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Manifesto</a></li><li title="Policy & Improvement Officer Application Pack"><img src="/web/20101015112840im_/http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Data/Theme/Default/Design/quicklink_li.gif" title="" alt=""/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101015112840/http://www.nalc.gov.uk/About_NALC/NALC_Staff/Current_Vacancies.aspx" title="Policy & Improvement Officer Application Pack">Policy & Improvement Officer Application Pack</a></li></ul> <p class="breakmenu"/> </div> </div> <div id="ctl00_leftbannercontainer"> <div id="leftbanners"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="right"> <h1> Toolkits </h1> <p class="basictext"><font size="2" face="Arial">In order to provide an <span class="basictext">insight into community, parish and town councils, NALC has developed a series of toolkits. They provide information and advice to those wishing to participate and develop local community democracy.<br/> <br/> With a commitment from all main political parties to empowering local communities this presents the ideal opportunity to revive your neighbourhood, village or town. Community, parish and town councils are an effective and rewarding way to get involved in community life. They deal with local people and local matters on a day to day basis.</span></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="basictext"><strong>Toolkits available</strong> (click on each heading to move directly to the toolkit):<br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101015112840/http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Document/Download.aspx?uid=16adc0da-aa36-4fc9-b1e4-6bc0e04cf0d0" target="_self"><br/> Communications Toolkit</a><br/> </span></font></p> <p class="basictext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101015112840/http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Toolkits/Become_a_councillor/Become_a_councillor.aspx"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="basictext">Become a councillor</span></font></a></p> <p class="basictext"><a target="_self" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101015112840/http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Toolkits/Create_a_Council/Power_to_the_People_Your_guide_to_Creating_a_Local_Council_for.aspx"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="basictext">Create a council<br/> </span></font></a></p> <p class="basictext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101015112840/http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Toolkits/Create_a_Youth_Council/Create_a_youth_council.aspx"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="basictext">Create a youth council</span></font></a></p> <p class="basictext"><a target="_self" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101015112840/http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Content/Preview.aspx?uid=98af3025-9c6c-4de9-a105-362cdc28a23b"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="basictext">Quality Status</span></font></a></p> <p class="basictext"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="basictext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101015112840/http://www.nalc.gov.uk/Toolkits/Democracy/Elections.aspx">Elections</a><br/> </span></font></p> <p class="basictext"> </p> <p class="basictext"><font size="2" face="Arial">The toolkits are designed to be of benefit to individuals and community groups and have been developed by NALC with kind co-operation from its county associations, the Electoral Commission,  Participation Matters as well as a number of parish and town councils.</font></p> <p> </p> </div> <div id="prefooter"/> <div id="footer"> <a href="#top" title="Page Top">Page Top</a> </div> </div> </body> </html>