In January 2024 alone, reports were published about the SRA taking enforcement action against 3 firms and 4 individuals for failure to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. The fines issued for these non-compliances total over £570,000 plus costs. The absence of staff training, or requirement to complete additional training, was noted in a number of these cases.
As a manager of a law firm, or more crucially an MLRO or MLCO, the ultimate responsibility for the firm's compliance, including with the MLR 2017, lies with you. It is your responsibility to ensure that the firm puts in place, reviews and updates compliant policies, controls and procedures. You must ensure that the firm maintains an up to date practice wide risk assessment. You are required to ensure that your employees are regularly given training on the MLR 2017 and associated risks.
If a breach occurs, the SRA will take a wider look at the firm and identify any supervisory deficiencies that may have contributed to failures by fee earners or support staff. It has proven that it will not shy away from holding to account managers, compliance officers and MLRO/MLCOs for failures by their firms to comply with requirements of the MLR 2017.
This course will cover the following to assist firms MLROs, MLCOs and Management with fulfilling their AML management responsibilities:
How to comply with your obligations and stay compliant
FWRA – linked with PCPs
Mandatory AML Policies and Procedures - SRA have concerns
Training and supervising staff
Audits
SRA requirements
Reporting SARS
POCA/TA
Fulfilling reporting officer and compliance officer duties
Target Audience
The online course is suitable for MLROs, MLCOs, firm management and those supporting these roles.
Resources
Comprehensive and up to date course notes will be provided to all delegates which may be useful for ongoing reference or cascade training.
Please note a recording of the course will not be made available.
Speaker
Helen Torresi, Consultant, DG Legal
Helen is a qualified solicitor with a diverse professional background spanning leadership roles in both the legal and tech/corporate sectors. Throughout her career, she has held key positions such as COLP, HOLP, MLCO, MLRO and DPO for law firms and various regulated businesses and services.
Helen’s specialised areas encompass AML, complaint and firm negligence handling, DPA compliance, file review and auditing, law management, and operational effectiveness in law firms, particularly in conveyancing (CQS).
Welcome to Embrace Public Speaking with Confidence Group Coaching event! Are you tired of feeling nervous and anxious when speaking in public? Join us on Thu Sep 26 2024 at 9.30 AM at The Warehouse - Birmingham Friends of the Earth environmental community hub to conquer your fears and become a confident speaker. This in-person event will explore practical techniques and strategies to help you communicate effectively and confidently in front of any audience.
Enhance your leadership skills with this group coaching session to become more aware of your Public Speaking style, and preferences, thus, becoming amicable with expressing your voice effectively for impact at various levels. This may be publically with stakeholders, at a system, or partner level and with your customers, families or service users (outwardly) and within your team and organisation (inwardly).
Don't miss this opportunity to boost your public speaking skills and unleash your full potential. See you there!
Why not visit the Enigma company website for more information about us: www.enigmaccs.co.uk
Delivered OnlineOnline coaching + more
£97 to £150
Creating a Safe Workplace: Understanding the Impact of Domestic Abuse
This 1 hour on-line training seminar provides an opportunity for employers, HR managers, supervisors, and team leaders to learn how domestic abuse can impact on an employee and the business as well as the next steps to support your staff and protect your business.
Join Mark on Thursday mornings to move, explore, and wake up to your true nature. Mark's classes are all about re-connecting the body and mind in order to find a sense of health, integration, freedom and kindness. Most of the time his classes are based around the seasons, since the Chinese energy system is very connected to the time of year and changing seasons.
This course meets and exceeds the Maryland requirement for the security officer course of 12 hours. The course is taught over 2 days, 6 hours per day for the day course or 3 days, 4 hours per day for the night course. In this course, you will learn the required curriculum for security officers prescribed by the Maryland Police and Corrections Training Commission. Once you purchase this course, it may not be canceled. You can request another later scheduled date if a conflict arises.
Learn how to administer vaccines or injections ...
Nationally Recognised Qualification
Includes IM, ID and Sub-Cut Injection methods
OCN Accredited - Level 4 (Foundation Degree - FDSc)
Covers all steps to safely perform a vaccination
Use same techniques and skills for aesthetic therapies
Includes B12, Vitamin C and other treatments
Essential qualification for all injections
Basic understanding of English language required
OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS
Delivered in Milton Keynes + 4 more or OnlineMilton Keynes + 4 moreorOnline + more
Peer Supervision for Clinical Hypnotherapists:
Peer supervision for clinical hypnotherapists fosters professional growth through enhanced reflective practice, continuous learning, emotional support, feedback and validation, ethical guidance, networking, and professional accountability.
- **Enhanced Reflective Practice**: Facilitates self-reflection, helping hypnotherapists identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement through peer discussions.
- **Continuous Learning**: Expands knowledge by sharing innovative techniques, research findings, and emerging trends, promoting ongoing professional development.
- **Emotional Support**: Provides a supportive space for therapists to share experiences and receive emotional support, addressing the emotional demands of the profession.
- **Feedback and Validation**: Offers constructive criticism and fresh perspectives, aiding in skill refinement and improved clinical practice.
