Free Transport to Alcester and Bidford Community Forum

Budget pressures, flooding advice and identifying your priorities for local policing are just some of the topics on the agenda at the next Alcester and Bidford Community Forum next month as well as free transport to the meeting.

The meeting is an opportunity for people who live in and around Alcester and Bidford to come along and join in the debate it starts at 7pm on Tuesday 7 December at Great Alne Memorial Hall, Great Alne, Alcester, B49 6HL.

The free transport to the meeting is courtesy of Back and 4^th and is available to anyone who doesn't have access to their own transport, doesn't like to go out alone at night or maybe has mobility problems.  Spaces are limited and must be booked in advance by Friday 3 December. Please call on 01789 260133 or email stratford@warwickshire.gov.uk to arrange your pick up.

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.

Sergeant Andy Moss, Team Leader for Alcester South and Bidford Safer Neighbourhoods Team said: "We are committed to dealing effectively with issues causing concern in the local community. In order to do so however we need to know what they are. This is why your attendance and input at forums is so important and free community transport welcomed."

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: stratfordoffice@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.