Documents
tagged "NALC"
Website Accessibility Guidance from NALC
A guide published specifically for our sector to assist you in meeting the requirements of the regulations, updated in 2021 by NALC
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
Good Councillors' Guide to Cyber Security
A guide from NALC on keeping your documents and records safe.
Mon, 15 Mar 2021
GAPTC 'Our Plan for Gloucestershire 2018-2022'
The GAPTC Strategy setting out the vision and goals for the future.
* Promoting professionalism
* Effective communication and partnership working
* Supporting/encouraging leadership principles
Fri, 28 Dec 2018
Good Councillors' Guide 2018
The essential guide for parish and town councillors. This guide introduces the work of local councils and the part you play as a councillor in the tier of local government closest to the people. You will also find it a useful reference. It is divided into five parts to help you find your way as a new, or even as an experienced, councillor.
Hard copies can be purchased from GAPTC at a cost of £3.50 plus postage.
Fri, 20 Apr 2018
Local Council case studies - promoting good practice
These case studies are have been listed by NALC and date back to 2015, but they provide a good idea about the range of work taking place across the sector.
Tue, 08 Aug 2017
The Voice of the Councillor
The Councillor Commission – organised by the local government magazine TheMJ and De Montfort University Leicester and supported by NALC – publish its final report 'The Voice of The Councillor'. When the Commission was launched we pressed for our sector and our 10,000 councillors not to be overlooked, securing representation on the Commission and a dedicated stream of work to ensure the voice of parish and town councillors was heard. The 124 page report (which is in plain language and easy to read!) includes a dedicated chapter on parish and town councillors and four specific recommendations out of the twenty in total.
Fri, 14 Jul 2017
Public Contracts Regulations
The impact on a council's adopted standing orders and financial regulations
Mon, 03 Aug 2015
Fly-Grazing
Information on the Control of Horses Act 2015. The Act aims to clamp down on people who illegally abandon horses. It introduces changes to the law to deter people from illegally grazing or simply abandoning horses on public and private land, which is known as 'fly-grazing'.
The law mean horse owners who fly-graze their animals without permission can now be dealt with more quickly and effectively. The new Act means owners now have only four days to claim their animals. It extends the options for dealing with abandoned horses, which now include private sale, gifting and rehoming, which should mean they can be dealt with more quickly which is more efficient, cheaper for landowners and local authorities and kinder to the horses
Mon, 01 Jun 2015
Co-option briefing
Good practice when co-opting including the public notice of casual vacancies, eligibility and voting at council meetings.
Thu, 07 May 2015
Transparency Code (over £200,000)
Information on the Transparency Code for councils with a turnover of over £200,000
Wed, 01 Apr 2015
Prayers
Information on the law ensuring that local councils have the right to hold prayers
Wed, 01 Apr 2015
Unauthorised Encampments
Government guidance on dealing with unauthorised encampments
Wed, 01 Apr 2015
Electronic Summons
An overview of the legislation permitting the sending of summons by email to councillors to attend local council meetings.
Sun, 01 Feb 2015
Freedom of Information - changes
Guidance on changes that have been made to the 2000 Act by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
The changes made by the 2012 Act do not place additional burdens on councils in respect of the types of information they are required to disclose. One of the purposes of the changes is to allow persons who have been provided with information under the 2000 Act to make more extensive use of the information they receive. The uses to which information disclosed by a council could be put are varied and include commercial and non-commercial purposes. The information could be used by anybody who considers it worthwhile to publish it. The changes also allow requesters to receive the information requested in a more useable (electronic) form where possible.
Sun, 01 Feb 2015
Allotment disposal
Information on legislation concerning the disposal of statutory allotment land as local councils cannot dispose of such land without the approval of the Secretary of State.
Sat, 01 Feb 2014