tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88902505430175765612011-07-08T18:17:56.532+01:00Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-15547364865673266252010-03-15T15:18:00.005Z2010-03-15T17:13:18.764Z

Those of you familiar with the work of Douglas Adams will understand the importance of those words above, however I'm only really borrowing them for a far less important reason.That is my departure from ChALC.After six years, it is time to move on. Initially it appeared that the job would remain interesting and motivating for just a couple of years, mainly due to the requirements for "Development

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-57177488586687019672010-02-22T12:27:00.002Z2010-02-22T13:11:15.593Z

The reason for the title is that I've just managed to complete half a century on this planet and felt compelled to share this fact with you...More importantly though, the ChALC office is continuing to develop interesting and exciting links with your principal councils, our regional and national partnerships and are expanding the use of social media with a view to global dominance.OK, that last

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Happy New Year from all at the Cheshire Association of Local Councils and we hope you are all rested and raring to go, just as we are.The New Year brings with it fresh hope and three days into the working year there are many indications that that hope is neither false or misleading. The Principal Councils that we work with are working well towards their objectives, especially in the area of

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-5296415469469115632009-12-17T10:48:00.004Z2009-12-17T11:17:00.761Z

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

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-41429138717683228352009-12-03T11:00:00.008Z2009-12-03T11:16:18.967Z

Could not post this week without mentioning the celebration of St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. This is especially relevant as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office flew the flag of St George on 23rd April (quite rightly) but did NOT have the St Andrews Cross flying on Monday of this week, despite a number of emails being sent asking about it. This is one of the inconsistencies of

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-62987549250685486212009-11-23T16:21:00.002Z2009-11-23T16:40:40.623Z

ChALC have been busily attending events for other organisations, or indeed provided by other organisations that have something to offer our members. Rather than a simple list of those events/organisations, perhaps the subjects discussed would be a better idea. Starting with the"Communities of Interest: Thinking outside the box" meeting facilitated by Neighbourhoods Northwest, this was an

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-85752216914563119502009-10-28T12:26:00.000Z2009-10-28T12:27:49.138Z

Thanks to all 120 people who attended the ChALC Annual Meeting on 22nd October, this remains one of the highlights of the year for so many of our members. Your continued interest in debating the direction of ChALC on the policy front is excellent and would have made interesting viewing and listening for our very welcome guests from the Principal Councils.Since then, the staff have been busy

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-41344267301934729152009-09-30T09:56:00.002+01:002009-09-30T10:03:22.944+01:00

It has been too long since anything has been posted here by ChALC. NOT because nothing has been happening, more because of the opposite, so a quick update...The Annual Meeting of ChALC that is set for Thursday 22nd October already has exceeded the 100 mark of registrations, with all of those registered so far having information sent to them for the evening. We look forward to meeting all of you

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-31347443449646682852009-08-12T12:05:00.004+01:002009-08-25T16:32:19.611+01:00

Representing and supporting the first tier of local councils is always a varied life, however the past week has gone from the sleepy hollow that is Burleydam (who knows what goes on behind those curtains???) to the Big Smoke.The 06.29 Crewe to London is not exactly my favourite start to the day, however the journey was well worth it, and not just for the splendour of Google's UK office a minute's

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ChALC are having a quiet week for a couple of reasons. Firstly, our Chief Officer is taking two weeks of well earned rest to... work on decorating her home! Plus go and visit relatives for a few days, so not all hard work. Mind you, the day before going on holiday Jackie was at a meeting of the Cheshire West and Chester LSP Board.Added to that, there is a lot of internal "catching up" work to

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-89067101577421639902009-07-29T18:41:00.000+01:002009-07-29T18:49:55.035+01:00

A lot has happened since the last posting. Cheshire West and Chester Council held their LSP Network Conference, which was a useful way to involve lots of different groups in the process, although a lack of detail below the "headline" priorities caused a little confusion. This was followed by the finalising of the DVD for the Rural Touring Arts Network engagement with youth project (launch date

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-91067366596589030122009-07-10T10:08:00.000+01:002009-07-10T10:48:55.336+01:00

Isn't life fabulous?Turning up for work today, couldn't help reflecting on the difference between rural and urban life. Here we are, in the glorious Cheshire countryside where the only noise on stepping out of the car is the engine cooling, plus the occasional "real twitter" - i.e. coming from feathered birds, not cyberspace - and it is difficult to think of how much noise there was in London on

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-1747716084842833372009-07-09T12:00:00.000+01:002009-07-09T12:04:27.032+01:00

What a day yesterday was. Lovely relaxing train journeys both ways, interesting people to chat to, with a pleasant time in London, even if the office of NALC could do with air conditioning...The big question from here is whether District Councils are going to take the first tier seriously, more so those that do not yet benefit from Local Councils in their area and for some strange reason see

Chalkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14319408654259086350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890250543017576561.post-24525285608635569352009-07-06T17:10:00.000+01:002009-07-06T17:14:28.000+01:00

With twitter proving that there is more to Web 2.0 than just a name, it appeared about time that ChALC used the more wordy experience of Blogging to ensure that the world of the Cheshire Councils is catching up with the technology - at least a little.This will report on information of relevance to our councils that is in the public domain, clearly there is information that our member councils

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