Shona Bendix, Dr Stuart Burgess,
Sir Edward Greenwell and Philip Hayes
at the recent SALC AGM
IMPORTANT: LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVIEW
UPDATE
The Boundary Committee intends to consult on a wider range of
proposals for local government unitary structures following legal
action which resulted in criticism on the limited proposals
consulted on in the last round. The consultation will take place
from 19 March to 14 May 2009 in order to meet the deadline of
making recommendations to the Secretary of State on 15 July
2009.
Click here to view the letter from
the Boundary Committee.
SALC position
statement click here
Boundary Committee Meeting for Parish
and Town Councils
click here
Meetings attended by SALC
click here
The Boundary Committee have released
the concepts
for Suffolk and Norfolk that are going forward for
consultation.
To download the document
click here
or for further details
click here
SALC Structural Review
Survey
click here
NEW SERVICE - IMPORTANT NOTE: LEGAL TOPIC NOTES NOW
AVAILABLE IN THE MEMBERS AREA
SELECT NALC subheading to locate this new
service
New
Bursary Scheme Launched
A new bursary scheme has been
launched for clerks to smaller councils which will be in
operation as from Monday 1st June. Please
click here for
the full criteria for the revised scheme.
Consultation
Service
Choose how you access the SALC
consultation information sheets by submiting our online form.
To find out more click here
Swine Flu ‘Phase five’ – what does it mean?
In the light of the World Health Organisation’s decision to
change the global swine flu situation to phase five, NHS Suffolk
would like to inform people in Suffolk as to what this means.
Click here for further
information.
NHS asks National Heart Tsar to review
heart attack plans in East Suffolk
Following the high
levels of concern expressed by the public in east Suffolk over the
introduction of a new PPCI service for people with severe heart
attacks, NHS Suffolk and the East of England NHS Specialist
Commissioning Group are asking the National Director for Heart
Disease and Stoke, Professor Roger Boyle CBE, to urgently review
the plans.
For further information
please click
here.
Please click here
to view a letter regarding heart attack services in light of
the recent media coverage which may have unduly alarmed
people
HM Revenue and Customs
(HMRC) in partnership with the National Assocation of
Local Councils (NALC) and Action with communities in Rural England
(ACRE) is offering a series of FREE workshops to help town, parish
and community council clerks understand how VAT works for both
unregistered and VAT registered local councils.
Please click here for a
list of the series of courses being run across the county over the
next few months. Should you be interested in attending please
follow the instructions on the link. NALC are NOT administering the
bookings of these events.
Pancreatic Cancer: Services
to Improve Survival
A Public Consultation
Local people across the East of England are being
encouraged to have their say on a proposal for improving services
for pancreatic cancer patients. For more information,
including consultation documents and feedback forms, visit the
pancreatic cancer pages at
www.escg.nhs.uk where you'll
also find details about the 'Discovery Events' and a link to an
on-line survey.
The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) has sent NALC a letter
inviting comments on a review of their organisation. ‘The Farm
Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) is an independent advisory body
established by the Government in 1979. Its terms of reference are
to keep under review the welfare of farm animals on agricultural
land, at market, in transit and at the place of slaughter; and to
advise the Government of any legislative or other changes that may
be necessary.’
http://www.fawc.org.uk/
FAWC are looking to address four key issues;
(1) Is the work that FAWC does still needed?
(2) If it is, is FAWC the best organisation to undertake it?
(Other possibilities include ‘ad hoc ‘consultations; seeking advice
from a single external organisation; merger with another body.)
(3) How well has FAWC performed in the past and how might
performance be improved in the future? (This will include looking
at examples of past good practice, membership, partnership working,
and use of technology.)
(4) An executive NDPB or non-Ministerial Government Department
may be established after 2012 with responsibility for animal health
in England. What difference, if any, should this make to FAWC?
NALC currently do not intend to make a formal response but are
of the view that it may be of interest to some within the tier.
Therefore we’d be grateful if you could forward the details to
member councils who should respond directly, however, we would
welcome a copy of any submissions for our information.
The deadline for responses is Friday 3 July
2009.
East of England Development
Agency
No more EEDA funding for further rounds of the competition for
community carbon-saving projects once the second funding round has
ended. The budget for projects in the first round of the
competition is secure and will not be affected. For more
information read the letter from EEDA
Online HGV Incident Report
Tool
click here
To report incidents of HVGs using
inappropriate minor
roads or other related issues, please use the link above.
Your report will be submitted to the Traffic Management Team
at Suffolk County Council.
West Suffolk LSP
The next newsletter and information of the forthcoming forum on
19th June 2009 can be found in the members area or alternatively
visit the West Suffolk LSP website
www.onesuffolk.co.uk/wslsp
SALC has been advised
by NALC that NALC received a letter from Films of Record that they
wish to issue to burial authorities (including local councils) for
a future BBC Panarama programme. NALC, quite properly,
refused to distribute the letter. However, local councils
might wish to be forewarned that the company may well try to find
alternative means to distribute the letter and might seek to gain
the information direct from you. Please feel free to contact
SALC if you have any concerns.
2009 Training
dates
now available
click here
SALC regularly mail membership with
details of forthcoming events, information and fact sheets and
details of training courses. Our publication The Local Councillor
is mailed out four times a year. The last mailing on May
8th 08 contents are listed
here
|
NEW Model Publication Scheme
for Parish
and Town Councils to be published and
adopted by January 1st
2009
For more information
click here
To download the publication
scheme click
here |
The 2007 order for the revised Code of Conduct
for Parish and Town
Councils
The Register of Interests and Declaration of
Acceptance of Office
can be downloaded from our members
areaclick
here
Fact sheet on 2007
revised code paragraph 2 (2)
click here
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