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Creation of a new parish or town or neighbourhood council

If you are interested in creating a new council for your neighbourhood, if one does not exist already, a very clear step by step guidance document has been produced by the Cheshire County Association. The procedure is the same for any area of England.

The guidance document can be accessed here.

Being a Good Councillor & Clerk

The next Induction Day for new clerks and recently elected Parish & Town Councillors will take place at Ettington Community Centre on Saturday 23rd June 2012. For further information and a booking form, please use the links below:

23 June 2012 Booking Form (Word)
23 June 2012 Booking Form (PDF)

2012 Training Events

Please click here for information on forthcoming training events. Booking forms can be downloaded from the training section of the website.

The Localism Act 2011

The Act represents a significant achievement for the local council sector and concludes the first phase of work at national and county level to increase the powers of, and give greater recognition to, the first tier of local government. One significant change to the Act is on standards and codes of conduct which has been secured as a result of intensive lobbying and intervention by the National Association of Local Councils.

Work will obviously continue on the range of subsequent regulations, ongoing consultations and discussion with Government which will inform and support the Act going forward.

For a summary of the measures in the Act which affect Local Councils, please click here.

Change Of Postal Address

The address for WALC and The Warwickshire Training Partnership has changed. It is now: 

Warwick Enterprise Park
Wellesbourne
Warwick
CV35 9EF

The telephone and fax numbers have also changed. They are now:

Telephone: 01789 472616

Fax: 01789 472619

Discussion Event - Feedback

WALC held an Open Public Services White Paper discussion evening on 17 August 2011. For feedback from the event, please click here.

Conway Fields Youth & Community Project Wins Award

A project to create activities and places for young people to meet in Alcester scooped the West Action for Market Towns award on 12 July. Click here to read more.

NALC Toolkits

The National Association has published a number of very useful toolkits.  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 National Association has announced that it will no longer be pre-printing stationery for member councils.  However, this stationery is now available free of charge to members of the Warwickshire & West Midlands Association and can be downloaded from the appropriate sections of the website or sent electronically upon request.

To view a Legal Briefing from the National Association on the future of the standards framework for members of local authorities in England click here

To view top tips on e-learning click here

Click here to view the Participatory Budgeting Toolkit

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

Forthcoming Training Events

Click here for information on all courses to be run by WALC in 2012

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 for information about how to make use of the Charter

Click here to view the full document

Advertisements For Clerks' Vacancies

There are currently no vacancies.

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.

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. 

To become a member of the Association, please contact us.