Dear Resident
We are delighted to inform you that your Parish Council has achieved a national peer reviewed accreditation. We applied for the Local Council Award Scheme- Quality Gold Award in February 2021 and have been eagerly awaiting the feedback which came late on Friday 9th July 2021. This is some of the feedback we received – ‘Impressive contact with the community’, ‘Comprehensive annual report with a good newsletter’, ‘They are clearly considering projects for a variety of age groups.’ . The following information provides an overview of the scheme.
ABOUT
The Local Council Award Scheme (LCAS) has been designed to celebrate the successes of the very best local councils and to provide a framework to support all local councils to improve and develop to meet their full potential. The scheme offers councils the opportunity to show that they meet the standards set by the sector, assessed them by their peers, and put in place the conditions for continued improvement.
The scheme has been designed to provide the tools and encouragement to those councils at the beginning of their improvement journeys, as well as promoting and recognising councils that are at the cutting edge of the sector. It is only through the sector working together, to share best practice, drive up standards and supporting those who are committed to improving their offer to their communities that individual councils and the sector as a whole will reach their full potential. There are three levels of award- Foundation, Quality and Quality Gold.
Quality Gold Award
The Quality Gold Award demonstrates that a council is at the forefront of best practice and achieves excellence in governance, community leadership and council development. Quality Gold councils provide leadership for their communities, bring people together, have excellent business planning processes, ensuring value for money as well as constantly seeking new innovations and opportunities to improve. They highlight the very best we, as a sector, can achieve for our communities.
If you would like to know more about the scheme then this is the information-