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IT’S LOCAL DEMOCRACY WEEK IN POOLE

Poole residents are invited to come and meet Councillors and officers next week at a series of ‘drop in’ sessions at Poole’s libraries.

The initiative is tied in with Local Democracy Week, organised by the Local Government Association. The week is designed to raise the profile of local democracy and encourage the public to take a more active part in how their local Council makes decisions. This year’s themes are Local Leadership - Local Choice and Tomorrow’s Council and fit well with the new Local Government Act which requires every Council to draw up proposals for new forms of local decision making.

New information panels detailing who Poole’s Councillors are and the plans for modernising the Council’s structure will be launched at each of Poole’s ten libraries together with a new Community Post Box scheme, which offers another way to contact your Councillor. Residents just need to jot down their query or request for information and pop it into the post box in the library and it will go straight to their relevant Councillor with no need for a stamp.

Bob Harris, Head of Democratic Services, Borough of Poole said;
‘The Council makes decisions that affect local people every day. Local Democracy Week is an ideal opportunity for the Council to meet residents, answer any questions or concerns they may have and gain their views on our plans to modernise the way that we work.’

Notes to Editor

· Last year 289 local authorities in England and Wales took part in Local Democracy Week. The annual initiative began in 1998.

· Poole Council began the pilot for its new cabinet style structure of Executive, Policy Advisory Groups and Overview and Scrutiny Committees on 1 September 2000.

· Further quotes in support of Local Democracy Week are attached (1page).


DROP-IN SESSIONS AT POOLE’S LIBRARIES

Monday 11 September

Central Library (AM)
Hamworthy (PM)

Tuesday 12 September

Broadstone (AM)
Oakdale (PM)

Wednesday 13 September

Branksome (AM)
Canford Cliffs (PM)

Thursday 14 September

Canford Heath (AM)
Rossmore (PM)

Friday 15 September

Parkstone (AM)
Creekmoor (PM)
Canford Heath (Evening)

Saturday 16 September

Central Library (AM)

Bob Harris or Steve Cattle, Borough of Poole 01202 633021/633026Borough of Poole