Community Engagement Forums

Food Waste Reduction and Recycling Pop-up Meeting

Dear Community Engagement Forum member,

The presentation slides and the questions and answers from the food waste reduction and recycling pop-up meeting have been upload to our webpage.

For access to all documents relating to pop-up meetings visit Pop-Up Meeting Folders.

If you have any questions or would like to contact the Community Engagement Team about a pop-up meeting please email: CommunityEngagement@southglos.gov.uk.

Community Engagement Forums

Community Engagement Forums (CEF) in South Gloucestershire are about listening and responding to local people’s real issues. People in their communities know best what works for them and what their real needs are.

The CEF aims are:

to promote pride in the local area as a safe, thriving and pleasant place to live, work and play
to reduce crime, disorder and drug and alcohol misuse in the area
to empower local people to have a greater voice and influence over local decision making and service delivery by increasing the strength, capacity and engagement of the local community
to improve the quality of life of people in the local area by identifying community aspirations, needs and local priorities.

CEFs have been developed through working with various partner agencies including the Avon & Somerset Police, Avon Fire & Rescue, Public Health, town and parish councils and local organisations. CEFs are also about working in partnership with elected members. We aim to provide a platform for building strong and cohesive communities in which everyone, regardless of background, has a real sense of community involvement.

Within CEFs we also support groups who wish to make a positive difference and improve their own communities. We do this by supporting community engagement initiatives.

How to get involved with your local CEF

There are 14 Community Engagement Forums and each meets three times per year.

If you would like to join your local CEF, complete the form choosing the area(s) you are interested in. You may unsubscribe at any time.

From September 2020 all CEF meetings will be delivered virtually and in support of this the CEF policy documents have been revised and a new Privacy Notice has been introduced. By willingly attending a CEF meeting you are positively indicating consent to the following:

Future meetings

CEF AREA	Time	Date	Guest Speaker Presentation
Severnside	5pm	Thursday 26 May 2022	Run Fibre – Rural Community Internet Improvement & M49 Link Road Scheme
Staple Hill, Mangotsfield and New Cheltenham	7pm	Wednesday 15 June 2022	Parking and Planning
Kingswood	7pm	Tuesday 28 June 2022	Promoting Positive Mental Health
Bitton, Oldland, North Common and Siston	7pm	Wednesday 29 June 2022	Stop Loan Sharks
Thornbury and Severn Vale	7pm	Monday 4 July 2022	Supporting Residents and Businesses
Boyd Valley	7pm	Wednesday 13 July 2022	Feed your food bin and recycle more
Cotswold Edge	7pm	Tuesday 19 July 2022	The Planning System – How applications are decided
– HoeYate Area	7pm	Wednesday 14 September 2022	TBC
Hanham and Longwell Green	7pm	Tuesday 20 September 2022	TBC
Downend, Emersons Green and Frenchay	7pm	Tuesday 4 October 2022	TBC
Concorde	7pm	Thursday 6 October 2022	TBC
Stoke Gifford, Stoke Park and Cheswick	7pm	Wednesday 19 October 2022	TBC
Bradley Stoke, Stoke Lodge and The Common	7pm	Tuesday 25 October 2022	TBC
Frome Valley	7pm	Wednesday 26 October 2022	TBC