Tags: NALC
Quality Gold
Congratulations, on achieving your Quality Gold award as part of the Local Council Award Scheme. Receiving the award is an excellent achievement and confirmation of the council's commitment to good practice and quality governance.
Posted: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:23 by Kerrin Cocks
LCAS for Shurdington PC
Congratulations to Shurdington PC for achieving the Foundation Award LCAS, a nod to their council's good practices in governance, community engagement and council improvement. The award shows that the council has gone above and beyond the legal obligations; that they lead their community and continually seek opportunities to improve and develop.
Posted: Wed, 25 May 2022 09:47 by Kerrin Cocks
Executive Committee Member passes away
GAPTC is sad to announce the sudden and tragic passing of one of our longest-serving executive committee members Peter Richmond. Peter was the committee's National Association of Local Councils (NALC) representative and brought a wealth of knowledge and experience to the association. Our sincere condolences to his friends and family; his stories and positive energy will be missed.
Posted: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:20 by Kerrin Cocks
Hinton PC receive Foundation Local Council Award Scheme
Hinton PC have achieved the Foundation level of the Local Council Award Scheme (LCAS) which demonstrates 'quality' at a foundation level.
There are three levels to LCAS; 'Foundation', 'Quality' and 'Quality Gold'. This is a nationally awarded scheme which is managed by the National Assocation of Local Councils (NALC).
If you are interested in achieving this status please contact NALC directly, and/or... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:57 by Anita Sach
NALC CEO newsletter - highlighting 'Remote meetings' and 'no council tax referendum principles '
Remote meetings
Last week the NALC chair, Cllr Keith Stevens, attended a ministerial roundtable along with colleagues from the Local Government Association plus a ministerial webinar with council leaders. Issues covered the challenges facing councils in supporting the pandemic response, social care, provisional local government finance settlement and remote meetings. On remote meetings, ministers were... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:43 by Alison Robinson
New NALC Publication
NALC has published a new guide on website accessibility and publishing guidelines.
The website accessibility guide aims to help local parish and town councils ensure their websites meet the needs of all users — especially those with disabilities or impairments that use assistive technology. The guide explains what website accessibility is, how it affects local councils, the requirements, and compliance.... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:26 by Kerrin Cocks
Local Council Award Scheme
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has set up panels to peer review applications from Gloucestershire, and other participating county associations, for Foundation, Quality and Quality Gold Local Council Award Scheme applications. The deadlines for 2022 submissions can be found HERE. NALC held a webinar in October, which went through how the scheme works, what information is needed to... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:20 by Kerrin Cocks
GAPTC subscription fees - 2022/23
The GAPTC Executive Committee met on 10th November to agree the subscription fee for 2022/23.
The 2021/22 subs were 33.42 pence per electorate (this was made up of 26 pence to GAPTC and 7.42 pence to NALC).
At the NALC AGM it was agreed that the NALC contribution would increase from 7.42 pence to 7.49 pence for 2022/23 (just under 1%).
The Executive Committee considered the ambition of GAPTC (including... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:47 by Alison Robinson
NALC Chief Executive's bulletin - LGA
Meeting with Local Government Association chairman
This week the NALC chair, Cllr Sue Baxter, held her latest meeting with the chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA), Cllr James Jamieson. Issues covered included remote meetings, civility and respect in public life, levelling up and devolution, sector-led improvement and neighbourhood planning. They both recognised the importance of NALC... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:43 by Alison Robinson
Guidance on COVID19
General position
The Prime Minister confirmed on 12 July that Step 4 of the Roadmap will proceed as planned on Monday 19 July. This means most legal limits on social contact will be removed. There will no longer be limits on gatherings inside and outside and on social distancing. However as cases continue to rise the government is urging caution and personal responsibility.
What does this mean for local... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:30 by Alison Robinson