Free transport to Alcester and Bidford Community Forum

Free transport is available to the Alcester and Bidford Community Forum meeting taking place on Tuesday 21 September at Welford Primary school at 7pm.

Items up for discussion this time round include:

• Identifying your priorities for local policing
• Looking ahead - your chance to help shape the future of your community
• Mark Harris from NHS Warwickshire - talking about his role as NHS Warwickshire Manger
• Have your say on sport, recreation and open spaces

Come along, have your say and help shape the future of your community.

Mark Harris, who will be representing NHS Warwickshire at the Community Forum, said: "I'm looking forward to meeting local residents to discuss NHS Warwickshire's role and how we can improve health services. We have invested in the local area and I am keen to hear how this has affected people in and around Alcester and Bidford."

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."

The free transport to the meeting is courtesy of Back and 4th 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 17 September. Please call on 01789 260135 or email stratford@warwickshire.gov.uk to arrange your pick up.

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.