Guides

9 April 2026

Every compliance obligation a parish council clerk is responsible for — governance, finance, data protection, digital compliance, and publication duties.

2 April 2026

The ICO flagged three recurring GDPR problems in parish councils — personal email, data hoarding, and sharing confusion. Here is how to fix each one.

26 March 2026

Step-by-step guide to creating, customising, and formally adopting a parish council IT policy that satisfies SAPPP Assertion 10 audit requirements.

19 March 2026

Everything parish council clerks need to know about AGAR — deadlines, what each section requires, how to prepare, and what changed with Assertion 10.

12 March 2026

Assertion 10 adds digital and data compliance to your parish council audit — domain, email, IT policy, accessibility, and GDPR. Here is what to do.

5 March 2026

What parish council internal auditors check against each AGAR assertion — evidence to prepare, common failures, and the new Assertion 10 digital requirements.

26 February 2026

Every item parish councils must publish under the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities — what to publish, when, and in what format.

19 February 2026

How parish council clerks adopt, implement, and manage the LGA Model Code of Conduct — step-by-step adoption, register of interests, and breach handling.