Local Pension Board (LPB) virtual training is now delivered over two part-day sessions and it is strongly recommended that participants attend both concurrent sessions.   This booking is for day two of this training.  It is aimed at new members of LPBs, who have limited knowledge of the Firefighters' Pension Scheme and/or the role within the LPB.

The course provides a scheme overview and covers current issues in relation to administration and governance of the Firefighters' Pension Scheme (FPS).

Attendees will hear from a range of speakers including:

LGA – to provide an overview of the FPS scheme(s) and current pension related hot topics e.g. Matthews and McCloud

SAB (England) Chair – to give an introduction and overview of the work that SAB are involved in.

Fire LPB Effectiveness Committee Chair – to provide input on LPB effectiveness and what the committee have been working on.

The Pensions Regulator – to provide an update on the Administration and Governance survey and how the results relate to Fire, as well as covering the importance of the Public Sector Pensions toolkit and any current developments e.g. the General Code.

The Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP)/ The Pensions Regulator (TPR) – to provide an update on the programme and requirements on scheme managers/to provide detail of the tools that scheme managers can use to help them prepare for dashboards e.g. checklists.

For full details see the course programme.

Please note that whilst this is a free event, should you cancel within 14 days of the training date, there will be a £50 cancellation fee due.

This is a virtual event run on MS Teams.