Meetings
Please find below information on your most recent and upcoming Community Forum meetings.
We welcome your suggestions for topics for discussion, but please note we cannot guarantee their inclusion on the agenda. In some cases it may be that we include your topic at a further meeting or deal with it outside of the Forum meeting. We will contact you to feedback any action that has been taken. Please use the form below to let us have your suggestion for discussion topics or question(s) you want to raise during the ‘Question Time’ slot.
Upcoming Meetings
The first Wigston Residents Forum in 2012 will be on Wednesday, 29th February at 19:00 at the Council Offices of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, Station Road, Wigston LE18 2DR
An agenda will be available soon.
For further details you can contact Gary Waterfield on gary.waterfield@oadby-wigston.gov.uk or by phone on 0116 257 2604
Recent Meetings
COMMUNITY FORUM BUDGET RESULTS:
The results from the Wigston Community Forum are now in. The forum has 6 projects that have been provisionally allocated funds.
These are the projects that have provisionally allocated funds:
Age Concern Vehicle £2,600
Guide Room £2,000
Social car scheme £2,000
Wigston Club for Young People £2,410
Learning Base development £ 600
Wigston GALS day £2,570
Reserve Projects:
First Aid Training Abington School – PTA –
Meadow Community Primary School – Community. Room
Water Leys Primary School - Community Resource -
TOTAL £12,500
The next stage is for for the task group to meet and check that the criteria has been met. Once these checks are done an offer letter will be sent out by the Communities & Places Officer at Leicestershire County Council.
The projects will be delivered between January and the end of June 2012.
There is still a chance for communities to get involved...
The next round will be in June - July 2012 where your community group could get the funding required so ensure you come along to your forum meeting planned for February - March 2012 where more information will be available. Want to know more about the process and funds available in this years round click here!
For the introduction & results presentation see the links below: -
For more information, please contact us on 0116 305 7034.
Leicestershire County Council has made funds available to all 25 Community Forums in the county.
The Wigston Community Forum will have £12,500 available per year for local communities to invest in local improvements of their choice.
We are looking for projects that can be delivered between January and the end of June 2012.
How can local communities get involved?
If you have a bright idea on how £12,500 can improve your local area, you can put forward a project proposal via our website. Please submit your proposals by 11th November. For more information, please click here.
From 14th November you can check our website to view & comment on submitted Project Proposals and make suggestions on how the projects could be further improved or developed.
You can vote for your favourite project by attending the Wigston Community Forum Budget Workshop, scheduled for 28th November (6.30-9pm, venue tbc), where you can also hear from all projects and discuss some projects in more detail.
PLEASE NOTE: Workshop spaces are limited and booking is essential. Registration opens on 9th November and will be on a first come, first served basis. You can register via www.leicestershireforums.org/cfb.html or by calling 0116 3057034.
Please pass these dates on and help us to promote this chance to invest in local projects of your choice.
For more information, please contact 0116 305 7034.