Local Area Committees - Empowering Communities
To receive an overview presentation from the
Local Area Committee Manager.
Minutes:
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The Local Area Committee Manager, Adeel
Zahman, gave a presentation on empowering communities. The
presentation covered:
- What the Local Area Committee would
do in terms of engaging, empowering and enabling residents and
community organisation on topics of local interest. It would use a
range of communication methods both physically and digitally. The
committee would engage with the areas residents to empower them to
become part of the solution with emerging issues.
- That each Local Area Committee had
been allocated £100,000 to spend in line with their community
plans along with doubling Ward pots and access to the Fly-tipping
and Graffiti budget.
- The Local Area Team would use
different communication methods to update members of the public and
actively listen to feedback and results from the surveys to help
their understanding of what the priorities were in the local
area.
- For anyone who wanted to get
involved, The Local Area Team encouraged the public to; share their
contact details and become a part of the contact database, complete
online surveys, attend community events/workshops and to get in
touch with the Local Area Team to share ay feedback.
The Local Area Committee Manager introduced
the Central Local Area Committee team, this included;
- Lorraine Wood – Head of
Service
- Adeel Zahman – Local Area
Committee Manager
- Andrew Male – Community
Services Officer
- Nesar Miah – Community
Services Officer
- Ella Monkcom – Project Support
Officer
Following the conclusions of the presentation,
The Local Area Manager played a video on Local Area Committees.
RESOLVED:- that the Local Area
Committee noted the presentation.
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