JPAG Practitioners’ Guide Published for 2024
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has published the Joint Panel on Accountability and Governance (JPAG) 2024 edition of the Practitioners' Guide. The 2024 edition of the guide applies to Annual Governance and Accountability Returns (AGAR) regarding...
Village Halls Week 2024: Going Green!
Author: Phillip Vincent, public affairs and communications manager at ACRE writes for NALC With scientific warnings of the climate crisis mounting and governments and international institutions scrabbling in search of grand solutions, it’s easy to feel powerless to...
Decarbonising Rural Communities: Understanding Constraints and Ambitions
Regen is working with National Grid Electricity Distribution on an innovation project focused on the decarbonisation of rural areas in the South West, South Wales and the Midlands. REACH: Rural Energy and Community Heat. The project has been funded by network users...
Helping Warwickshire residents to pay utility bills
Sudden unexpected costs can create real challenges for residents who are experiencing financial hardship. Vouchers towards utility bills are available for households in Warwickshire using pre-payment meters, paying by direct debit or on receipt of bill. If you, or...
How to move to a .gov.uk domain
Reposted from NALC The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is working with the Central Digital and Data Office to support the Parish Council Domains Helper Service to help local (parish and town) councils move to a .gov.uk domain. There is now a new way to...
Creating Opportunities in Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Council has launched a new website and review document , dedicated to showcasing the progress made in the County as part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up initiative. The Government has emphasised the importance of Levelling Up the country...
Stratford District UK Shared Prosperity and Rural Prosperity Funding
Join one of two free webinars organised and led by Stratford on Avon District Council and Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action if you are looking for funding to support your community, place, rural business and community facilities. In addition, you will also...
Parish Borrowing Process
Holly Morris, Policy Officer, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, presented to WALC's member Clerks on the process for applying for a public works loan. View the recording The facility lends to town and parish councils (in England) and town and...
Community Carbon Calculator Tool
CSE has recently had funding to update the Impact tool (the community carbon calculator). This calculates parish level carbon footprint data. The tool’s website is imminently about to have data updates to the calculations and new/refreshed resources, including a...
Report on Transitioning to GOV.UK Email Addresses
With thanks to Bubbenhall Parish Council for permission to reprint Date: 1 February 2024 Prepared by Tracie Ball, Clerk and RFO Introduction: The consideration of adopting GOV.UK email addresses for both the Clerk and Councillors may seem like an unnecessary...