Useful Information

Learning materials

All the following learning materials can be accessed from your local County Training Partnership (CTP)

• "What’s on the Agenda?" DVD/video and workbook pack - ideal for introducing new councillors/clerks to parish council meeting procedures
• 'Training in Chairmanship skills' - course for town and parish council chairman
• 'Being a Good Councillor' - core skills for new or prospective councillors
• 'The next step:making the most of your role as parish and town councillors' - training on a variety of skills needed as a councillor
• 'Mentoring for new clerks'
• Continuous Professional Development for clerks

 

Each CTP will also have access the the following documents, which can be downloaded.

• The recently revised 3rd edition of ‘the Good Councillors’ Guide’ - an invaluable handbook for councillors
  
• Working With Your Council - a distance learning pack
• The IDeA guide for councillors - a further handbook for councillors 
  

 

 

Other materials for clerks and councillors

'Essential Clerk' by Society of Local Council Clerks

‘Local Council Administration’ by Charles Arnold Baker (7th Edition)
ISBN 0 406 95298 1 (Published by Butterworths)
Halsbury House
35 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1EL
www.butterworths.com

‘The Clerks’ Manual’ by Society of Local Council Clerks
SLCC Main Office
8 The Crescent
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 4EA
Email: admin@slcc.co.uk

‘The Local Council Clerk’s Guide’ by Paul Claydon ISBN 0 7219 16007 (Published by Shaw and Sons Ltd) Shaway House 21 Bourne Park Borne Road Crayford Kent, DA1 4BZ www.shaws.co.uk