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Home Page > Community > Getting Involved > Neighbourhood Forums > Action Points

What do the Neighbourhood Forums do?

Presentations

The Neighbourhood Forums represent all the residents in the Dover district and can discuss a wide-range of local and district wide issues, not just those involving Dover District Council or Kent County Council.

We will invite guest speakers from various organisations to come to the meetings to talk and answer questions about specific topics chosen by you - these can be councillors, council officers, police, health and others. Past topics include planning, community safety, active older people, climate change and youth services.

These speakers have been very informative and you can view the presentations by clicking on the relevant link below:

Active Dover Community Sport Network (pdf);
Clean Kent Campaign (pdf);
Independence through the Voluntary Action of Kent’s Elders (INVOKE) (pdf);
Kent Highways Services (pdf);
Street Scene (pdf);
Youth Participation (pdf);
Age Concern Deal Centre for the Retired Ltd: "Support for all older people" (pdf);
Budgets (Joint DDC and KCC) (pdf);
Housing Strategy for Older People (DDC) (pdf);
Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust (pdf).

Reports and Actions

We want the Neighbourhood Forums to be more than a talking shop with positive actions and feedback coming from our meetings. We are compiling a list of these actions and outcomes, which will be published here shortly.

Click here to view the Annual Reports from the Dover District Neighbourhood Forums.

Summary of Agenda Topics

Want to know what we've been discussing? Please click here to see a summary of the agenda topics covered by the Dover District Neighbourhood Forums.

Sign-post

We will use the Neighbourhood Forums to sign-post our residents to useful information gained from the meetings.

Battery Recycling:

Battery Compliance Schemes have been approved by govenment and some have already started collections.

One such organisation is 'Battery Back' and shops and offices may get a bin supplied for free by calling 0844 800 5671, they will also get collections for free when bins get filled up. KCC waste management have signed up with another scheme who currently collect all the waste electricals from the recycling centres and are in the process of getting their scheme similar to "Battery back" up and running for January 2010.

Flooding: Current flooding situation

The Environment Agency provides flood warnings online 24 hours a day and the information is updated every 15 minutes. Find out whether there are any flood warnings in your area. You can also sign up to Floodline Warning Direct - the free flood warning service from the Environment Agency.

Funding

Dover District Council and Kent County Council have allocated funds to the Neighbourhood Forums for small community capital projects. Please see our Funding Information pages for more details.