Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown 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 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown 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 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown 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 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown 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 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown 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 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown Assets of Community Value database Keep It in the Community [1] (KIITC) is an online database of all community assets in England, such as pubs, shops and land, that have been nominated or registered as an Asset of Community Value (ACV)... Jul 3, 2025 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown Internal Audit Forum The Internal Audit Forum is a professional body to support independent internal auditors and to ensure high standards among them. Internal Audit for Parish and Town Councils is very different from tha... Jul 3, 2025 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown Protecting parks and green spaces with Fields in Trust Parks and green spaces are places of joy and togetherness valued by the entire community from pre-school children to retired adults. We all have fond memories of our favourite places to play, enjoy sp... Jul 3, 2025 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown Sec 137 amount for 2023-24 The letter from Ben Greener, Deputy Director, Communities & Integration Directorate, Department of Levelling Up, Homes and Communities to Jonathan Owen, CEO of NALC, dated 6th February states: This is... Jul 3, 2025 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown Revised edition of NALC Being a good employer May 2023 Being a good employer is essential to being a councillor, and the newly updated guide offers a comprehensive and straightforward approach to key employment areas. The guide has six sections that cover... Jul 3, 2025 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Rachel Brown Community Ownership Fund opened to parish councils The government's Community Ownership Fund has been extended to allow applications from parish and town councils for the first time. The Community Ownership Fund is a government programme with £150m ov... Jul 3, 2025 National News
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils, Shared by OALC NALC Resources on Devolution The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has updated its resources on devolution and local government organisations on its website. The devolution resource [1] provides an in-depth overview o... Jul 3, 2025 National News