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Electors’ Rights – yes it can be confusing!

31st March 2022 Jane Olds

Many Clerks get confused by the Electors’ Rights requirement in the Accounts and Audit Regulations – and it’s not surprising…

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Year End

15th February 2022 Jane Olds

As we near the year end, it’s worth remembering what needs to be done when – have a read through…

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Help by signing a petition!

8th November 2021 Jane Olds

As I’m sure many of you will have seen, yet again, local democracy has been brought to the attention of…

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Clerking and Social Media

23rd October 2021 Jane Olds

Sometimes it can be hard to distance yourself from the, often unpleasant or just simply critical, comments when you’ve put…

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Ten Years in the Clerking World

23rd September 2021 Jane Olds

This week I celebrate ten years of being a Parish Clerk. I started with Caversfield at their September meeting and…

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The Inequalities of National Insurance

13th September 2021 Jane Olds

All the discussion about National Insurance in the news has made me think about how inequitable it is. If you…

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Preparing Documents for the Noticeboard

9th August 2021 Jane Olds

How often have you realised that you’ve got too many notices to include on the noticeboard and it’s not all…

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Presenting the agenda on a data projector

6th August 2021 Jane Olds

Last night I used a data projector for the first time at a Parish Council meeting. It was primarily so…

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Self-isolation for me!

19th July 2021 Jane Olds

Well that wasn’t quite how I was expecting helping out a Clerk by attending an in-person Parish Council meeting would…

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Confused by the Year End?

9th June 2021 Jane Olds

The Year End finance can be a minefield. Here’s my guide

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About me

I have been a Clerk since 2011 when I started with one small parish, Caversfield to the north of Bicester, and over the years others have come and gone.  I’m currently also Clerk to Ambrosden which is a larger village to the east of Bicester.

I am a member of the Society of Local Council Clerks, Chair of the Oxfordshire Branch and a member of the SLCC Advice Team.

I passed CiLCA in January 2018 and am currently working on Level 4 Community Governance.  I am also available for Parish Council internal audits and governance reviews.

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