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Parish Online: Improving resilience for local councils (without the headaches or huge costs!)

Local councils have made great progress in recent years, adopting accessible websites, GOV.UK email addresses, and stronger IT practices. But anything labelled “IT change” can still feel daunting, time-consuming, or best left for another day. We understand. That’s why Parish Online has helped many councils improve resilience quickly, calmly, and without anyone needing to lie down in a darkened room.

Our Cloud Office service makes the clerk’s day-to-day work easier while strengthening council continuity and security. It provides secure cloud storage for council documents, synced across devices and easily shared with councillors or published online. No more excuses from councillors claiming they never received the papers! It also protects against data loss if a laptop fails, goes missing, or is “accidentally” launched into a canal in a moment of frustration.

Cloud Office includes office applications for documents, spreadsheets and presentations, a password manager linked to your GOV.UK email account, a document scanner, plus chat and meeting tools.

Importantly, when clerks change, information stays with the council and GOV.UK email account rather than being stored on someone’s old laptop in a cupboard.

Our full GOV.UK website and email service costs from £300 a year and the Cloud Office is just £42 extra per mailbox per year. And those switching to GOV.UK qualify for our £100 switching discount. Go to www.parish-online.co.uk for a quote.

Cheshire Community Action is looking for Trustees

Cheshire Community Action is looking for passionate individuals to help shape stronger communities and influence real change. Help build stronger, more resilient communities across Cheshire.

Why join us?

Help set the strategic direction of a long standing local charity

Use your skills to support communities, tackle isolation and improve services

Work as part of a supportive, collaborative board

Time commitment: Quarterly meetings (1-2 hours each), attendance at the AGM and ad hoc tasks (emails, meetings, reviewing papers, etc.).

Location: Cheshire. Meetings held online or in-person.

Unremunerated: Voluntary role, with travel and childcare expenses reimbursed.

We are interested in hearing from people who have experience supporting rural and underserved communities in Cheshire, or who have lived experience as a member of a rural and/or underserved community.

FIND OUT MORE >>> https://cheshireaction.org.uk/become-a-trustee/

KOMPAN have been busy in Cheshire!

Millie and the team have recently completed many projects around Cheshire, designing site refurbishments, installing
completely new playgrounds and fitness areas, repairing existing equipment and replacing equipment.

To name just a few, we have…

A new four tower Toddler Multi unit and 2 sensory play panels installed in Comberbach.
A HUGE new area of colourful wet pour for new and existing equipment, surfacing graphics, a very popular 3D Bee and 8 pieces of new equipment for a site transformation in Haslington. My personal favourite piece here is the fully supportive Inclusive swing seat, a real talking point for the local community!
A new Toddler play area in Congleton.

Coming up this summer…

Inclusive Playground additions at Arnold Rhodes in Disley
A GIANT tower 8.9 metres tall in Macclesfield
Outdoor Fitness Equipment in Congleton
A new Seesaw in Bosley

Millie is based in Cheshire, and available for site visits upon request. We offer no-commitment site visits, site designs and quotations, funding application support and play and fitness industry knowledge. We also have an on-the-road Inspections and Maintenance team to support with existing equipment, and it doesn’t have to be KOMPAN brand!

Contact – MilMan@kompan.com – 07868350754

ChALC Membership and Annual Meeting Motions

Invoices and member agreement forms have been sent out for financial year 2026-2027 in April. Clerks and Councils are asked to make prompt payment of your affiliation fee, which helps ChALC with managing our finances, and to ensure that the Member Agreement Form is completed, signed and returned to the office to ensure we have accurate up-to-date information and permissions.

ChALC members are also reminded that they are now able to submit motions for consideration at this year's Annual Meeting in October. Guidance and the motion submission form are on the webpage HERE . The deadline for submission is Friday 10th July 2026 and members must have paid their affiliation fee no later than 1st July to be eligible to submit.

Martyn's Law (Terrorism Protection of Premises Act)

Martyn's Law legally commences from April 2027. The Home Office has made a number of products available for councils and others to use to help you to prepare to protect.