What our members think

“I started as clerk in August 2007 and found being a member of the SLCC invaluable. I was offered support and was given a network of other clerks in the area, to whom I got advice and help from. To be honest until I got in touch with members of the SLCC I felt quite terrified at what I had taken on as clerk!”  Jessica Jenkinson, Clerk to Loggerheads Parish Council, Shropshire

"As a new clerk, the amount and diversity of information that needs to be learned led me to the benefits of SLCC membership. The practical support, easy access to essential publications and expert advice have been invaluable and the regular Clerks forums have given me a new network of colleagues and friends”.  Barbara Coulson, Clerk to Heddon on the Wall Parish Council, Northumberland

“As a new Town Clerk I have found the SLCC advisory service to be first class. Whenever I have contacted them they have been so helpful and supportive. The people I have dealt with have been so helpful and I know I have had my SLCC membership fees back times many as it is extremely good value for money”.  Val Taylor, Clerk to Sandown Town Council, Isle of Wight

The main reason I am a member of the Society is to help avoid the professional isolation which can so easily overcome a clerk when, working on their own, they become enveloped in a "cacoon." Membership in the SLCC opens me up to current issues and problems, expands my sometimes narrow horizons and provides warming comfort that many of my own stresses and problems are often experienced by others. Robert Kandt, Clerk to Embsay With Eastby Parish Council, Lancashire

(Photograph provided by - Stephen Garnett, Craven Herald & Pioneer)

The networking between clerks is amazingly helpful in scores of ways, and attendance at conference or training sessions is worth it for that alone. Most clerks have come across a problem the same as ourselves, and come up with the way they dealt with it, and often it is a way someone else may not have thought of.  Information that can be gained from the Society is invaluable and the printed material available is first class. Advice given from our individual experts is second to none and is so willingly given.  Alison Melnyczuk, Clerk to St Ives Town Council, Cambridgeshire 



I am new to the role, and have already had a couple of really serious issues that have required legal back up. The advice has been – constructive, reassuring and timely on all occasions. Mrs Katherine Owen, Clerk to Cyngor Tref Frenhinol Caernarfon Royal Town Council, Gwynedd



My life as a Clerk has been revolutionised by membership to SLCC. We are kept abreast of all the issues we should know about, as soon as they become apparent and often long before anyone else. At Branch level, we have a core of Clerks who exchange experiences on an informal and social basis which is immensely reassuring and supportive as well as informative. The sharing of ideas is invaluable. My Parish Council thinks we get incredibly good value for money for the subscription and Councillors have been known to borrow my copy of The Clerk!
Nikky Eyles Clerk to Breinton Parish Council, Herefordshire

"Over the last 15 or more years that I have been involved with SLCC, the Society has grown from strength-to-strength to what it is today - a professional and supportive organisation. It is so important in this rapidly changing world for town and parish councils that there is a strong organisation to support the Clerk and give guidance, support, training and networking. We all continue to need this, from the smallest Parish Council with a new Clerk to the largest and experienced Town Council Clerks. The Society meets our needs and continually adapts to meet the new challenges ahead."
Pat Kingsnorth Clerk to Leighton-Linslade Town Council