Despite another challenging year, with what seemed like never ending changes to the Covid 19 rules, our Institute has continued to provide relevant and interesting training opportunities for the Nottingham & Derby Members. I was especially proud that we were able to successfully deliver our flagship InsurED training day in September, albeit in a virtual format, and I think the team did an amazing job to ensure the day was as varied and engaging as it has been in the past face to face.

 Our year also ended with the sad news of the passing of one of our longest serving Council Members and our twice President, Helen Wilcox. She will be missed by us all but the work she carried out on our behalf will always be remembered.

As we enter into the new Institute Year, I am looking forward to the new challenge ahead of developing our service to members in the new hybrid world. Whilst we will continue to offer our virtual webinar sessions, we are also working on some exiting things this year. Over the next 12 months we are working on bringing people back together through networking and social events and we can’t wait to see as many people as possible at our Annual Dinner in January 2023 (20th January so save the date).

With the help of the great team we have at The Nottingham Institute, our focus this year will be: