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LGA free webinars for Councillors
The Local Government Association (LGA) has a series of webinars coming up for councillors on topics related to personal safety and handling online abuse. Any councillor can access these webinars for free. . Handling online abuse and intimidation is on 1 February 2023 (promo code HOAI010223). And Personal safety for councillors is on 21 February 2023 (promo code PSC210223). This week the LGA also launched...
Posted: Wed, 7 Dec 2022
Civility and Respect Project Newsletter No 5
The November Newsletter includes a number of articles on issues ranging from respectful social media use, to an update on the Pledge.
You can visit the NALC or SLCC websites to find out more information.
CIVILITY AND RESPECT PROJECT (nalc.gov.uk) and SLCC | Civility & Respect Project
Posted: Tue, 29 Nov 2022
University of Exeter: Local Housing Affordability in Cornwall Report
The Social and Economic Research Unit of the Institute of Cornish Studies, have launched a report on local housing affordability in Cornwall, for both the bought and rented sector. This provides affordability data down to secondary postcode level. The report can be seen here: https://history.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/ics/research/socialandeconomicresearchunit/#a1 along with the recently published...
Posted: Tue, 29 Nov 2022
Personal Safety for Councillors
Personal safety for councillors – webinar
As part of the Local Government Association's (LGA's) Civility in Public Life Programme, they are hosting a series of webinars on councillor personal safety and handling online abuse and intimidation.
The programme has been devised for councillors who want to improve their awareness of personal safety.
The LGA is hosting the second webinar from 1:30 –...
Posted: Fri, 11 Nov 2022
Boundary Commission Consultation
The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) is redrawing constituency boundaries in order to rebalance the number of electors represented by each MP, and a final consultation on proposed new constituencies is now open. A new revised map of constituency proposals, which takes into account feedback sent in by the public on the initial proposals, has been published on the consultation website BCE Consultation...
Posted: Thu, 10 Nov 2022
NALC Briefing: National Salary Award
Pay Offer accepted.
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has been notified by the Local Government Association (LGA) that it has come to an agreement on the 2022/23 pay offer with the unions representing local government employees.
The unions met on 1 November 2022 and agreed to accept the offer. The terms of that agreement include the following:
With effect from 1 April 2022, an increase...
Posted: Thu, 3 Nov 2022
Net Zero Review : Call for Evidence
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has launched a review of the Government Net Zero Strategy: Net Zero Review: Call for evidence - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and is calling for evidence from a wide range of stakeholders including local councils.
Responses to the national review are being collated via a questionnaire. The call for evidence has a number of 'overarching' questions for...
Posted: Wed, 12 Oct 2022
Points of Light 2022 published
The 2022 edition of Points of Light, published by NALC, is available to read here.
Examples of work carried out by local (parish and town) councils in this year's edition include: facilitating summer activity sessions for local children, running award-winning sports and community facilities, carrying out town centre improvements, funding a community agent post, and supporting a cost-of-living day. ...
Posted: Thu, 6 Oct 2022
Star Council 2022 Awards Ceremony
The Star Council Awards 2022 winners will be unveiled at an online ceremony on 13 October 2022 at noon (12 pm).
The ceremony will be open to everyone in the sector and beyond to watch and celebrate all the winners' hard work. The event will be streamed live on NALC's YouTube page.
The Star Council Awards recognise the local (parish and town) council sector's positive contribution to its communities,...
Posted: Thu, 6 Oct 2022
List of Services to Commemorate the life of HM Queen Elizabeth II
ALC has compiled a list of Services of Thanksgiving being held across Cornwall in commemoration of the of the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The list includes communities holding a public vigil to mark the one minute's silence being held on Sunday evening at 8pm . The information is published on the Documents section of our website.
Please check with the local council and/or parish church for further details...
Posted: Fri, 16 Sep 2022
