United St Saviour's Charity
Information will be available at the meeting about flats available for older people in Southwark and grants available to community groups.
Council Assembly 6 April 2011 – The future for Southwark- developing our plan for the Borough
Information will be available on how to make your views known for the Council Assembly meeting on 6 April 2011.
Air Quality Strategy consultation
Dipesh Patel, Principal Enforcement Officer, to explain the consultation process for the air quality strategy consultation.
Minutes:
The chair made the following community announcements:
United St Saviour's Charity
The charity were promoting information about flats available for older people in Southwark and grants available to community groups.
Air Quality Strategy consultation
The chair invited Dipesh Patel, Principal Enforcement Officer, to explain the consultation process for the air quality strategy and action plan consultation. The strategy was being updated and the council had 20 measures to improve air quality in the borough. Dipesh invited residents to get involved in the consultation and give their view of whether these measures were right for Southwark. The consultation was available on the council’s website and residents could request a hard copy of the strategy from Dipesh. Dipesh also informed residents of a free text service, ‘Air Text’ which gave updates on pollution levels for the following day.
Census 2011
The chair encouraged residents to take part in the census in 2011, explaining that the population figures gathered effected the level of grant funding the council received from the government. The population figures taken in the last census were inaccurate and this affected and it was important to ensure this didn’t happen in 2011. The chair explained that the data collected in the census was not used for any other purposes.
Your Service Your Choice
The housing consultation would be sent to all tenants in the Borough and would ask for residents priorities in how to spend the housing budget. The chair encouraged residents to respond to the consultation.
Council Assembly 6 April – Themed debate
Cllr Mohamed, cabinet member for Equalities and Community Engagement, informed residents that following the recommendations of the Democracy Commission the council would be having its first themed debate on “The future for Southwark- developing our plan for the Borough”. Cllr Mohamed encouraged residents to keep an eye on the website where they will be able to post their views, or even submit a question or raise a deputation at the April meeting from mid-March: www.southwark.gov.uk/democracy and to attend Council Assembly on April 6th from 7pm at the Town Hall to hear the debate