Spennymoor Town Council - Community Information

Community Information

The Town Council is Awarded ‘Quality Town Council’ Status!

Quality Town Council The Quality Council Scheme is a Government quality initiative
for all parish and town council’s in England. There are 7 tests that
the Council has to pass to be awarded Quality Council Status.
In summary these are:-

1. The Council must have an electoral mandate from the people of the township, this means that 80% of the councillors must have been elected and stood as a candidate for election.
2. The Council must have a qualified clerk, Mrs Wilson our clerk is a solicitor and holds a Diploma in Management Studies, a Masters Degree in Business Administration and an approved Certificate in Local Council Administration.
3. All council meetings must be publicly advertised and time must be allowed at each meeting for public participation and questions.
4. The Council has to demonstrate in a variety of different ways, that it communicated effectively and consults to actively involve its community in their activities.
5. The Council has to make publicly available an annual report, reflecting the Council’s plans, activities and achievements.
6. The Council’s statement of accounts must receive an unqualified opinion from their external auditor.
7. The Council must formally adopt the Code of Conduct relating to Councillors.

Local Children Design a Light for Christmas

Once again Spennymoor Town Council ran a local children’s competition to design a light for Christmas. Our partners in this venture were Blachere Illumination UK who supply the Town Council with all of their Christmas lights. Click the links below to view the winning entries.
Creative Kids Christmas Decoration Competition 2006
Creative Kids Christmas Decoration Competition 2005

Spennymoor Cemetery Award Spennymoor Cemetery

Congratulations to Spennymoor Cemetery who received an award for Best Floral Feature from the Cemetery of the Year Awards 2006.

Parish Plan

The Town Council are facilitating the production of a detailed Parish Plan for the Town. Following a series of Public meetings a steering group made up primarily of members of the Community has now been set up to steer the process and it is our intention to consult with every household in the Township in order to ascertain the feelings, wishes and aspirations of the townspeople in developing a plan of action for the Town. Anyone wishing to be involved in this process should contact Spennymoor Town Council on 01388 815276.