- **Ethical Guidance**: Allows discussion of ethical dilemmas and collaborative solutions, ensuring adherence to professional standards.
- **Networking and Collaboration**: Builds professional networks, leading to collaboration, referrals, and partnerships.
- **Professional Accountability**: Encourages high standards and self-reflection through peer discussions, enhancing practice quality.
🌿 Guided Minds: A 12-Month Meditation Journey
Create calm, clarity & connection—one month at a time.
Guided Minds is a year-long meditation programme designed to help you build a sustainable, enriching practice through monthly themes, supportive sessions, and practical tools for real life. Whether you're new to meditation or looking to deepen your experience, this programme will guide you with compassion and clarity.
🔁 Programme Format
Weekly Live Sessions (Online & In-Person)
Monthly Themes & Challenges
Guided Meditations & Practices
Supportive Community
Access to Session Recordings
Join monthly or commit to the full journey—the choice is yours.
🌟 Monthly Themes Overview
July: Making Meditation a Healthy Habit
Learn how to create a sustainable daily practice using breath, posture and science-backed techniques.
✔️ Relaxation response
✔️ Meditation for clarity & calm
✔️ Core practices: breath, posture, stillness
✔️ In-person Session 5: “Pulling It All Together”
August: Meditation & Mindfulness
Focus on the profound benefits of meditation:
✔️ Stress relief, heart health, immunity
✔️ Slowing ageing, boosting self-compassion
✔️ 3 Principles: Habituation, Wisdom, Openheartedness
✔️ Diamond Dedication Meditation
September: Calming a Wandering Mind
Tame your busy mind through simple, powerful practices.
✔️ Focused attention vs. mind-wandering
✔️ Thought loops & rumination
✔️ Colour, mantra & visualisation meditations
✔️ Mindfulness of thought
October: Creating a Mindful Life
Bring mindfulness into everyday moments.
✔️ Living in the now
✔️ Radical acceptance & surrender
✔️ Senses as anchors: sound, touch, breath
✔️ Showing up fully for life
November: Meditation for Stress Relief
Practical methods to manage stress & emotional overload.
✔️ Good vs. bad stress
✔️ The ego, fight/flight, and impermanence
✔️ Gratitude & visualisation
✔️ Overcoming obstacles to meditation
December: Rest & Reflection
Warm the heart and calm the mind before the holidays.
✔️ Body-based awareness
✔️ Reviewing your progress
✔️ Meditations for resilience
✔️ Peaceful practices for winter
January: Meditation for Positive Emotions
Start the year with joy, love, and purpose.
✔️ Heart-opening meditations
✔️ Gratitude & happiness
✔️ Intention-setting with optional cacao ceremony
✔️ Emotional healing & connection
February: Meditation for Well-Being
A holistic approach to health from the inside out.
✔️ Four foundations of mindfulness
✔️ Forgiveness (including Huna meditations)
✔️ Body-mind connection
✔️ Compassion and curiosity
March: Deeper into Meditation
Explore advanced techniques with renewed clarity.
✔️ Insight, wisdom, open-heartedness
✔️ Posture & Nine-Cycle Breathing
✔️ Concentration & mental clarity
✔️ Appreciation for life
April: Meditation for Relaxation
Recharge your nervous system with rest-focused meditations.
✔️ Body scan & breath awareness
✔️ Guided deep relaxation
✔️ Calming anxiety & overactivity
✔️ Rest as a radical act
May: The Art of Living
Live with intention and reverence.
✔️ Meditation on impermanence & emptiness
✔️ Self-love & emotional nourishment
✔️ Present moment awareness
✔️ Breath as a life companion
June: Meditation on Inner Peace
End the year rooted, spacious, and unshakable.
✔️ Letting go of resistance
✔️ Unflappability & mental resilience
✔️ Responsibility & self-awareness
✔️ Lasting inner calm and clarity
💷 Pricing Options
Online sessions: £10 each
In-person sessions: £15 each
Join the Guided Minds Meditation Community for £28/month
✓ Includes all sessions (online & in-person)
✓ Unlimited access to recordings
✓ Bonus practices & group support
🌱 Ready to begin?
Each month offers a new opportunity to reset, reflect and grow.
Join any time, or commit to the full year and transform your relationship with your mind, body and life.
Delivered in Harrogate + 1 more or OnlineHarrogate + 1 moreorOnline + more
I have received guidance to create an online event for Thursday’s New Moon in Leo. To harness the fire energy that we are currently experiencing, so that we may utilise it for our own individual shifts.
This will be an energy activation and will include a transmission and/or connection to the mighty Fire Dragons. We will come together online and get those energies moving.
What’s an energy activation? An energy activation is a reawakening of part or parts of your Divine blueprint. It has the capacity to create lasting change, by removing blocks, habits, patterns or stagnancy that are ready to go!
This particular activation will most likely use a blend of guided meditation, channelling and light language, to bypass the conscious mind, as I am guided during our time together.
If you require any further information or have specific questions not covered in the FAQ, simply reach out to me via email via the contact link below.
8PM BST * 9PM CET * 12PM PST * 3PM EST
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