Shona Bendix (centre) Chief
Executive Officer presents the Quality Status award to
Chairman Ann Nunn and Leiston-cum-Sizewell Town
Council.
The Local Government
Review in Suffolk
SALC position
statement click
here
Boundary Committee Meeting for Parish and Town Councils
click here
Meetings being 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
Sustainable Communities Events 
Free events across the county addressing
e-planning, funding and the environment.
Featuring: The launch of the SALC e-planning
training
Presentation on
the planning portal
Funding;
how, what for and where?
Environment
and communities; what your council can do to
help?
Tuesday 12th August: Swan Hotel,
Southwold 10am
- 1.00pm
Monday 18th August: Claydon Country Hotel,
Claydon 10am - 1.00pm
Tuesday 26th August: Ramada Hotel, Bury St
Eds 10am
- 1.00pm
Call: 01473 833713 to book your place
or click
here
Consultation
Service
Choose how you access the SALC
consultation information sheets by submiting our online form.
To find out more click here
Nats Consultation:
Airspace Change Proposals. The consultation
has been extended.
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 May 8th 08
contents are listed
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
NEW
Fact sheet on 2007 revised code paragraph 2 (2)
click here
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Councils