Mid Suffolk Area Forum

Welcome to this dedicated page designed to bring all the information together from our Area Forums for the Mid Suffolk District.  Councillors, Clerks and Officers of member councils are welcome to attend these meetings in addition to your nominated SALC representative.    There are up to four meetings per annum and bookings will require logging into the member portal.

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2024 area forum dates

Tuesday 4 June

Thursday 19 September

Thursday 5 December

To book your place, please ask your clerk to arrange this through the SALC Member Portal

Your representatives on the SALC Board are:

Julie Bell - (CHAIR) Gislingham Parish Council
William Sargeant - (VICE CHAIR) Botesdale Parish Council
Mark Valladares - (CHAIR) Creeting St Peter Parish Council
Mark Clements - (VICE CHAIR) Old Newton with Dagworth and Gipping Parish Council

Benefits of area forums

Our members tell us that the best 'takeaway' from our forums are the nuggets of information from other councils.  This can range from showcasing successful projects to raising an issue your council is aware of and wants to discuss potential options. 

Tuesday 4th June at 7pm 

Booking  now available 

PROGRAMME 

  1. Speaker tbc

  2. Accessing the SALC member portal

  3. SALC Constitution review/consultation

  4. Information exchange
    An opportunity to share your ideas and challenges with others.

  5. News update
    From SALC

Do you have something to share?

As part of the re-shape of our area forums we are offering the opportunity for your council to lead on an agenda item - a topic of your choosing.

To find out more BOOK A MEETING with our CEO for an informal chat using this link.

Headlines from meetings

We have moved away from producing formal Minutes for our Area Forums and instead will be publishing bullet point information including links and ideas discussed in the Zoom chat on this webpage.