Town & Parish Councils & D-Day 80 – 6th June 2024 (guide updated 27/07 v.105)
Town & parish councils are encouraged to join with their local communities to take part in the D-Day 80 event by lighting a Beacon at 9:15pm on 6th June 2024. The beacon represents the ‘light of peace’ that emerged from the darkness of war. Councils can download the official Guide To Taking Part in the D-Day […]
SALC Newsletter 1st June 2023
SALC’s health & wellbeing grant application process is now open! SALC is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications to the health & wellbeing grant fund, part of a larger health & wellbeing project commissioned by Somerset Council Public health to enable parish and town councils to improve health and wellbeing in their […]
Health & wellbeing grant fund is now open!
Large and small grants are now available to local councils SALC is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications to the health & wellbeing grant fund, part of a larger health & wellbeing project commissioned by Somerset Council Public health to enable parish and town councils to improve health and wellbeing in their […]
Grant funding update 16/05/23
The government has extended the Community Ownership Fund to local councils The government’s Community Ownership Fund, round 3, opened on 11th May and, following lobbying by NALC, has for the first time been extended to allow applications from parish and town councils. The Community Ownership Fund is operated by the Department for Levelling up, Housing and […]
Wellbeing Newsletter 28th April 2023
Somerset Council’s vision to put people at its heart Somerset’s new unitary authority has a vision that, “puts all the people of Somerset at the heart of everything we do; we will be a council that will do our best to be there whenever our residents need us. The way in which we deliver our services may […]
FREE hybrid event: applying to SALC’s grant fund
FREE hybrid event open to all parish and town councils across Somerset that aims to bring councils together to share and develop ideas and collaborations for fundable projects. On booking, please state whether you will join in person or require a Teams link. Book through eventbrite, here.
SALC Newsletter 31st March 2023
The UK’s new emergency alert system is now live The government’s new Emergency Alerts system will be tested nationally on Sunday April 23rd. An emergency alert is a loud, siren-like sound with a message on the screen of your mobile phone or tablet. The system will enable people to be contacted via their mobile […]
SALC’s 2023 AGM – Saturday 29th April.
The Association is seeking directors Please note that the attached agenda for the AGM includes the process for nominations and appointment of company directors to serve on SALC’s board. Anyone who might be interested in being a company director is encouraged to contact Justin, SALC’s CEO, for an informal chat and to be given more […]