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Neighbourhood Forum Meeting Dates

Come along and have your say at our Neighbourhood Forum meetings. Venues for meetings can vary - our aim is to reach as many communities as possible. Details of the Neighbourhood Forum meetings are also published in the DDC events calendar.

The Neighbourhood Forums are open to all residents (no matter where in the District you live) and there is no need to book - just turn up.

The Neighbourhood Forums last held meetings in June 2010 - please see Previous Meetings for further information.

The Neighbourhood Forums will next be meeting in September and October 2010, when we will be holding our "You decide"  Community Voting Events - please see below.

You Decide: Funds for local community projects

This year the Dover District Neighbourhood Forums are piloting Participatory Budgeting (PB) as a way to allocate the Small Community Capital Projects (SCCP) grant fund available during 2010-11.  

Special "You decide" community voting events are being held on the following dates (more information will be added to our Funding Information page as confirmed):

Come along and vote for your favourite community projects.

2010-11: New Look Neighbourhood Forums

Improving the Dover District Neighbourhood Forums (Forums) is a continuous process. From July 2010, the Forums are changing to become more flexible and responsive to local need - within existing resource.

Changes to the Forums include:

• Holding two fixed forum meetings a year (instead of each quarter);
• The opportunity to hold a further two flexible forum meetings a year; and
• Participatory Budgeting which aims to give communities a say in recommending which projects are worthy of funding.   

Fixed Meetings

You Decide: Participatory Budgeting - Community Voting Events

• The first fixed meetings will be dedicated to celebrating the Small Community Capital Project grants given out by the Forums and piloting “You Decide: Participatory Budgeting”. 
• Events will be held during September and October 2010. 
• Watch out for details of these Forum meetings and come along to vote for your favourite projects.
• Please see our Funding Information pages for more information on the Small Community Capital Projects grant fund and Participatory Budgeting.

Annual Partners Update Events

• The second of the fixed meetings will be an annual partners update meeting with representatives from partner agencies (such as Kent Police, Eastern & Coastal Kent PCT, Kent Highways Services etc) updating the community on what is happening in the area and answering questions.
• These will be held as two half-day events, covering the whole district, which will be devoted to either Urban or Rural Issues.
• Members of the public are welcome to attend one or both of these meetings.
• Dates and details of the Annual Partners Update meetings will be confirmed as soon as possible - expected to be March 2011.

Flexible Meetings

• The Forums will also be able to hold a further two meetings on an “as and when” basis.
• By not tying them down to specific dates set a year in advance, the Forums can deal with issues as they arise and be of more interest to local communities.
• Please see the criteria for calling a flexible meeting in the Protocol and Procedures for the Dover District Neighbourhood Forums on our What's Hot in the district? page.

Details of all future meetings will be confirmed as soon as possible. 

Previous Meetings

• Details of previous Neighbourhood Forum meetings.

Contact

Please see the Dover District Neighbourhood Forums Contact Details page.