Locals Encouraged to Have Their Say at Community Assembly meetings
Residents are invited to share their views at the latest round of Chesterfield Borough Council’s Community Assembly meetings.
Held four times each year, the meetings allow people to receive information and ask questions about projects led by the council and other partners that will affect them and their families.
On the agenda at the March meetings include: updates from the council’s scrutiny committee and Chesterfield College as well as a presentation from Derbyshire County Council’s public health team.
Derbyshire’s police and crime commissioner, Alan Charles, will attend the North, South and West Community Assembly meetings to give a presentation on Derbyshire’s police and crime plan.
The East Community Assembly meeting will feature a presentation on crime reduction by Derbyshire Constabulary.
Residents at the South, West and East meetings will also have the opportunity to vote on which good causes in their area can receive funding of up to £200 as part of the council’s minor grants scheme.
Councillor Sharon Blank, Chesterfield Borough Council’s Executive Member for Customers and Communities said: “I’d encourage anyone with an interest in their local area to come along to our Community Assembly meetings.
“This is their opportunity to find out what is happening in their area and to ask questions of the council and other partners.”
The meetings will take place at the following dates:
- Chesterfield North: Wednesday 4 March, St Hugh’s Church, Littlemoor
- Chesterfield South: Thursday 5 March, Town Hall, Rose Hill
- Chesterfield West: Tuesday 10 March, Town Hall, Rose Hill
- Chesterfield East: Wednesday 11 March, Staveley Miners’ Welfare, Market Street, Staveley
Each meeting will begin at 6.30pm and finish at 8.30pm and there will be a local councillors’ surgery after each meeting.
Healthwatch Derbyshire will also attend the North and East Community Assembly meetings from 6pm to ask residents about their experiences of health and social care in the county.
