{"id":1022,"date":"2024-03-05T09:56:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T09:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haptc.org.uk\/?page_id=1022"},"modified":"2024-03-06T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T09:14:00","slug":"national-association-of-local-councils","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haptc.org.uk\/?page_id=1022","title":{"rendered":"National Association of Local Councils"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) represents the interests of over 10000 parish and local councils at national level. Through a Service Level Agreement with County Associations, local councils have access to its services.<\/h3>\n

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NALC’s offices are in London at 109 Great Russell Street. NALC can be contacted by e-mail through its web site at www.nalc.gov.uk<\/p>\n

The Chief Executive of NALC is Jonathan Owen. He leads a secretariat which includes legal, policy, training and development, finance and administrative staff.<\/p>\n

NALC is governed by an elected Council and Executive and chaired by Cllr Ken Browse. E-mail:ken.browse@nalc.gov.uk<\/p>\n

The HAPTC representative on National Council is Cllr Rob McCarthy<\/p>\n

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Services<\/h3>\n

NALC operates a specialist legal advice service which is free to all councils in full voting membership of HAPTC.<\/p>\n

It also negotiates recommended national terms and conditions of service for Local Council employees.<\/p>\n

NALC is in regular dialogue with Government Ministers, Civil Servants and the Local Government Association (LGA) so that issues affecting parish councils can be effectively represented.<\/p>\n

NALC leads on the National Training Initiative and the Quality Council Initiative.<\/p>\n

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Funding<\/h3>\n

All parishes must pay a fee to be a member of NALC. This fee is based on the number of electorate within the parish.<\/p>\n

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