up, Plot Holders and Waiting Lists

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Data Entry & Bank Reconciliations

11/11/2026 12:00

45 minutes

Ruby Alabaster-Williams

For new to Scribe Accounts customers this training session is hosted via Zoom. Explore the day-to-day data entry on Scribe including bank reconciliations. This 45 minute training session will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Bookings - Kick Off Call

17/11/2026 11:00

45 Minutes

Jessica Shackley

A training session for new to Scribe Bookings customers to help you set up your venues and fees, customise your webpage and integrate Scribe with Stripe to allow online payments to be made for bookings!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Cemetery - Effectively managing your burial records

18/11/2026 11:00

45 Minutes

Jane Dafforn

Join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. A training session for new to Scribe Cemetery customers covering producing notice documents, inspections, mapping and registers. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts -Training designed for Clerk's joining an existing Council using Scribe

18/11/2026 12:00

45 Minutes

Ruby Alabaster-Williams

Are you a clerk who’s recently joined a Council that uses Scribe Accounts and would like help and training to navigate through its features? Look no further! Join us on our 45 minute training session where we will explain the main features along with showing you how to navigate around, add data, reconcile your bank accounts and take a look at our most useful reports. The session will conclude with a Q&A session where you're free to ask anything about the software that you may be curious about!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Sales Invoices and Purchase Orders

18/11/2026 15:00

45 Minutes

Jessica Shackley

For new and existing Scribe Accounts customers, join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. Learn how to raise, customise, and convert sales invoices and purchase orders to a transaction. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Changing and Not Changing: Parish Audit 2026, 2027 and 2028

19/11/2026 10:30

60 minutes

Eleanor Greene

The local government audit landscape is entering a period of significant transition. With the rollout of the new Digital AGAR portal, updating SAPPP Proper Practices, and shifting internal control expectations, Town & Parish Councils in England need total clarity on what changes when. Join Eleanor Greene, Chief Accountant at Do the Numbers Ltd and Secretary to the Internal Audit Forum, as she translates these statutory changes into a clear, stress-free roadmap—equipping Clerks, RFOs, and Councillors with complete audit confidence.

Open to Everyone

Scribe Accounts - Reports

20/11/2026 10:00

30 Minutes

Hannah Driver

For new to Scribe Accounts customers. Explore how Scribe can save you hours of time with over 30+ reports available. This training session will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Allotments - Using Scribe Allotments

24/11/2026 10:00

45 Minutes

Jane Dafforn

A training session for new to Scribe Allotment customers covering Bulk emails, Bulk Invoicing, CRM Templates, Inspections & Notices and Mapping

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Kick Off Call - Initial Set Up

24/11/2026 11:00

45 minutes

Ruby Alabaster-Williams

For new to Scribe Accounts customers join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. This 45 minute training session details setting up your Scribe database and general navigation of the Scribe programme and will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Data Entry & Bank Reconciliations

25/11/2026 10:30

45 minutes

Paige Richards

For new to Scribe Accounts customers this training session is hosted via Zoom. Explore the day-to-day data entry on Scribe including bank reconciliations. This 45 minute training session will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Reserves

25/11/2026 11:30

30 Minutes

Hannah Driver

A training session for existing customers. Explore how to set up and manage your reserves within Scribe.

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Budgeting and Forecasting

27/11/2026 11:00

45 Minutes

Hannah Driver

A training session for existing customers. Explore how to use Scribe to budget and forecast.

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Bookings - Creating and Managing your Bookings

1/12/2026 11:00

45 Minutes

Jessica Shackley

A training session for new to Scribe Bookings customers to help you create and manage your bookings and enquiries alongside invoicing, emailing and full integration with Scribe Accounts!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Cemetery - Kick Off Call - Initial set up

2/12/2026 10:00

45 Minutes

Jane Dafforn

Join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. A training session for new to Scribe Cemetery customers covering set up, records, and invoicing. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - VAT

2/12/2026 11:30

45 Minutes

Hannah Driver

For new to Scribe Accounts customers an online training session hosted via Zoom. Explore how Scribe manages your VAT, VAT Types and how to run returns/claims. This 30 minute training session will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Kick Off Call - Initial Set Up

8/12/2026 10:30

45 minutes

Paige Richards

For new to Scribe Accounts customers join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. This 45 minute training session details setting up your Scribe database and general navigation of the Scribe programme and will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Apprentice Clerk Initiative in Hampshire

8/12/2026 11:00

60 minutes

Katie Walding, Clerk & RFO, and Estela Hernandez Smith, Assistant Clerk, Sway Parish Council

Are you a small or medium-sized council struggling with increasing workload and limited capacity? Join Katie Walding, Clerk & RFO, and Estela Hernandez Smith, Assistant Clerk at Sway Parish Council to discover how they created and delivered a highly effective Clerking Apprenticeship, expanding their team and bringing young talent into local government. Learn how your council can replicate this collaborative, sustainable staffing model.

Open to Everyone

Scribe Allotments - Kick Off Call - Initial Set Up

9/12/2026 10:30

45 Minutes

Paige Richards

A training session for new to Scribe Allotment customers covering Set Up, Plot Holders and Waiting Lists

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Data Entry & Bank Reconciliations

9/12/2026 12:00

45 minutes

Ruby Alabaster-Williams

For new to Scribe Accounts customers this training session is hosted via Zoom. Explore the day-to-day data entry on Scribe including bank reconciliations. This 45 minute training session will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribemas 2026 - Christmas Party Webinar!

10/12/2026 16:00

60 minutes

India Greenwood

Calling all Clerks, RFOs, Council Staff & Councillors—it’s time to trade the agendas and bank reconciliations for some festive fun! Join the Scribe Team for an hour of pure holiday cheer, packed with lively quizzes, exciting games, and fantastic prizes. After a year of hard work, you’ve earned a break. Grab a warm drink, rock your favorite Christmas jumper, and kick back with us virtually for the ultimate end-of-year get-together!

Open to Everyone

Scribe Accounts - Budgeting and Forecasting

11/12/2026 10:00

45 Minutes

Hannah Driver

A training session for existing customers. Explore how to use Scribe to budget and forecast.

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Cemetery - Effectively managing your burial records

15/12/2026 11:00

45 Minutes

Jane Dafforn

Join our Support Team on an online training session hosted via Zoom. A training session for new to Scribe Cemetery customers covering producing notice documents, inspections, mapping and registers. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Bookings - Kick Off Call

16/12/2026 11:00

45 Minutes

Jessica Shackley

A training session for new to Scribe Bookings customers to help you set up your venues and fees, customise your webpage and integrate Scribe with Stripe to allow online payments to be made for bookings!

Scribe Customers Only

Scribe Accounts - Reports

16/12/2026 13:30

30 Minutes

Hannah Driver

For new to Scribe Accounts customers. Explore how Scribe can save you hours of time with over 30+ reports available. This training session will ensure you are using Scribe to its full potential. The session will conclude with a Q&A session to get your questions answered!

Scribe Customers Only