Parish Council Toolkit

This toolkit has been produced by a group of Monitoring Officers from the East Midlands Branch of the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors comprising Chris Brown (Broxtowe Borough Council), Kirsty Cole (Newark and Sherwood District Council), Paul Cox (Rushcliffe Borough Council), Barbara Ding (East Northamptonshire District Council), Philip McCourt (now at Milton Keynes Borough Council) and Geoff Pook (Rutland County Council).  We are also grateful to Stephen Taylor of Swindon Borough Council and Anthony Kilner, Policy and Development Officer of the Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors for reviewing the draft documentation.

The toolkit is primarily intended to be used by town/ parish clerks but it is hoped that it will also be useful for Monitoring Officers and for town/parish councillors (indeed some of the contents have been designed to be used as handouts for elected members).

The toolkit is intended to be a "living document" which will be altered, amended and updated. Comments as to how it might be improved or additional material added would therefore be welcomed. 

This second "updated" version of the toolkit was published in early 2006.

Downloads

• Full Toolkit for Parish Councils (658kb)
• Part 1 Powers and Functions of Parish Councils (105kb)
• Part 2 The Parish Clerk (117kb)
• Part 3 Ensuring Effective Governance (311kb)
• Part 4 Danger Zones (165kb)
• Part 5 An Introduction to the role and responsibilities of parish councils (314kb)
• Part 6 Elections (90kb)
• Formation of new parish and town councils (77kb)
• Part 8 Useful Source Material (87kb)