Time to rejuvenate

The wonderful world of Local Councils in Cheshire has been as busy as ever leading up to the time of year when most of us relax a little bit. There are currently four vacancies posted on the ChALC website and the arrangements for the Power of Wellbeing training session early next year are well under way with several registrations already.

With three councils succesfully renewing their Quality Status this week, the omens for Quality Status are looking increasingly positive. Two more are due to renew in early spring of 2010, however there are at least another two councils that will be applying for the first time hence this is one area of work that ChALC are keeping busy on.

With this in mind, the Cheshire Quality Forum will be inviting those councils that aspire to achieve Quality Status to attend two of the next four meetings, mainly to hear the successes of the existing Quality Councils, but also to understand the level of best practice that exists among these councils. For some time now the Forum have been developing a number of councillors and clerks as mentors for those Councils interested in Quality Status and they will soon be available to help with applications, as well as explaining the benefits that have accrued to their council, their community and their partners by the process of accreditation, as well as the benefits that followed their success.

In the meantime, all of us at ChALC hope that all of you get what you want and desire for the next year and have a relaxed and rejuvenating time over the next couple of weeks.