Governance & Policies

Sets out the formal rules and procedures governing how the Parish Council conducts its meetings and carries out its business.

Sets out the rules and procedures the Parish Council follows for managing its finances, spending public money and maintaining proper financial controls.

Records the assets owned by the Parish Council and provides details of those assets for financial and management purposes.

Sets out the standards of conduct and behaviour expected of Parish Councillors when carrying out their public duties.

Identifies potential risks associated with the Parish Council’s activities and the measures in place to reduce or manage those risks.

These documents consist of a range of different key documents

Sets out the Parish Council’s approach to protecting children and adults at risk from abuse, neglect or harm.

Provides guidance and information on specialist subjects relevant to Councillors in carrying out their roles and responsibilities.

A web accessibility statement is an information page on your website that clearly states the level of web accessibility to which the website aims to conform.

A privacy policy is a statement or legal document that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer or client's data.

Sets out how the Parish Council protects its IT systems, devices, accounts and data from unauthorised access, loss, damage and other security threats.

Sets out how the Parish Council complies with data protection law and manages personal data responsibly, securely and lawfully.

Explains what personal information the Parish Council collects, why it is collected, how it is used and shared, how long it is kept, and what rights individuals have over their information.