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The government has announced that the Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Fund had opened for applications.
The fund is managed by the charity Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) and village halls in England can now apply for grants to improve and modernise their facilities.
Village halls interested in applying can request Read more…

Please see the below for an update from the Internal Audit Forum – ESALC encourages all member councils to use suitably qualified internal auditors.
Local audit
In our capacity as the secretariat of the Joint Panel on Accountability and Governance, we recently sought expressions of interest to undertake some work on Read more…

Please see the attached for details of the Winter Support Fund for East Sussex which has been created by East Sussex County Council and the Sussex Community Foundation.

The Sussex Community Foundation undertook the following Cost of Living Survey to identify the pressures being felt by VCSE organisations across Sussex. The aim was to gain more information and data to shape their funding priorities to ensure they provide the necessary support required for the coming autumn and winter Read more…

Councillor qualification – running a B&B?
We were asked about a scenario where a candidate wished to be co-opted to a council and was basing their qualifying condition under s.79 of the Local Government Act 1972 (the 1972 Act) on the fact they operated a B&B in the parish. They did Read more…

We are keen to encourage councils to use village halls and community buildings as havens of warmth. The below example of Fairlight Parish Council’s approach is a great example of what you could be doing in your parish.