Salfords and Sidlow Parish Council awarded with the Quality Gold Award
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC), has accredited Salfords and Sidlow Parish Council with the Quality Gold Award. for the Local Council Awards Scheme. We submitted our application in May.
Receiving the Quality Gold Award is an excellent achievement showing that our local parish council achieves good practices in governance, community engagement and council improvement. Furthermore, this award shows that our council has gone above and beyond the legal obligations; we lead our community and continuously seek opportunities to improve and develop even further.
We are very proud of this achievement and plan to continue to develop and work with our community to obtain the best outcomes for what is wanted in our villages.
The Society of Local Clerks ( SLCC), National Association of Local Councils (NALC), and One Voice Wales (OVW) believe now is the time to put civility and respect at the top of the agenda and start a culture change for the local council sector. Councillors have signed the Pledge, agreeing that it will treat councillors, clerks, employees, members of the public, and representatives of partner organisations and volunteers with civility and respect in their roles, and that it has put in place a training programme for councillors and staff: We: have signed up to the Code of Conduct for councillors - We have have good governance arrangements in place including staff contracts and a Dignity at Work policy - we have will seek professional help at early stages should civility and respect issues arise - we would will commit to calling out bullying and harassment if and when it happens - we would will continue to learn from best practice in the sector and aspire to being a role model / champion council e.g., via Local Council Award Scheme - we have and are used as a role model support the continued lobbying for change in legislation to support the civility and respect, including sanctions for elected members where appropriate
Monthly wellbeing walk - Salfords Stroll in conjunction with East Surrey YMCA
