Tags: UK Local Councils
2commune Scores Hat-Trick at the Proact Stadium
We attended the 73rd DALC AGM at the Chesterfield Football Club today.
The official business was followed with a talk by Peter McCrea member of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), based at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
Following Peter's presentation the results of the DALC Excellence Awards were announced.
We're very proud that the winner of each category is from a council using a UK Local Councils... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:45 by Admin Team
YLCA 75th Annual Conference
We had a great day at the YLCA conference held on Friday 13th September at the Mercure Fairfield Manor Hotel in Skelton, York.
The day started at 10:00am and included fascinating presentations from Waverley Community Council and Barlby & Osgodby Town council on innovative community projects they'd worked on. There was a lovely sit down lunch followed by an afternoon of workshops.
It was great to... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:00 by Admin Team
GAPTC AGM 2019
We attended the GAPTC's eighty second AGM on Saturday 20th July at the Highnam Community Centre . It was great to see the GAPTC team again. The picture shows Alison Robinson (GAPTC Chief Executive Officer) with Ray Smith from 2commune.
The day started off with an interesting insight into how the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue service operates and the challenges it faces. AGM business followed this... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:00 by Admin Team
Operation London Bridge - Don't get caught out!
Hampshire County Council has recently had to apologise after mistakenly publishing a notice on their website stating that Prince Philip had died in what has been blamed on an "internal error."
Many parish and town councils are preparing a plan for the death of a monarch. You probably read the excellent article by Philip Peacock, Town Clerk to Huntington Town Council in the November edition of the SLCC... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:00 by Admin Team
We had a brilliant time at the YLCA Conference in York
The YLCA 2018 Conference was held in York last week, there were 75 Yorkshire councils in attendance.
We had a stand, conducted a workshop and made many new friends. The workshop was called; 'How to raise the profile of your council through good use of media and websites'. The workshop was run twice during the day with each session being very well attended.
The picture shows Councillor Keith Orrell -... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 13:30 by Admin Team
New accessibility regulations for public sector websites
New website accessibility regulations are coming into force next year. You can read all about the new regulations on GOV.UK.
Why Web Accessibility is Important
The Internet is an increasingly important resource in our lives including: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and loads of other things. It's important that it's accessible to everyone in order to provide equal... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:00 by Admin Team
A great evening at County Hall
It was great to see so many of our customers at the Leicestershire County Council Annual Parishes Liaison Event on Monday evening (9th July 2018). Thanks to all of you that came over to our stand for a chat.
An informative evening, started with a networking session and buffet. The formal session held in the council chamber commenced with an opening speech from Guy Jackson (pictured) followed by an update... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 13:52 by Admin Team
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) What's it all about?
I'm sure that you are all aware that GDPR comes into force on May 25th 2018.
GDPR replaces the existing law on data protection (the Data Protection Act 1998) and gives individuals more rights and protection regarding how their personal data is used by councils. Local councils and parish meetings must comply with its requirements.
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has published a comprehensive... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:00 by Admin Team
2commune supporting the Local Council Award Scheme
Many of our customers have started their LCAS journey with several already having reached the coveted 'Gold' status.
Tina Britt, our Managing Director is a member of the Leicestershire and Rutland LCAS assessment panel (pictured here with Andy Ellis - Lutterworth Town Clerk). This helps us to be at the forefront of the requirements and to actively contribute to process improvement. The picture was taken... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 08:30 by Admin Team
Christmas Message from 2commune
We've had another fantastic year thanks to you (our customers), it's been great working with you all. The 2017 User Group was the first big event of the year. This was a roaring success and we're now busy developing the new features that you all voted for.
Many smaller councils have joined the UKLC family over the last couple of years having benefited from transparency code funding. The fund comes to... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:30 by Admin Team