Issue - meetings

Report to follow.

Stuart Young addressed the Board regarding the Community Panel, Chaired by the Leader of the Council, which was formed of a range of community representatives and had the remit of actively listening to the whole community via a range of means, including the following;

• Focus groups – engaging directly with young people, businesses, residents and institutions
• Opportunity to have your say – a general call for information was being issued, and a set of questions would be set out to which responses were sought.
• Community debates and discussions – a number of these had already been held and it would be useful for anybody holding notes of any such events to feed these into the work of the Community Panel.

People were encouraged to contact the Community Panel via the website and by email, details of which would be provided to all Board Members.

The Board suggested that it would be very beneficial for the Community Panel to publicise those actions that had arisen in direct response to feedback that had been sent in, as a way of showing that they were acting on the information provided by the community.

It was acknowledged that effective engagement was always a challenge, and that work was ongoing to engage with as much of the community as possible, given that there were groups who were unlikely to attend events such as public meetings. It was suggested that use of social media such as BBM, Twitter, etc could be explored, and also that these could be tied in with the existing ‘I love Tottenham’ campaign via a website, so that it was all in one place. It was also suggested that images of the Community Assistance Centre could be used to inspire people and make people proud of the area and what local people have achieved.

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