Caddington Parish Council

Caddington Parish Council is delighted to report that it was awarded "Quality Parish Council Status" in November 2006, and is now one of only a hand full of Town and Parish Councils in Bedfordshire with such a status.

The Quality Parish and Town Council scheme was launched in June 2003, following the publication of the Governments Rural White Paper 2000. The scheme was designed to provide benchmark minimum standards for parish and town councils and enable them to better represent the communities they serve. The scheme also aims to give enhance relationships between local councils, principal authorities and community and voluntary sector organisations.

In order to achieve Quality status, parish and town councils must demonstrate that they have reached the standard required by passing several tests. These tests as summarised below;

The tests exceed the statutory duties of parish and town councils and represent the standards that an efficient, well run parish council should achieve. (Further details of the Test Criteria can be found in the Guidance 'The Quality Scheme Explained' which can be downloaded here )

Tony Hansen, Chairman of the Parish Council said "The Council is delighted to have successfully met all the tests of competence necessary to achieve Quality Status. This is in no small way due to our Clerk Maxine Whiting, who has put in a considerable amount of time and effort into this project. To achieve Quality Status you have to have a quality Clerk and that's what we have in Maxine. We hope that achieving Quality Status will lead to more opportunities for external funding and partnership working for the benefit of the local community"

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