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Community Engagement Forums (CEFs)

Covid-19 update: We are now holding our meetings virtually on a digital platform. For meeting queries please call 01454 865057 / 01454 865338

Community Engagement Forums

Community Engagement Forums (CEF) in South Gloucestershire are about listening and responding to local people’s real issues. People in their communities know best what works for them and what their real needs are.

The CEF aims are:

to promote pride in the local area as a safe, thriving and pleasant place to live, work and play
to reduce crime, disorder and drug and alcohol misuse in the area
to empower local people to have a greater voice and influence over local decision making and service delivery by increasing the strength, capacity and engagement of the local community
to improve the quality of life of people in the local area by identifying community aspirations, needs and local priorities.

CEFs have been developed through working with various partner agencies including the Avon & Somerset Police, Avon Fire & Rescue, Public Health, town and parish councils and local organisations. CEFs are also about working in partnership with elected members. We aim to provide a platform for building strong and cohesive communities in which everyone, regardless of background, has a real sense of community involvement.

Within CEFs we also support groups who wish to make a positive difference and improve their own communities. We do this by supporting community engagement initiatives.

How to get involved in CEFs

There are 14 CEFs and each meets three times per year.

Please contact us if you want to join, or for any further information about your local CEF.

From September 2020 all CEF meetings will be delivered virtually and in support of this the CEF policy documents have been revised and a new Privacy Notice has been introduced. By willingly attending a CEF meeting you are positively indicating consent to the following:

Forthcoming meetings

CEF AREA	Time	Date	Guest Speaker Presentation
Bradley Stoke, Stoke Lodge and The Common	7pm	Tuesday 18 January 2022	Hate Crime
Yate Area	7pm	Thursday 20 January 2022	Mental Health
Hanham and Longwell Green	7pm	Thursday 27 January 2022	TBC
Stoke Gifford, Stoke Park and Cheswick	7pm	Wednesday 9 February 2022	TBC
Frome Valley	7pm	Tuesday 15 February 2022	TBC
Downend, Emersons Green and Frenchay	7pm	Tuesday 22 February 2022	TBC
Concorde	7pm	Thursday 24 February 2022	TBC
Severnside	7pm	Thursday 3 March 2022	TBC
Kingswood	7pm	Monday 7 March 2022	TBC
Bitton, Oldland, North Common and Siston	7pm	TBC	TBC
Thornbury and Severn Vale	7pm	Tuesday 15 March 2022	TBC
Staple Hill, Mangotsfield and New Cheltenham	7pm	Tuesday 22 March 2022	TBC
Cotswold Edge	7pm	TBC	TBC
Boyd Valley	7pm	TBC	TBC