This webinar was recorded and the session is available here: Community Organising with Town and Parish Councils Webinar
This exclusive online webinar from The Company of Community Organisers (COLtd) is open to members of COLtd, elected Town and Parish Councillors or officials.
Presenters
Community Organiser Jon Cousins – Town Councillor and Former Mayor of Glastonbury (2016/17)
In May 2016, I was honoured to be elected Mayor of Glastonbury by my peers, and – as both a Town Councillor and Community Organiser – I wanted to explore how to use my time as Mayor to integrate community organising methods into the role of the Mayoralty.
National Association of Local Councils (NALC)
Established in 1947, the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is the only national body representing the interests of 10,000 local councils and 80,000 councillors. NALC works in partnership with county associations to support, promote and improve local councils.
NALC are currently looking at effective methods of helping their members engage with the communities they serve.
“An essential component of local democracy is building strong connections between citizens and the institutions that represent them. By including residents in the conversations that affect their lives, local government builds trust and mutual respect. This has never been more important. At a time when trust in public institutions is at a low ebb, councils have a vital role to play in restating and rebuilding the social contract between citizens and their governments. They can only do this by engaging openly with residents and responding to their concerns.”
[‘Community Collaboration – a councillor’s guide’ by Local Trust and The Local Government information Unit © LGiU, July 2017]
Our Mission:
Empower communities – Empower communities with more effective powers to tackle local issues, have a greater say over decisions that affect them and the creation of more parishes.
Build capacity and support councillors – Build the capacity of local councils through training and development, an effective regime for serving councillors and encourage more and diverse people to become councillors.
More devolution and engagement – More devolution to local councils, strengthen relationships and engagement between councils at all levels and improve links at the sub-regional level.
Flexible and diverse fudning – A flexible and diverse funding framework through not extending council tax referendums, reform of non-domestic rates and increase income from other sources.
WEBINARS
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