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Here are some frequently asked
questions about Area Forums. More Information can be obtained from
the Local Community Planning Protocols and Guidelines (PDF document).
Who can get involved?
Residents living within each
Area Forum catchment are welcome to become members of their Area Forum and
attend Forum meetings to ensure their own views, as well as the views of
neighbours or friends, are represented on issues raised within the remit
of the Forum.
Membership of each Area Forum
is also open to all community groups and voluntary organisations active in
the local area. Each group or organisation is invited to send one
(or more) representatives to attend Forum meetings.
Membership of any Area Forum
is conditional on completion of a membership form. Only members of
the Forum are entitled to vote on matters raised at Forum meetings.
Any member of an Area Forum
will be removed from mailing lists if they have not attended meetings or
taken part in the work of the Forum for six successive main
meetings. In exceptional circumstances, the Chair may override this
clause.
Elected members from the
relevant wards are welcome to attend Forum meetings and encourage
participation from their wards.
Each Forum will seek to ensure
that its membership reflects the diversity of the local community, which
it represents, and that all sections of the community, including groups
such as migrant workers and ethnic minorities have their views
represented.
Relevant members from the
Local Workers Groups will be expected to attend Forum meetings, when
invited, to inform discussion around specific agenda items.
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How often do they meet?
The Forums will meet a minimum
of four times per year. They may meet more often, as required.
Such a decision should be agreed in advance by the Forum membership.
All meetings of the Forums
will be publicised in advance in the local media and on the Community
Planning website.
The main work of progressing
issues within the Area Action Plans will be carried out between
meetings. This will involve a range of organisations identified to
take responsibility for moving forward particular actions. These may
be existing community organisations, individual residents or new groups
established for the purpose of addressing a particular issue.
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