The following logos and icons are symbols that will be used throughout the site. Here is a brief description of their meaning.
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Darlington Coat of Arms
The official coat of arms granted to the enlarged Borough of Darlington, on local government reorganisation, in 1974. It contains a Lion and Wyvern (a type of dragon) together with the motto Optima Petamus which translates to Let us seek the best and the crest contains Locomotion, a bull's head, St. Cuthbert's Cross, a Wheatsheaf and a wavy line which represents the River Tees. A brief history of the coat of arms |
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Council Logo
This logo shows a key landmark in Darlington, the Town Clock in the Market Place in the centre flanked by the chimney from the Stockton & Darlington Railway's locomotive number 1 'Locomotion' representing the town's railway and industrial heritage and a stalk of corn (wheatsheaf) which represents the agricultural nature of much of Darlington and the market town. The corporate colours are Burgundy (Printing Ink Pantone 202c and Paint RAL 3003) and Black. |
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Local Agenda 21 (LA21)
The commitment arising from the Earth Summit held in Brazil in 1992 which encourages local authorities to work towards sustainable development. View Sustainable Darlington Pages |
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Data Protection and Freedom of Information
The Data Protection Act 1998 regulates the use of personal data and is administered by the Information Commissioner, Elizabeth France. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 covers access to information and is also administered by the Information Commissioner. Please see the Commissioner's website on Data Protection for further details.
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Charter Mark
Awarded by Government to services provided by local authorities that are recognised as providing excellent services. |
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Investor in People (IiP)
A national standard that organisations can achieve showing that they have policies and processes in place to make the most of their human resources whilst involving employees fully in the business. The organisation must to apply for re-accreditation every few years. |
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Positive about Disabled
A national standard as regards dealing with people who have disabilities. This contains the 2 ticks which represents good practice and commitment to equal opportunities. |
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A Learning Town
This is a strategy which aims to provide opportunities to all Darlington citizens for learning and education to enable them to fulfil their full potential. It operates through a subgroup of the Darlington Learning Partnership with representatives from the private, voluntary and public sectors in Darlington. |
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Direct Gov
Directgov, is a new government service giving people access to the latest and widest range of public service information on the Web and Digital TV. It replaces UK online. |
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Where Quality comes to Life
This is the branding adopted by the Darlington Partnership, a consortium consisting of the private, voluntary and public sectors within Darlington to promote the town.
To find out more visit the Darlington Partnership website |
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Language Line
Language Line is a telephone based translation service which is available to the public at all Council reception areas. |