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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
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 hands-on training for volunteer playground inspectors to
be held at Bishops Itchington on Saturday 17 April 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 CharterClick here to view the full document
Age Discriminiation
Click here for details of a recent High Court decisionClick here for Age Equality Employment Regulations
Advertisements For Clerks
Click here
for details of Councils
advertising for a new clerkLegal 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.