Enforcing standards! What standards?

Keeping Holdingham Clean!

Further to my previous Blog: Keeping Holdingham Becks Clean

I have checked on what standards are relevant here and should be followed by a Council.

These standards include: Cleaner, safer, greener

These are the core services that matter to everyone. They are the most visible and affect people’s daily lives. Getting them right and publicising them well will make residents value the council more highly.

• Core Standards: as given by the Improvement and Development Agency


• § adopt a highly visible, strongly branded council cleaning operation
  § ensure no gaps or overlap in council cleaning and maintenance contracts
  § set up one phone number for the public to report local environmental problems
  § deal with ‘grot spots’
  § remove abandoned vehicles within 24 hours
  § win a 'Green Flag' award for at least one park
  § educate and enforce to protect the environment

• Communications
  
• These core actions tell people what you can do and are doing for them, and they show your residents what they get for their money.
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  § manage the media effectively to promote and defend the council
  § provide an A-Z guide to council services
  § publish a regular council magazine or newspaper to inform residents
  § ensure the council brand is consistently linked to services
  § communicate well with staff so they become advocates for the council

We have some way to go!