NALC's Local Council Awards 2010

NALC’s Awards has been extended – so get nominating!

NALC’s Local Council Awards has some great prizes up for grabs for the lucky winners. Prizes include two-night breaks for two, and £500 contributions towards a community project. All winners will have the honour of collecting their certificates and prizes at an awards ceremony.

It is widely recognised that the vast majority of local councils (parish and town councils) are delivering great services and acting as a voice for their local communities on a day-to-day basis. It is in honour of this, that NALC is renewing its Local Council Awards this year.

NALC is looking for good practice from councils regardless of size or location. It is looking for councils, councillors, clerks and workers who are really making a difference in their community.

Undoubtedly, these are tough times to be involved in democratic institutions. With the expenses scandal, all forms of governance, be that local or national, are being “tarred with the same brush”. But these awards show how the most local form of governance is still connected and responding to the needs of its electorate and residents.

This year’s NALC Local Council Awards will be in the categories of:

• Council of the year sponsored by AON;
• Clerk of the year sponsored by AON;
• Councillor of the year sponsored by the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC);
• Council worker of the year sponsored by The Co-operative Bank;
• Much improved council of the year sponsored by Standards for England.

NALC would like to thank all the sponsors for their support in helping to make these awards a success.
The new closing date for applications is 31 March 2010. Entries to the 2009 Awards will be forwarded to the 2010 Awards

For further information about the awards criteria and application details see the awards brochure.  Please also visit NALC’s flagship publication LCR, www.lcronline.org.uk