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Reminder about tonight’s Community Conversation – Your chance to help our communities reach its full potential

by Ian Shires on 27 November, 2019

The response has been tremendous, in excess of 50 people have already registered for tonight’s Community Conversation and more have said that they will be attending. So let me remind you of what this is all about…….

The slogan “take back control” captures the mood of the country right now. Many people believe that decisions being made in this country are not made in their interests, and that so called “experts” wield too much power.

Here in Walsall’s West Locality (Willenhall and Darlaston areas) we believe that this very real desire for people to influence decisions that affect their lives should be recognised in a positive way. This is an opportunity for a new collaboration between those in positions of authority, citizens and our communities. We believe that Local People should be at the heart of Local Decision-making.

There is a need to make important choices about the society in which we live. With this in mind the West Strategic Locality Board has organising the first of a series of Community Conversations. It is being held this evening (Wednesday 27th November 2019) at the Bentley Pavilion (the home of Darlaston Town Football Club), Bentley Road North, Bentley, WS2 0EA. There will be a buffet at 5.30 pm to give people a chance to mingle and the event proper starts at 6.00 pm.

The aims of this the first Community Conversation will be to discuss & work through the following issues together to help find solutions:

Health and Wellbeing: Access to GP services; social isolation; access to services for older and young people; where to go for help in the local community; activities and events locally.

The Local Environment: Including litter, street parking, noise nuisance, buildings in disrepair, supporting Willenhall & Darlaston Town Centre businesses.

Anti-Social Behaviour/Fear of Crime: Street Watch, Neighbourhood Watch, Speed Watch and supporting our neighbours.

To help to concentrate everyone’s efforts we will be asking the following questions against each of the three topics:

  • What are the issues and where is the location? What is positive about this issue/location?
  • What are the challenges or weaknesses of the issue/ location?
  • What are the opportunities to improve the issues/location and who can help?

This is your chance to have your say and help to improve our area. Don’t miss this opportunity you can still secure your place by Registering via Eventbrite http://tiny.cc/volcez

Or Contact the West Locality Partnership Manager by email at greenfield@walsall.gov.uk

or call him on 01922 654684, or you can register at the door.

Look forward to seeing you later today………

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  1. Wayne Palmer says:

    Great event and good turn out by a mixture of local community, volunteers and community organisations.

    We need to keep this going for it to grow and have the impact it needs to bring back some control of how and what is provided in our local community.

    Well done to all involved.

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