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N-E-W-S All points of the compass.

At the All Saints Parish Council meeting on the 9th of July 2024, the chair of the council, Steve Holt, gave an interesting presentation about a new set of guiding principles that the Parish Council has now formally adopted.

This set of principles will be known as the Communication Programme for All Saints or COMPAS for short.  COMPAS has an overarching purpose to

“Create a Parish where the community feels as one”.

This website has now had some subtle updates that are signposts to COMPAS.  One of the most obvious is a new About Us menu item.  Another is an update to the Councillors page.  This now has a new link for every councillor’s role within the council.  Click the link to understand the role.

And finally, the presentation that Steve gave is available from the top of the Policies menu.

So please take a look. We really DO welcome questions and feedback, good or bad – either through the clerk or to individual councillors. 

Civic Voice Press Release

Civic Voice response to Labour’s housing and planning reform announcements

Civic Voice is the national charity for the civic movement in England. They work to make places more attractive, enjoyable, and distinctive, and to promote civic pride. Their network of member societies includes 75,000 individuals who care about the quality of where they live.

Click here for their Press Release responding to Labour’s housing and planning reform announcements.

Update on the Restructured Financials Menu

Following on from our announcement in May, the restructured Financials menu is now available.

We said a while ago that we were restructuring the Financials menu to make it easier to navigate, together with simplifying some of our internal reports.

The restructure is now complete for the years 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. We’re still working hard behind the scenes to bring you prior years.

This restructure coincides with us completing the annual audit of accounts and filing the AGAR documents.

The reports that are available are as follows…

  • Receipts & Payments including Bank Reconciliation
  • Budget Monitor report
  • Budget Forecast
  • Budget & Precept for next year
  • Year End Cashbook and Bank Reconciliation
  • Fixed Assets Schedule
  • AGAR – Accounting Statement
  • AGAR – Annual Governance Statement
  • AGAR – Internal Audit Report
  • AGAR – External Audit or Exemption Certificate
  • AGAR – Notice of Public Rights and Publication of the AGAR reports

There are still a couple of missing reports that we are working on in the 23/24 years, and it’s still early days for 24/25 , so there’s obviously some reports not available yet.

Any feedback or questions – please contact the Parish Clerk.

Axminster Election Hustings

A message from the Clerk of Axminster Town Council

Dear fellow Clerks

The Town Council is not organising the hustings next week but has made The Guildhall available to all 7 candidates for a hustings event as a community interest amenity.
This will be chaired by Matt Smith, Director of the Community Waffle House here in Axminster.

I attach a poster for the event which you may wish to use on your website, social media, or noticeboards to encourage your parishioners to come along if they wish to.

We don’t believe there are any other events in the Axe Valley organised for prior to the 4th July – if there are any in your parishes, please let me know and I can get those publicised locally here too.

Kindest regards

Paul Hayward
Town Clerk
Axminster Town Council

Email: clerk@axminstertowncouncil.gov.uk
Tel: 01297 32088


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