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The National Association has published a number of very useful tookits.  To download them, click on the links below:

Click here for the Communications Toolkit
Click here for the Elections Toolkit
Click here for the Elections Booklet
Click here for Power to the People - how to create a council
Click here for How To Create A Youth Council
Click here for Guidance on Quality Parish Status

For further information about these toolkits visit www.nalc.gov.uk

The County Committee is delighted to announce that the threshold for the two for one offer for training has been increased to £30,000.  This means that if your Council has a budgeted income of between £25,000 and £30,000 WALC will now subsidise every second training place you book.  In addition, if your Council has a budgeted income of £30,000 or more, if you book more than 4 training places, the 5th one will be subsidised by WALC/

Click here to read about local success in the Local Council Awards 2010 and click here to view a photo

Click here to read about the Conservative Liberal Democrat Government

Click  here to view the Commission for Rural Communities Report on Participatory Budgeting

Click here to view the presentation on Communication given by Alan Jones from the National Association of Local Councils on 6 March 2010

Click here to view the presentation on the Code of Conduct given by Anne Rehill from the Standards Board for England on 6 March 2010

Click here to view information about the review of the National Training Strategy

Click here to read the presentation given by Hazel Williams, Vice-Chair of the National Association at our AGM on Thursday 9 October 2009

Click here to read about the Association's Area Committees

Click here to view an updated map of the parishes of Warwickshire

Thinking of Becoming A Councillor?

Click here for general information about Councils

Click here to find out how to become a Councillor

Click here to read about Ken Cleary's experience as a Councillor

Forthcoming Training Events

Click here for information on all courses to be run by WALC between April and September 2010.

Click here for details of a Briefing for Chairmen and Aspiring Chairmen to be held at Fillongley Village Hall on Saturday 12 June 2010.

Click here for details of an Induction Day for New Councillors to be held at Alderminster Village Hall on Saturday 17 July 2010

For information on courses to be held by the Shropshire Association of Local Councils click here

For information on courses to be held by the Staffordshire Association of Local Councils click here

For information on courses to be held by the Herefordshire Association of Local Councils click here

Local Councils Charter

Click here fore information about how to make use of the Charter

Click here to view the full document

Age Discriminiation

Click here for details of a recent High Court decision

Click here for Age Equality Employment Regulations

Advertisements For Clerks

Click here for details of Councils advertising for a new clerk

Legal Practice Notes

For a list of NALC Legal Practice Notes in Alphabetical Order click here

For a list of NALC Legal Practice Notes in Numerical Order click here

Copies of these Legal Practice Notes can be downloaded from the members area of this website.  To become a member of the Association, please contact us.

Good Practice Notes

Click here for a list of Good Practice Notes now available from the WALC office.

Copies of these Good Practice Notes can be downloaded from the members area of this website. 

Quality Parish Council Status - Quality Parish and Town Council Scheme Revised

The Government's agenda on empowerment of community organisations makes it all the more essential for parish and town to work towards Quality Status to prove their effectiveness. The revised scheme now includes mandatory tests for community engagement, promoting local democracy and citizenship and adoption of national terms and conditions of employment for clerks, amongst others.

"Local Councils are vital to re-invigorating local democracy. The Quality Parish and Town Council Scheme has played an important role in improving the quality of management and administration of parish and town councils. The Government welcomes the revision of the scheme and encourages local councils to consider seeking accreditation" Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

For more information on quality status, click on Quality Status in the menu on the left of this page.

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