Are you interested in making a difference in your local community? Are you thinking about becoming a local Councillor at the next election?

The aim of the session is to help potential candidates:

• Understand more about the work of the Town Council
• Find out a little bit about the election process
• Find out more about the important role that elected members play in their communities
• Understand what it means to be a new councillor

There will be an opportunity to ask questions

The work of local councils (Town and Parish Councils) falls into three main categories

• Delivery of services

• Improve quality of life for residents

• Give communities a democratic voice

Councillors are community leaders and represent the interests of the communities they serve and have three main responsibilities:

• Decision-making

• Monitoring

• Getting involved locally

GETTING ELECTED

To stand for election to a local council you must:

• Be a UK or Commonwealth citizen; or be a citizen of the Republic of Ireland; or be a citizen of another Member State of the European Union

• Be at least 18 years old

• Be an elector of the local council; or in the past 12 months occupied land or other premises in the area the local council serves (as owner or tenant); or work in the area local council serves (as your principal or only place of work); or live within three miles of the local council boundary.

http://www.nalc.gov.uk/elections

For further information please contact enquiries(at)oswestry-tc.gov.uk

MAKE A CHANGE BECOME A LOCAL COUNCILLOR