Have your say about local issues that are important to you
- Comment on schools, roads, street cleaning and anything else that concerns you, directly to councillor and senior council staff?
- Get feedback on what difference your input has made?
Attend your local ward forum and give us your views!
Forums
- Halifax Central (Park, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge and Town).
- Halifax North and East (Illingworth & Mixenden, Northowram & Shelf, Ovenden, Warley).
- Lower Valley (Brighouse, Elland, Greetland & Stainland, Hipperholme & Lightcliffe, Rastrick).
- Upper Valley (Calder, Luddendenfoot, Ryburn, Todmorden).
Each Ward has three Councillors to represent you. They make decisions on how money is spent and how services are delivered to you.
At forums, you can get involved in what happens in your local area and discuss what is important to you. By working together we can talk about local issues and plan for the future.
Get involved
We want to improve what we do for local people. So it is important to understand what you want and get your views directly at meetings.
They are open to anyone who lives, works or learns in Calderdale. It is your chance to tell us what you think and make a difference to your neighbourhood.
Meetings
These take place four times a year in all 17 wards. Unless stated, they start around 6-6.30pm and end around 8.30pm.
They are a great place to meet your local Councillors, Council staff, Police and other services we work with. There will be a chance to network and just have a chat.
There will be an agenda, which will include:
- Contributions from the Council, Neighbourhood Policing Team and other services.
- Specific items of concern/interest in your area that have been raised by people at previous meetings.
- Open forum where anyone can have their say, we want to hear from you.
If we cannot answer you on the evening, we will get you the answer after the meeting.
If you cannot get to a Ward Forum
We can raise concerns and issues at meetings on your behalf. To do this, contact the Ward Forum Team:
- Address: Communities, PO Box 51, Halifax. HX1 1TP.
- Email: uppervalleycoordinators@calderdale.gov.uk.
After the meeting
We will keep you updated on how your views feed into the work of the Council.
You can sign up to get our newsletter by email (where available). We will need your email address.
Grant schemes
For details about this, see: Ward forum grants.