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Gnosall Parish Council           

 (Including the wards of Moreton and Knightley)                                   

 

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Gnosall Parish Council – A Quality Accredited Council

Since 2007, Gnosall Parish Council has been recognised as a Quality Accredited Council with a successful submission for reaccreditation in 2012.  In 2014, Parish Councils were informed of proposals for a revised scheme that was being considered by the Improvement and Development Board.  Instead of a single Quality award, the new scheme had three levels; Foundation being the first level, Quality the second, and Quality Gold the top level.   This gave councils the chance to show that they meet certain standards of excellence set by the sector and also gave opportunities for continued improvements working towards the higher levels.

The new Local Council Award Scheme was designed to celebrate the successes of the very best local councils and to provide a framework to support all local councils to improve and develop to meet their full potential.

Gnosall Parish Council, after reviewing the criteria for each of the levels and already being a Quality accredited council, decided to apply for Quality Gold, the highest level.   To be in a position to submit an application, the Parish Council had to ensure it met all the criteria for the two lower levels and then make improvements to ensure the more difficult criteria were met.  This involved writing several new policies including a Community Engagement Policy, tightening up on procedures, having an approved Action Plan relating to a budget, having a Business Plan and much more.

The Quality Gold Award demonstrates that a council is at the forefront of best practice and achieves excellence in governance, community leadership and council development.  Quality Gold councils provide leadership for their communities, bring people together, and have excellent business planning processes, ensuring value for money as well as constantly seeking new innovations and opportunities to improve.

Work steadily progressed over the last two years, led by a small group of parish councillors and the Clerk.  The Parish Council is now in a position to apply for Gold status and looks forward to receiving the outcome of more than two years of hard work and dedication.  During that time the Council has received several awards, details of which have been published in previous GMK’s, and hopefully the outcome of this submission will recognise all that the Parish Council has achieved, its day to day operations and its plans for the future.

 

Over 85’s Summer Tea Party

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On the 12th August nearly fifty elderly residents of Gnosall and their guests attended the third ‘Over 85s Afternoon Tea’ in the Grosvenor Centre.  A team of volunteers laid tables, made cakes, cut sandwiches and piped cream on scones.   Once again the Gnosall Singers very kindly came and sang.  So many of our residents were born in the village and grew up together (which, of course, is one of the things that makes Gnosall so special) but as they get older, often they are not able to see each other as frequently as they would like and these teas provide a wonderful opportunity for them to catch up with each other – as could be seen from all the table hopping!

The next tea will be a Christmas Tea on the 16th December.   If you, or someone you know, has reached the age of 85 over the last twelve months, please let the Parish Council Office know as we may not have you on our list.