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Wednesday 8 September 2010 |
Get Involved!
Have you thought about the benefits of joining the Bournemouth 2026 partnership?
Sharing best practice, publicity for your organisation, the chance to make vital contacts and the opportunity to engage in partnership working are just a few reasons to seriously consider becoming active within Bournemouth 2026. There are two ways you can get involved:
- If you want to join a community group that is already involved with Bournemouth 2026, a good place to start is the partner directory. You can search for the type of organisation you might wish to join and see who else is already involved.
- Are you already active in an organisation? Is it a member of the partnership yet? If not, have you thought about applying for Bournemouth 2026 membership?
Still want to know more? Learn more about the Bournemouth 2026 partnership here.
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Deputations may be received by any relevant Panel, Board, Full Council or Cabinet Meeting. It is an opportunity to speak directly to Councillors about particular issues. Deputations must be agreed to be included as an agenda item prior to presentation. A petition may also be presented alongside a deputation.
Petitions may also be presented at any relevant Panel, Board, Council or Cabninet meeting. Again, the presentation of a petition needs to be arranged prior to the meeting. Motions raised by deputations and petitions are not debated during the meeting at which they are presented; instead they are deferred to allow enough time for an appropriate response from either a Councillor or council officer.
School governors are people from the school's community making positive contributions to children's education through collective decisions. Applicants to the position of school governor must be at least 18 at the date of their appointment, but there is no upper age limit.
The responsibilities of a governor include a school's strategic direction, ensuring accountability and evaluating overall performance.
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Local Involvement Networks (LINks)
Ever wanted to speak up about a health or social care service in your area but not known how? It might have been to offer an opinion on how things could be improved, or talk about an experience - good or bad. Now you have the opportunity.
A LINk is a network of local people, organisations and groups that are independent of the Council, Primary Care Trust and Health Trusts.
Everyone can be involved. LINks aims to include all sections of the local community; for instance, people who have an interest in the care of local residents; hospital patients and regular clients of care services; carers; voluntary groups representing older people; neighbourhood networks and more - essentially, anyone who wants to help make a change.
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Public Involvement Networks (PINS)
In order to help local people influence decisions about health services NHS Bournemouth and Poole have set up a Public Involvement Network. By joining the network you can get involved in helping to improve health services and to help influence commissioning decisions.
The NHS Bournemouth and Poole Public Involvement Network involves people getting directly involved in helping with planning and commissioning services. Members of the network can contribute to and give feedback on plans to transform future health service provision and make a real difference.
As part of the Public Involvement Network you can choose how you would like to be involved:
- you could take part in online, telephone or paper surveys;
- you could join discussion groups;
- you could advise on topics which particularly affect your family and others closer to you.
We want to hear your views, because your opinions matter!
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Dorset Police
Independent Advisory Groups consist of individuals from communities who are able to offer challenging advice to their local police force. They aim to be a fair reflection of the community, including so-called "harder to reach" minority groups.
Follow the link above for a comprehensive guide on what an IAG does, who can join and how to get involved.
