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The Good Councillors Guide

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The Good Councillors Guide

The Good Councillors Guide is available. It can be downloaded for free from the Members Area of the NALC website (the username and password are in the Members Area of our website) or printed copies ar...

Jul 3, 2025

Election of Chair and Annual Parish Council Meetings

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Election of Chair and Annual Parish Council Meetings

By the end of May every parish council should have held their Annual Parish Council Meeting, and the Chair of the parish council should have called the Annual Parish Meeting (which must be held by 1st...

Jul 3, 2025

The Good Councillors Guide to Neighbourhood Planning

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The Good Councillors Guide to Neighbourhood Planning

National Association of Local Councils (NALC) in association with Locality published in 2017 The good councillor's guide to neighbourhood planning. The guide is aimed at local councillors who are inte...

Jul 3, 2025

NALC GDPR Toolkit (revised) August 2018

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NALC GDPR Toolkit (revised) August 2018

The original GDPR toolkit was sent to all member councils in 2018. It has been revised to to reflect changes since then concerning: town and parish councils no longer required to have a Data protectio...

Jul 3, 2025

Setting up a community run post office

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Setting up a community run post office

Just under 200 community-run shops and pubs also provide post office services, often in rural areas where people can face significant barriers to accessing essential services. Citizen’s Advice Bureau ...

Jul 3, 2025

Updated NALC Model Financial Regulations May 2024 and guidance

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Updated NALC Model Financial Regulations May 2024 and guidance

The NALC Model Financial Regulations have been updated. The previous version was issued in July 2019, these are replaced by the May 2024 version which is now available in the Members Area of our websi...

Jul 3, 2025

20 actions town and parish councils can take on the climate emergency

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20 actions town and parish councils can take on the climate emergency

This guide complements Friends of the Earth’s template Local Climate Action Plan1. The guide identifies actions that parish and town councils can take on climate change and nature. Its purpose is to s...

Jul 3, 2025

Governance and Accountability for Smaller Authorities or The Practitioners Guide

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Governance and Accountability for Smaller Authorities or The Practitioners Guide

The Practitioners’ Guide is issued by the Joint Panel on Accountability and Governance (JPAG) to support the preparation by smaller authorities in England of statutory annual accounting and governance...

Jul 3, 2025

The Good Councillor's Guide to Community Business December 2020

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The Good Councillor's Guide to Community Business December 2020

NALC and the Plunkett Foundation have launched The Good Councillor's Guide to Community Business to promote the opportunities that community businesses can create locally. You can find a copy to downl...

Jul 3, 2025

NALC The Good Councillor's guide to cyber security

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NALC The Good Councillor's guide to cyber security

NALC published The Good Councillor's guide to cyber security in partnership with Microshade VSM. The guide aims to help local (parish and town) councils understand the importance of cyber security bet...

Jul 3, 2025

RHA Parish Councillor's guide to Affordable Housing

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RHA Parish Councillor's guide to Affordable Housing

English Rural published a guide (PARISH COUNCILLORS’ GUIDE TO RURAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING) aimed at local (parish and town) councillors on affordable rural housing. Rural communities can only thrive if g...

Jul 3, 2025

NALC publication on website accessibility

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NALC publication on website accessibility

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has a guide on website accessibility and publishing guidelines. The guide aims to help local (parish and town) councils ensure their websites meet the...

Jul 3, 2025

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