Metheringham Parish Council
Metheringham, Sots Hole and Tanvats Parish Council - A Quality Parish Council
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Metheringham Parish Council is delighted to report that we have been awarded Quality Parish Status. The Quality Parish and Town Council Scheme was launched in 2003 with the aim of providing a benchmark minimum standard for parish and town councils across the country.
The accreditation demonstrates the ability to deliver efficient services to local residents and speak with greater authority to principal councils when seeking delegated functions which can be better carried out locally. The Quality Parish scheme offers a number of benefits, primarily to the community that the Parish Council represents, as well as to the Council itself and principal local authorities in the area.
To achieve Quality status, the council must demonstrate they have reached the standard set, by passing the following ten sections;
- Electoral mandate,
- Qualifications of the Clerk,
- Meetings,
- Communications – Mandatory,
- Communications – Discretionary,
- Annual Reports,
- Accounts,
- Code of Conduct,
- Promoting Local Democracy and Citizenship,
- Training.
For further information on the Quality Status scheme visit:- www.nalc.gov.uk