The meeting was held at Husbands Bosworth Memorial Hall and commenced at 19:00 at, Welford road Husbands Bosworth, LE17 6JX.

The main topic at the Community Forum was Broadband and issues with suitable access to adequate speed. An open debate took places between residents, following a presentation from Leicestershire County Council on potential opportunities and funding to support local communities.

Residents also heard about a consultation by NUON on the new Swinford Community Fund and how they could be involved in allocating £15,000 for local community projects.

Please click on the title of this meeting to view all presentations, including feedback on the Green Spaces consultation that took place earlier this year.

For the minutes of the meeting click the link below:

Following the withdrawal of support for Community Forums by Harborough District Council, Leicestershire County Council have agreed to take over the organisation of Community Forums in Harborough.

The County Council will refresh the aims, operation and format of the meetings to ensure they are community-led and feature topics that are of relevance to the local community.

It is expected that a new round of Forums will take place in the autumn.

The Rural West Community Forum took place on Tuesday,1st March 2011, 19:00 at Ullesthorpe village Hall, Main Street, Ullesthorpe, LE17 5DH

The agenda included an interactive discussion to canvas local opinion and views on local green spaces. What green spaces do local people value and why. How can they be enhanced? Should they be protected? This will help to inform local policy and planning processes as well as our response to emerging national policies

Other agenda items included:
• Proposed relocation of Market Harborough Council Offices
• Policing update
• Question Time - your opportunity to raise questions about issues and services in your local area

A copy of the full agenda and the notes of the previous meeting are attached below.

For further details, please contact:
Rachael Abbott, Communications and Consultation manager, Harborough District Council
Tel: 01858 821228

The Rural West Community Forum meeting took place on Tuesday, 14th September 2010 at 19:00 at the Walton Village Hall, Kimcote Rd, Walton. These are some of the issues that were raised

• Community Safety Partnership
• Policing issues
• Questions that were raised will be dealt with and noted in the next set of minutes

Speakers included:
Harborough District Community Safety Partnership
Leicestershire Constabulary

Chairman for this forum:
Cllr J Everett

For further information, please contact:
Rachael Abbott, Communications and Consultation manager, Harborough District Council
Tel: 01858 821228

The Rural West Community Forum meeting took place on June 23rd 2010 at 7pm at Walton Village Hall, Kimcote Road, Walton

Minutes from this meeting will be available in due time

For further information, please contact:
Rachael Abbott, Communications and Consultation manager, Harborough District Council
Tel: 01858 821228

Leicestershire Together, which is partnership between voluntary and statutory organisations have made a budget of £20,000 available for each Have Your Say Community Forum area.

This funding will be allocated in a new, participatory way of making decisions about funding, with residents and community groups making spending proposals and voting on them.

At this workshop residents and community groups shared and discussed their ideas and then voted for their favourites to prioritise them.

The results of the voting are attached below.

A district-wide task group will now look in more details at the ideas and proposals to check the costings and ensure they are feasible. The task group will feed back at the next Rural West Have Your Say meeting on June 23rd.

The next Rural West Have Your Say Forum will take place on 31st March 2010 at 7pm at the Gilmorton Village Hall, Gilmorton

Regular agenda items will include:
- Update from the Police on local policing matters
- Question Time

People can also find out how they can be involved in deciding how £20,000 is spent in Lutterworth to support vulnerable and young people, to improve access to services & facilities and to support communities interested in their local area.

Please see agenda below

For further information, please contact:
Rachael Abbott, Communications and Consultation manager, Harborough District Council
Tel: 01858 821228

A meeting of the Mid Rural 'Have Your Say' took place on Wednesday 30th September at 19.00 at the Village Hall in Fleckney. See minutes from meeting below

For further information, please contact Rachael Abbott, Communications and Consultation manager, Harborough District Council. E-mail:r.abbott@harborough.gov.uk or Telephone 01858 821228.

A special meeting of the Mid Rural Have Your Say took place on Tuesday, 23rd June at the Harborough District Council Chamber. This meeting focused on the Local Development Framework consultation undertaken by Harborough District Council.

Mid Rural Have Your Say meeting took place on Wednesday, 1st April 2009 at 19:00 at the Fleckney Village Hall. For further details please contact Rachael Abbott - Communications and Consultation Manager on 01858 821 228 or by e-mail at r.abbott@harborough.gov.uk