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SNAPE WITH THORP

BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN

Name:

Snape with Thorp Parish Council

Address:

Laurel Grove

Snape

Bedale

North Yorkshire

DL8 2SZ

Contact telephone no:

01677 470444

Business Continuity Management is:

A planning process for all businesses and local authorities, small or large, to help reduce the impacts caused by disruptions and emergencies that can threaten its survival.

This document is the Council’s record of information and actions the Council would take to help the Council was prepared for emergencies or serious business disruptions and can recover as quickly as possible afterwards.

This Business Continuity Plan is the property of:

Snape with Thorp Parish Council

Adopted by

Snape with Thorp Parish Council on X date

Next review date:

to be X

 

 

 

 

PLANNING ACTIONS

Loss or disruption to the Council:

Loss

Disruption

Action

 Employee

The Clerk/RFOis  off work due to sickness

 

Threat of sickness (widespread virus)

Workstation

Key staff resign

A Temporary member of Staff is employed for periods of long-term sick.
A staffing contingency is included in the budget to cover temporary staff for periods of long-term sick leave.

The Clerk/RFO works from home using the relevant Parish Council equipment to perform their tasks from home

A workstation risk assessment [SL1] to be completed for home working

Chairman holds a recruitment folder with template Job Advert, Job Description, Person Specification and application form.
[SL2] YLCA to provide advice on recruitment and aim to employ a qualified clerk or someone who will work towards CiLCA qualification.

Support from YLCA for local council sector advice.

IT and Data

IT equipment is damaged irrecoverably, and backups have not worked

Information is saved on a cloud[SL3]  as well as on IT equipment and hard drive backups

Building(s) staff work from

Inability to access the Clerk’s home office due to fire, flood or other disaster

An alternative office will be identified, with remote access to emails and shared files – password protected

Suppliers

Companies cease trading

New suppliers are found

Equipment

PC Laptop and Printer cease to work

Defibrillator is no longer emergency ready

New equipment is purchased at the earliest opportunity

.

The Defibrillator is checked weekly and the outcome is recorded and submitted to The Circuit (undertaken by Clerk but formal back up is required)   A new set of pads is available should the equipment be used.

EMERGENCY CONTACTS

Listed here are the details of Key Persons that the Council may need to contact to make it aware of an emergency or serious business disruption

Name

Contacts:

Work

Home

Mobile

Personal Email

Chairman

NA

01677 470707

07885515747

John.duck@btinternet.com

Clerk/RFO

NA

01677 470444

07522820850

sarahlowe449@gmail.com

BUSINESS CONTACTS
Listed here are the Council’s key customers and suppliers; they will be contacted in the event of an emergency or serious business disruption

Contract details

Company

Contact

Telephone No.

Web company

Snape Institute

ALTERNATIVE CONTACTS / SUPPLIERS

Listed here are other businesses the Council could use in event of its normal supplier being unavailable

Company

Contact Name

Telephone No.

INSURANCE AND BANK DETAILS

Company

Contact Name

Telephone No.

Policy Ref.

Created: 07/01/2022 / Last Modified: 07/01/2022 by Sarah Lowe