Participation Strategy 2022-27

Strategic Objectives

We will:

1. Increase awareness, among local people, of the Council’s function
2. Increase awareness, among local people, of how to become a member of the Council and what membership entails
3. Improve access for local people to information about decisions made, or to be made, by the Council
4. Increase awareness of processes by which local people may make representations to the Council about a decision before, and after, it is made
5. Increase awareness of processes by which views of the public can be brought to the attention of overview & scrutiny committees
6. Increase awareness, among elected members, of the benefits of using social media to communicate with local people