A comprehensive training session for Clerks, the administrative team, and Councillors, covering the many aspects of minuting and agenda writing. This ensures your Council is fully compliant with legislation.

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We would like to welcome you to a face to face clerks gathering with cake ! 

Venue Hagley Parish Council, Hagley Pavilion, Hagley Playing Fields, Victoria Passage, Hagley, DY9 0DA

This will be the first of two as a repeat session will be held at Malvern Town Council Community Hub 

AGENDA 

• Welcome and news update     Chris Wayman
• Health and Well Being report and Parish Mapping     Lucy Bird
• Tips on Internal Audit  and how to avoid common mistakes   Ruth Mullett
• Question time and networking 

We do hope you will be able to join the CALC Team . 

This session for new clerks and those wishing to refresh their knowledge, will outline the roles and responsibilities of the Council as a whole, covering the Clerk, Councillor and Chairman.

Ruth will explain Standing Orders, Financial Regulations and statutory documents and their importance. She will also cover the election and co-option procedure, and touch on neighbourhood plans and planning.

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Suitable for new Clerks and Council Employees , or as a refresher, this short course will give you a good understanding of the Clerk's role and get you off to a flying start.

"Brilliant overview of what a clerk's role actually is.."

This essential session for Clerks is a whistle-stop finance workshop. Giving a complete overview of the parish council’s finances including receipts, payments, budget, cashbook, financial regulations, HMRC VAT and payroll and the audit process including internal and external.

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We would like to welcome you to a face to face clerks gathering with cake ! 

AGENDA

10.00 Visit from John Campion , PCCC who will discuss the Town and Parish Council survey, Engagement and Policing 

Venue 

Community Hub
Victoria Park Road
Malvern Link
WR14 2JY

AGENDA 

• Welcome and news update     Chris Wayman
• Health and Well Being report and Parish Mapping     Lucy Bird
• Tips on Internal Audit  and how to avoid common mistakes   Ruth Mullett
• Question time and networking 

We do hope you will be able to join the CALC Team . 

Smaller Authorities Audit Appointments (SAAA) is delivering a project, with our partners, to introduce a web-based portal for the submission of elements of the Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR). Lance is working with SAAA as User Acceptance and Training - Project Manager (UA&T-PM) to communicate with all 'Category 2' authorities (commonly known as Smaller Authorities). These include smaller and larger councils, to cover all types of AGAR submission, including parish meetings and councils that certify as exempt from the external limited assurance checks.

Lance Allan joined SAAA as a consultant in September 2025, responsible for delivering the Making AGAR Digital Project to around 10,000 Category 2 Smaller Authorities. Lance has 35 years of experience in the sector as a parish councillor, chair of a county association and town clerk at Trowbridge in Wiltshire from 2005 to 2025.

The system has been live trialled for submission of the 2025-2026 AGAR with over 70 councils and other Category 2 authorities included in the trial. This session will demonstrate the new portal to clerks and others so that they are fully prepared for April 2027. Those councils submitting in 2027 using the portal will receive a cash-back incentive equivalent to their External Audit fee.

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