The Community Forum:

• acts as a platform for Community & Voluntary groups in the city;
• nominates representatives to several local authority bodies including the City Development Board (CDB) and the Strategic Policy Committees (SPC's) of Galway City Council AND COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE Galway Volunteering Advice Centre;
• supports those representatives;
• develops and promotes policies, which feed into the work of the CDB and SPC's;
• works with other agencies and bodies where appropriate.

The Forum seeks to:

• encourage greater participation in public decision-making;
• develop ways of working that will involve and empower groups and individuals in the community;
• ensure its representatives are working effectively;
• act as a catalyst to develop Galway in an environmentally and socially sustainable way.

Who runs the Community Forum?

You do! You do this essentially by selecting a Steering Group of 15 people who direct the activities of the Forum with your input in accordance with the Principles & Guidelines set down in the Forums constitution.
click here to download Constitution.

How does it get anything done meeting only once every 3 months?
In addition to the quarterly meetings of the Forum, the Steering Group meets monthly & Forum Reps have regular meetings with their various bodies.

Forum representatives keep the Forum informed of their activities by feeding back information through the Co-ordinator, Steering Group and at Quarterly meetings. Some Reps are better at this than others!!!

Assisting the Forum, Steering Group & Reps is a part-time Co-ordinator who ensures that the Forum membership is regularly updated of what's happening in the Forum through meetings, mail shots, the Tribe Vibes newsletter & the Forums website : www.galwaycityforum.ie.

• Talk to the Forum Co-ordinator at 091 536 844 or by email at: claire.nifhlaithearta@galwaycity.ie.
• Complete a Registration Form, available from the Co-ordinator or online at www.galwaycityforum.ie.
• Come along to the next Community Forum Meeting, which will be advertised in various media in advance.
• Check out the Forum website at www.galwaycityforum.ie
  

REGISTER YOUR GROUP here!!!!!