Shona Bendix (centre) Chief
Executive Officer presents the Quality Status award to
Chairman Ann Nunn and Leiston-cum-Sizewell Town
Council.
Consultation
Service
Choose how you access the SALC
consultation information sheets by submiting our online form.
To find out more click here
Parish and Town Councils are being
asked to respond to the very important e-planning
consultation. How does your council want to respond to
future applications?
click here
Network
Change Proposals:
West Suffolk and Norfolk
The consultation process begins 26th March 08
on the 61 proposed closures across this area
and the 8 new mobile or hosted outreach branches.
To find out more
click here
The Local Government
Review in Suffolk
The
Boundary Committee have been requested by the Secretary of State to
provide advice by 31st December 2008 on possible
alternative unitary proposals to the one made by Ipswich Borough
Council, for further information on the
process
click
here.
Nats Consultation:
Airspace Change Proposals.
To find out how it will affect your air space
click
here
East of England Development Agency
Have launched the Cut Your Carbon Campaign.
A three-year initiative
that aims to bring together communities in the East of England to
cut their carbon
emissions. Groups taking
part will be able to
measure their carbon footprint online,
take
action to become more energy efficient,
seek up to £200,000 for carbon cutting projects in a £2.5
million funding competition. To find out how your
community can take
part
click
here.
2008 Training dates and information on courses now
available click here
Suffolk Estuarine
Strategies:
The Environment Agency proposed flood management scheme of the
Blyth Estuary (including Aldeburgh and Southwold) and
associated coastline.
To find out how this is going to affect the Suffolk
Coastline
click here
Communitites and
Local Government: have
released an Action Plan for Community Empowerment: Building on
Success. How will this plan help empower
our communities and will it promote and support the parish and
town council sector?
To find out more
click here
Councillors Commission:
Communities and Local Government have just released
the report of the Councillors Commission 07 which was commissioned
to investigate the nature of the relationship between citizen and
state concentrating on local government and the councillors who
serve on them. To read the final report
click here
The Commission of Rural
Communities have published the
report commissioned by Communities and Local Government to
investigate the role and functions of rural councillors in
their communities, to read the report
click here |
Topical Issues:
click
here
The latest news and views in the world of
parish and town
councils.
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 25th January 08
contents are listed
here
Community
Champions Fund will close in March 08.
The Community Champions Fund is to help people who can inspire
others to get more involved in their neighbourhoods through
participation in community groups.
click
here
.
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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
NEW
Fact sheet on 2007 revised code paragraph 2 (2)
click here
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