Parish Council Policies and other Governance Documents
The Parish Council is currently reviewing and updating its policies. These policies set out how the Parish Council operates and what its remit and authority are. New documents will be added to this page when they have been adopted by the Parish Council.
| great_and_little_chishill_parish_council_council_policies_document_v9_2025.pdf |
| gcpc_email_contact_privacy_statement.pdf |
| ltn80-members-conduct-and-the-registration-and-disclosure-of-their-interests-england.pdf |
| openness_and_transparency_on_personal_interests.pdf |
| gcpc_privacy_notice_april_2018.pdf |
| parish_council_donation_policy.pdf |
Safeguarding Statement
Great and Little Chishill Parish Council (“the Council”) takes safeguarding seriously. This statement explains the extent of the Council’s role and lawful authority, so that parishioners are clear about what the Council can and cannot do.
The Council's Role
Outside convening publicly accessible Council meetings, the Council does not currently run any other activities or events. The Council does not organise or provide specific services for children or adults at risk. Statutory safeguarding duties, and the responsibility for coordinating multi-agency safeguarding responses, rest with Cambridgeshire County Council, the police and other named statutory safeguarding partners. Since the Council owns publicly accessible land within the parish, the Council has a responsibility to ensure site safety which is distinct from safeguarding. The Council arranges for annual inspection of equipment on Council land and responds to
site safety issues.
What the Council does
Cambridgeshire Children’s Services
0345 045 5203 (Mon–Fri)
Cambridgeshire Adult Services
0345 045 5202 (Mon–Fri)
Emergency Duty Team (out of hours)
01733 234 724
Police – non-emergency
101
Emergency
999
Online
safeguardingcambspeterborough.org.uk
Great and Little Chishill Parish Council (“the Council”) takes safeguarding seriously. This statement explains the extent of the Council’s role and lawful authority, so that parishioners are clear about what the Council can and cannot do.
The Council's Role
Outside convening publicly accessible Council meetings, the Council does not currently run any other activities or events. The Council does not organise or provide specific services for children or adults at risk. Statutory safeguarding duties, and the responsibility for coordinating multi-agency safeguarding responses, rest with Cambridgeshire County Council, the police and other named statutory safeguarding partners. Since the Council owns publicly accessible land within the parish, the Council has a responsibility to ensure site safety which is distinct from safeguarding. The Council arranges for annual inspection of equipment on Council land and responds to
site safety issues.
What the Council does
- Requires councillors and staff to follow safe working practices in the course of Council business, including when carrying out home visits, attending meetings or corresponding with residents.
- Passes on any safeguarding concern raised with it to the appropriate statutory authority. The Council has no lawful authority to investigate concerns itself.
- Where it awards grant funding to an organisation running activities for children or adults at risk on land owned by the Council, requires that organisation to provide evidence of its own safeguarding policy.
Cambridgeshire Children’s Services
0345 045 5203 (Mon–Fri)
Cambridgeshire Adult Services
0345 045 5202 (Mon–Fri)
Emergency Duty Team (out of hours)
01733 234 724
Police – non-emergency
101
Emergency
999
Online
safeguardingcambspeterborough.org.uk
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act came into force at the beginning of 2005. It deals with access to official information, while parallel regulations deal with environmental information.
The Act provides individuals or organisations with the right to request information held by a public authority. They can do this by letter or email.
The public authority must tell the applicant whether it holds the information, and must normally supply it within 20 working days, in the format requested.
Link to website www.ico.gov.uk
The Freedom of Information Act came into force at the beginning of 2005. It deals with access to official information, while parallel regulations deal with environmental information.
The Act provides individuals or organisations with the right to request information held by a public authority. They can do this by letter or email.
The public authority must tell the applicant whether it holds the information, and must normally supply it within 20 working days, in the format requested.
Link to website www.ico.gov.uk