Lorraine Morton

NALC Free LGA Webinars for Councillors, AGAR deadline, Elections Toolkit for Members

Dear Colleagues It has been a busy week at BMKALC with four training courses, Councillor’s essentials session 2 and 3, Clerks Induction and CiLCA Unit 2 for Group 1.  You should all have been very busy finalising your AGAR’s.  The deadline is the end of June for submission and remember if you are not required […]

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NALC Good Councillors Guide update, Members EAP Programme Expansion, NJC Pay Award, Biodiversity Seminar Rescheduled

Well campers it might be time to dust off the deckchairs as I believe a settled spell of better weather is heading our way next week.  Goodness knows we would all welcome it. I was on annual leave last week, and been frantic all this week so if you have felt a little neglected, that’s

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New NALC Model Financial Regulations, BC Licencing workshops, CiLCA 2024 Intake

Dear Members Another beautiful morning to enjoy.  A good day to walk around your patch!  Usually we our scheduled inspections and tours seem to coincide with the dankest of days! You will now have received the new NALC Model Financial Regulations as part of your NALC members benefit.  The timing has not been helpful, this

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Youth Councillors Awards, Community Energy Projects, Committee on Standards in Public Life (COSIPL)consultation on accountability in public bodies

Dear Colleagues Happy Bank Holiday! (…and it may even be dry, probably jinxed it now, certainly doesn’t look very dray at the moment!) This week, Youth Councillors Awards, Cllr Paul Harvey and I were delighted to attend MKCC to present Certificates to the Youth Council representatives who worked with us on our Conference last year.   Community

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New Community Hub in Springfield to open early 2025.Expressions of interest now open for a Café operator

Campbell Park Community Council are offering a unique opportunity for a not-for-profit organisation, charity, social enterprise or community organisation to operate the Community Hub café at Campbell Park Community Council Community Hub in Springfield, Milton Keynes – due to open early 2025. This amazing opportunity to work in partnership with Campbell Park Community Council to

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BC Street Licencing Consultation; NALC digital publications go digital only, BMKALC Administration Assistant

Dear Colleagues Just don’t look out the window, it’s grey, it’s wet and I’ve had to turn the heating back on!  On the other hand the weather has offered no distraction from what has been a very busy week! As you might reasonably expect we have been a hive of activity following the BC Street

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New! Optima offers Pay as you Use Member Service to assist with Occupational Health support

Optima has launched a Pay as you Use Member service to assist with Occupational Health support.  You do not need to be part of our Employee Assistance Programme which is now available for both employees and councillors.  To help you fulfil your health and safety duties as an employer, Optima Health, now offers a pay

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Website Members Area Updates! Members Benefits, FAQ’s, GPN’s, Templates & Elections Toolkit plus media resources and newly launched Internal Auditors Register. BC Street Trade Licences, Parish Liaison and more

Dear Colleagues You may not have noticed but Lorraine has been extremely industrious and, amongst some very impressive juggling and balancing, has also been reviewing and polishing areas of our website.  This is just the front end of the engine that feeds me with details about our courses and their uptake and how we use

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Annual Subscription invoices and key benefits of your membership

Dear Colleagues Welcome to the end of the soggiest financial year in a while apparently,  I hope all is going well as you gather all your financial queries into one place and receive the right answers to them all.   The annual subscription invoices for BMKALC and NALC’s affiliation fees have now been sent out.  Please

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