Sponsors
We are honoured to present the distinguished sponsors of the Star Council Awards, whose generous support and commitment to excellence make this initiative possible. Each sponsor plays a crucial role in recognising and celebrating the remarkable achievements of parish and town councils. Their contributions facilitate the recognition of outstanding talent and inspire continued excellence and innovation. We extend our deepest gratitude to these esteemed sponsors for their invaluable support and for championing excellence in our communities.
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Clear Councils Insurance
Clear Councils Insurance (formerly BHIB Councils Insurance) is a specialist in insurance for parish and town councils, brought to you by Clear Insurance Management. They have delivered our customers professional insurance and risk management guidance for over 50 years. Clear Councils Insurance is part of The Clear Group, one of the UK’s leading independent commercial insurance brokers with a history dating back 50 years. During this time, they have delivered bespoke insurance programmes and advice to the public, private and charity sectors and membership organisations.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 0330 013 0036
- Twitter:
- @TheClearGroup
- Website:
- www.clearcouncils.co.uk
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/company/the-clear-group
Blachere Illumination
Blachere Illumination has been developing, designing and manufacturing Christmas lighting products since 1973, with headquarters in France and divisions spanning Europe, the USA, and Canada. The UK division was established in 2001 and has grown to be the largest supplier of Christmas lighting in the UK. With innovation at the forefront of their designs, they constantly seek out and implement new products and technology, ensuring quality and reliability throughout their product range. Manufactured using the latest light emitting diode (LED) technology, their products deliver longer product life, lower power consumption and reduced electricity costs, and as an ISO 9001 Quality Management accredited company, they have seamless systems and processes in place to ensure that your project exceeds your expectations, without a hitch.
- Phone:
- 01337 832 910
- Twitter:
- @blachereuk
- Website:
- www.blachere-illumination.co.uk
CCLA
According to the latest Charity Finance Survey, CCLA is one of the UK's largest charity fund managers. Managing investments for charities, religious organisations and the public sector. Based in London, with an office in Edinburgh, they are primarily owned by their clients' funds. According to the latest Charity Finance Survey, CCLA is one of the UK's largest charity fund managers. Their products and services have a solid long-term performance record, are reasonably priced, are managed responsibly, and their investment solutions for clients are flexible. They understand the particular needs and challenges facing charity investors.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 0800 022 3505
- Website:
- www.ccla.co.uk
Cloudy IT
Supporting over 200 parish and town councils in England and Wales and various council bodies, they specialise in modernising the local government sector by delivering bespoke tech services that address councils' specific needs. As a Microsoft partner, their IT-managed service provision supports councils, charities, law firms, and small and medium-sized enterprises with cloud-based solutions for improved productivity, security, and performance by wrapping all digital needs into one easy-to-manage, cost-effective and secure solution. Working in partnership, they ensure your organisation's modernisation process is simple and perfectly tailored to your appropriate IT, communications, connectivity and training needs.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 01280 814 684
- Twitter:
- @cloudy_it_uk
- Website:
- www.cloudyit.co.uk/councils
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/company/cloudygroup-ltd/
Facilitating the Future
Facilitating the Future helps people and their organisations clarify their purpose, frame future missions, and organise their delivery, particularly for a climate-changed future. This includes facilitating groups of all types, roles and variety to examine what they are doing, could be doing, and how to best improve their impact. They have a particular interest and investment in supporting decentralised solutions in governance, organisation and sustainability terms; the ubiquity of renewable energy is changing the nature of the energy system as it becomes clear, devolved and distributed governance and organisation prompt greater engagement, more actors acting, as well as a wider variety of solutions that emerge from the thousand flowers. Facilitating the Future promotes systemic solutions to public policy challenges, emphasising energy systems, sustainability, place-based solutions, and Organisation Development in public service delivery.
- Twitter:
- @hywel_catalyst
Unity Trust Bank
Unity Trust Bank aims to be the bank of choice for all socially minded organisations in the UK. Through safe, sustainable growth, they support their customers in delivering social, economic, or environmental change in their communities while meeting their commercial needs. They provide sustainable banking services to businesses that share our principles of acting with integrity. They only take deposits or provide finance to organisations that align with their values and where they can measure impact. In 2023, their total loans committed surpassed £1 billion for the first time since it was established in 1984, and they provided banking services for over 9,000 customers. As they grow, their commitment to their double bottom line continues to support customers to deliver positive change in their communities.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 0345 140 1000
- Twitter:
- @unitytrustbank
- Website:
- www.unity.co.uk/sectors/parish-councils
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/company/unity-trust-bank/
Utility Aid
Utility Aid is the UK's largest energy broker for the not-for-profit sector. Their dedicated team provides a high-level service to manage and maintain your portfolio, covering procurement, bureau services, complete account management, historical audits, carbon reporting, and net zero planning. Their invoice validation services have saved their charity customers over £6 million. They have a unique desktop audit offer for parish and town councils that will identify invoice discrepancies, including consumption fluctuations, inaccurate billing, incorrect VAT, incorrect tariff and general anomalies.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 080 8178 8170
- Twitter:
- @UA_Energy
- Website:
- www.utility-aid.co.uk/contactform/NALCStarCouncilAwards24