east ayrshire council community planning

Local Community Planning Forums (03/06/2010)

Four geographic Local Community Planning Forums were set up in April 2008 to strengthen and increase the involvement of local people in the planning and decision making of Community Planning Partners, such as East Ayrshire Council, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue and Strathclyde Police.

The Forums bring together elected members, community representatives through the Federations of Community Groups, the voluntary sector and representatives from Community Planning partner organisations. In addition, other groups and individuals, such as local businesses, are invited to attend where the feel that the topic is relevant to them. The Forum meetings are informal so that everyone can participate and bring their views and experiences on local needs and issues to the table.

During 2009/10, the Forums met on seven occasions, either individually or jointly, to discuss and consider solutions to issues which they had identified previously as requiring action in their respective areas, as follows:

Community Pride and Responsibility
Health and Wellbeing
Substance Misuse
Town/Village Regeneration
Infrastructure to support tourism
Road Safety
Future Jobs/Employment.

In addition, there was a joint meeting of the four Forums in February 2010 to evaluate the Forums and set the agenda for the 2010/11 meetings.