Issue - meetings

Chairman of Forum, Terry Taylor

1.1 The Chair welcomed those present and a safety briefing was given.

Chairman of Forum, Tony Crouch

1.1  Tony Crouch, Chair of the Forum welcomed everyone to the meeting.  The aim of the Forum is to improve collaboration and engagement between the public sector, voluntary sector and the local community.  As a way of encouraging members of the public to attend our meetings, at our last meeting we agreed to split the meeting into two parts. 

1.2  The first part of the meeting, ‘Ask the Forum’, will be an informal open session where members of the public and forum members are invited to ask questions.  This will last no longer than 1 hour.  The second part of the meeting is more formal and includes a presentation and workshop by the CCG on their current review of community health services. Members of the public were invited to stay for the second part if they wish.

1.3  ‘Ask the Forum’ session will finish at 7.20pm, there will be a short tea break before commencing the second part of the meeting.  Members of the public are invited to stay if they wish.

Chairman of Forum, Richard Curry

1.1 Richard Curry (Chair) opened the meeting with the following statement.

Welcome to the Chew Valley Area Forum particularly to those people who have not previously attended. 

The aim of the Forum is to improve collaboration and engagement between all public sector organisations, voluntary sector and the local community. 

The first part of the meeting, ‘Ask the Forum’ is an informal open session where members of the public and forum members are invited to ask questions.  We would like to encourage questions that have a wider relevance to the Chew Valley area and not specific to an individual or household.  Please report these individual issues to the relevant organisation or speak to one of the officers from the Council, Police etc. during the tea break.

This session will last no longer than 1 hour.  The second part of the meeting is more formal and includes a presentation and workshop with the CCG on their current review of out of hospital care provision. Members of the public were invited to stay for the second part if they wish.