Newsletter March 2025
SALC is moving to the city of Wells After almost 8 years, SALC is leaving its offices in Somerton and moving to England’s smallest city. From 1st March our new postal address is:Somerset Association of Local CouncilsTown Hall,Market PlaceWells BA5 2RB The SALC office will have a base in Wells Town Hall, but please note […]
Newsletter November 2024
Somerset Parishes Conference 2024 hailed a success! SALC held is first conference in partnership with Somerset Council last Wednesday, 13th November. Councillors and clerks representing over ninety Somerset city, town, and parish councils joined us, together with Somerset Council councillors and officers, at North Petherton’s Canalside Conference Centre, to discuss how we can collectively improve […]
Somerset Parishes Conference 2024 & AGM
Don’t forget to BOOK YOUR PLACE and your FREE LUNCH at the Somerset Parishes Conference 2024. Booking your council’s place at the 2024 conference and AGM via this Eventbrite link not only tells us your lunch preferences, but also enables us to find out which workshop sessions you want to attend. Date: Wednesday 13th November 2024, 9:30am to 4pmLocation: The […]
Newsletter September 2024
Legal advice on asset & service devolution SALC has identified two sector-specialist firms of solicitors that can support city, town, and parish councils with the devolution of assets & services from Somerset Council. Somerset Council has engaged the Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) consultancy arm to advise it during the current phase of devolution to larger market […]
Newsletter July 2024
Could you help shape SALC’s services by joining our board of directors? The Somerset Association of Local Councils Ltd (SALC) is seeking expressions of interest from councillors serving on councils in membership of the association. If you are keen to help shape SALC’s service and forge partnerships across Somerset, we are keen to hear from you. […]
New CEO, new direction for SALC
We are delighted to announce that SALC has appointed Ewan Jones as its Chief Executive Officer. Ewan has extensive experience of the local council sector through his work as a town councillor with Bruton Town Council, including four years as mayor, and as Co-Chair of the South East Somerset Local Community Network. He is a […]
Pre-election publicity 2024
The SALC office has received some enquiries from members asking about restrictions on activity in the run-up to the general election. The pre-election period of heightened sensitivity (the “pre-election period” previously known as “purdah”) is the period in the immediate run up to the general election when certain restrictions apply to public bodies, MPs, civil […]
Newsletter May 2024
NEW Financial Regulations NALC has recently published its new model financial regulations for 2024/2025. The regs are exclusively for use by local councils in membership of NALC and county associations. If your council has not yet downloaded its copy, it can do so by logging in to the SALC website’s Council Finance page. The regulations are a […]
SALC Newsletter March 2024
An update on legal support for devolved assets or services Somerset Council’s budget has been agreed for 2024/25 and we know that matters of devolution are at the top of lots of council agendas. We recently wrote to all member councils to ask what support, if any, they might need in relation to Somerset Council’s plan for […]
Section 137 spending limit for 2024/25
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has notified the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) that the appropriate sum for section 137(4)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 for parish and town councils in England for 2024/25 is £10.81. An outline of the provision is available on the LTNs & Guidance page of […]
