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Leicestershire County Council E-Bike Scheme
Leicestershire County Council are working in partnership with the Department for Transport to offer Leicestershire residents training and discounts on electric bikes.
Throughout summer 2021 the county council's safe and sustainable travel team, Choose How You Move, will be hosting events and training to those interested in purchasing an electric bike using one of the government's discount vouchers.... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:36 by Jake Atkinson
Personnel Advice Solutions - May 2021 #2 newsletter
Council News - May 2021 #2
Posted: Fri, 21 May 2021 10:34 by admin
Personnel Advice Solutions - May 2021 newsletter
Council News - May 2021
Posted: Wed, 19 May 2021 11:34 by admin
High Court Judgement on remote meetings
Following yesterday's announcement by the High Court on the remote meetings legislation ALL Council's must return to physical meetings from the 7th May 2021.
This is a disappointing outcome for the sector and presents further challenges. ALL Council meetings must be open to the public, this presents issues regarding health risks in the current climate but restrictions on the number of attendees CANNOT... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:20 by Ja'Neen Day
100 Years of the Royal British Legion
Dear Leicestershire & Rutland Parish Councils
On Saturday 15th May 2021, the Royal British Legion will be marking its centenary year and we hope you will join us in celebrating this exciting milestone.
Throughout our history, the work of the Royal British Legion has left a deep-rooted legacy for generations to come and we remain dedicated to our mission of creating better futures for all those... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:57 by admin
Death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T
It is with great sadness that the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) and Leicestershire and Rutland Association of Local Councils (LRALC) has learned of the death of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.
Cllr Sue Baxter, NALC chairman, said "I know that those in the local (parish and town) council sector would join me in extending their condolences to Her Majesty The Queen and members... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:55 by Jake Atkinson
Auditor guidance for AGAR completion
PKF is currently distributing instructions for completion of the AGAR for this year's audit to ALL councils in the LRALC area via the e-mail link https://www.pkf-l.com/services/limited-assurance-regime/.
If your council doesn't receive the link directly from PKF then we would advise contacting them directly to ensure that the contact details they hold for your council are correct.
Please note that for... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 12:54 by Jake Atkinson
You have no authority here Jackie Weaver..........!
The job of running a County Association of Local Councils can be a challenging one. As well as running and developing an organisation with no guaranteed funding, you have to be on the ball 100% of the time when giving formal advice to councils. Even advice which may appear innocuous when being given can end up being publicly scrutinised by any one of a number of people wishing to show that advice to... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:54 by Jake Atkinson
Parish Meeting Training - Course Materials
Materials for the HDC commissioned LRALC PM Training courses w/c 8th February 2021. Log in required.
Posted: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 15:50 by Jake Atkinson
LRALC secures £50,000+ of funding for Leicestershire local councils
LRALC is proud to have secured a total of over £50,000 (and climbing) of emergency funding for Leicestershire local councils over the last couple of months. The vast majority of this money may not have been available for our member councils without the direct involvement of LRALC (with partnership support from LCC).
The money has been provided to a number of member councils to offset the financial... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:06 by Jake Atkinson
