CDA for Herts Raising their Standard

Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE the national body for the Rural Community Action Network RCAN) has developed a set of minimum Quality Standard criteria for all Rural Community Councils (RCCs) to attain; these standards ensure that statutory requirements are met and that the best practices are carried out by RCCs in providing their services and to maintain their sustainability, in short, doing everything a good RCC should be doing. All areas of operation are covered, including Trustees and their governance, managing finances properly, giving the staff what they need to do their jobs and making sure that the RCC is providing the services that rural communities need. The Standard also requires that all these things are constantly monitored, reviewed and improved wherever and whenever necessary.

To gain success at each Level, external reviewers examined and carried out a desk top analysis of our paperwork and then visited the offices to interview the staff and Trustees to ensure that we are actually doing what we claim to do.

We achieved Level 1 in January this year, the logo declaring our success appears on all our documentation. Now we begin work on Level 2!

If you would like to know more about the ACRE PIP Standard please contact Kate Belinis 01707 695503

Staff celebrating our success