GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson GAPTC's Progress on Devolution GAPTC’s Progress on Devolution: Ensuring Parish and Town Councils Are Represented At GAPTC, we have been working hard to ensure that parish and town councils are fully informed and represented as Glou... LGR devolution Mar 11, 2025 News
GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson Collaboration is Supportive Our First Council HUB Meets We are excited to announce that our first Council HUB, the West Forest Council Clerks Group (WFCCG), has met, marking an important step in improving communication and colla... Collaboration HUB Support Feb 27, 2025 News
GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson Ofcom Consultation Ofcom Consulation: What Your Council Should Be Aware Of The Ofcom consultation on the Universal Postal Service and postal regulation could have several implications for town and parish councils and th... Communication Ofcom Postal service Royal Mail Feb 24, 2025 News
GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson Martyn's Law Update Martyn’s Law – What Local Councils Need to Know Progress of the Bill The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill (Martyn’s Law) continues its journey through Parliament and is now at the House of Lord... Feb 24, 2025 News
NALC NALC on English Devolution White Paper Devolution White Paper UPDATE *from NALC* *...following a meeting with county officers on Wednesday 8 January * The English Devolution White Paper is dominating thinking within local government, with ... devolution devolved powers unitary Jan 10, 2025 NALC
GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson Devolution Devolution: What will a Unitary Authority Mean for Our Parish & Town Councils? The government has announced plans to create a unitary authorities, which would replace the current structure of county ... devolution unitary Jan 6, 2025 News
GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson Streamlining Internal Audits Streamlining Audits: GAPTC’s Revised Internal Audit Service Yesterday, we hosted an information session to introduce our newly revised Internal Audit Service (IAS) and were thrilled to have so many ... IAS audit governance Nov 13, 2024 News
Norton, Richard Page GAPTC attends NALC AGM GAPTC Attends NALC AGM – Key Updates from Richard Page Last Thursday, GAPTC attended NALC’s AGM, represented by Richard Page. The meeting covered several important issues and decisions that will affec... AGM NALC consultations motions Nov 11, 2024 News
GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson Updated Guidance on Domains Updated Guidance on Website Accessibility Compliance As the deadline for the new website accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2AA) approaches, we’d like to remind all parish councils of the importance of e... Oct 24, 2024 News
GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson Martyn’s Law Update Martyn’s Law Update – A Guide for Local Councils Martyn’s Law, also known as the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, has been reintroduced to Parliament with the goal of improving public safety b... Martyn's Law Safety events security terrorism Oct 23, 2024 News
GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson Making Reasonable Adjustments *Supporting Council Clerks with Dyslexia: Making Reasonable Adjustments* We were recently approached by a council looking for guidance on supporting their clerk, Selina, who was recently diagnosed wit... clerk compliance equality Oct 9, 2024 Guidance
GAPTC, Kerrin Wilkinson 2024 Accessibility Deadline 2024 Accessibility Deadline: Ensure your Council is Compliant As many of you are aware, new website accessibility standards, known as WCAG 2.2AA, are set to come into effect next month. These standard... accessibility email website Sep 10, 2024 Guidance
