YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL COUNCILS, THE BENEFITS THEY CAN BRING TO YOUR AREA AND HOW YOU CAN CREATE ONE

Welcome to the Create a Council website from the National Association of Local Councils (NALC)

This website will provide your community or campaign group with the necessary information and pointers to help you to decide if creating a new local (neighbourhood, parish, town, village, city or community) council is right for your community.

To download a copy of the Open Public Services White Paper (which discusses the creation of new urban local councils), click here.

To see the latest NALC media release supporting the creation of a new community council in Queens Park (Westminster), please click here.

To read a copy of the summary report from the North East’s strand of Regional Development Support Fund (RDSF) work to encourage new local council creation, please click here.

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The website contains information about:

the role and status of local councils;

how they can be created;

the place NALC and County Associations of Local Councils have in this arena;

campaigns to create new local councils in London;

new local councils already created outside London;

a resources page with contact details and further information.