TOWN COUNCIL RECEIVES

QUALITY GOLD AWARD

Midsomer Norton Town Council has received a prestigious award as part of the Local Council Award Scheme, winning the Quality Gold Award.

The Local council award scheme is a peerassessed programme that has been designed to provide both the tools and encouragement to councils at the beginning of their improvement journeys. this is in addition to promoting and recognising councils that are at the cutting edge of the sector. it is through the sector working together to share best practice, drive up standards and supporting those who are committed to improving their offer to their communities that individual councils and the sector as a whole, will reach its full potential. on hearing the news, midsomer Norton town mayor, councillor Lynda robertson, said: “What fantastic news! How amazing to receive this award. midsomer Norton town council was only formed in 2011, and this is what has been achieved in 10 years! the council aims to bring the community together, while at the same time, ensuring value for money, as well as constantly seeking new innovations and opportunities to improve. We hope to continue in this vein as we come out of the pandemic and look to the future.” in terms of the future, the council is now reviewing ways in which it can keep on improving its offer to the local community and welcomes input from local people and partners on this. midsomer Norton town council, and other local councils like it, are at the front line of the government’s localism agenda and are doing as much as they can to deliver services whilst being efficient and cost-effective. currently, the council provides a range of services and wants to continue to improve its community engagement.