Cream tea at Shipston & Stour Community Forum

Want to know what's happening in your local area?  Want a say about what's going on?  Visit the next Shipston and Stour Community Forum on Tuesday 7 June at Quinton & Admington Village Hall, Lower Quinton.

Items up for discussion this time round include:

• Central Networks – how can they help our community?
• The Big Society – what does it mean for us?

And there's an added incentive this time to attend the meeting with a delicious cream tea courtesy of the Long Marston Ladies from 6.30pm

A local policing Safer Neighbourhoods Team surgery will also take place at 6.30pm, before the community forum meeting. Officers will provide feedback on the issues raised at earlier surgeries and residents will be able to hear the latest on policing in their local area.

Sgt Robert Shaw, team leader for Shipston Safer Neighbourhoods Team said: “This is an opportunity not to be missed, a cream tea as well as a chat with representatives from community groups including my officers.  It's a great way of discussing issues and getting to know your local safer neighbourhood team."

Community Forums are an interactive event enabling residents to learn about issues big and small affecting their area, get answers to questions and influence local decision making. Anyone with a question about a local issue can go along and put it to officers from a range of organisations.

If you would like to suggest an issue for a future Community Forum meeting, or get involved, please contact the WCC Stratford Area Office on 01789 260133 or email: stratford@warwickshire.gov.uk

Community Forums are part of a countywide initiative involving Warwickshire County Council, District and Borough Councils, NHS Warwickshire, Warwickshire Police and Warwickshire Together partners.

There are 30 forums across Warwickshire, which bring together elected representatives across all tiers of local government - County, District and Borough and Parish, together with a range of other community representatives.