In Dudley borough we have a strong history of people working together to improve their local communities. Community forum meetings are open to everyone and provide a great opportunity for local councillors, police, local organisations / businesses and residents to come together on a regular basis.

Since January 2017 community forum meetings and Police and Communities Together (PACT) meetings have become joint meetings with both ward councillors and a police representative present at all forums.

Many of the issues and concerns that you have about your local area can only be addressed by all of us working together. We have received positive feedback on this new arrangement as it has helped to reduce the overall number of meetings in local areas, as well as improve our ability to come up with solutions and work together to address local issues.

All community forum meetings start at 6.30pm and last up to two hours. They take place in a variety of community venues. 

Community forums;

• provide an opportunity to share all of the great things which are happening in the local area, as well as to discuss and collectively address local issues and concerns;
• support you to be actively involved in your community through connecting you to other people and groups, enabling you to share ideas, and providing access to support and funding;
• engage with you about local priorities and provide opportunities for you to influence plans and services which will impact on your local area;
• focus on wider community issues rather than individual complaints or individual case work issues. These can be reported in a variety of ways including directly to your local councillor.