Help your community be heard: join the Council’s Community Engagement Panel

Applications are now open for the Council’s first ever Community Engagement Panel.  

The panel of residents, Council representatives and local organisations will support the Royal Borough of Greenwich as we implement Our Greenwich: Community Engagement Pledge, the Council’s first ever engagement framework. 

Panellists will help to ensure that we continue to do more and more, high quality engagement with our communities in a robust and inclusive manner. They will provide community insight, advocate for best practice and monitor the delivery and effectiveness of the action plan outlined in the pledge. 

A Council spokesperson said: “Our first ever Community Engagement Framework is a huge milestone in our mission to be better at listening to our residents. 

“Setting up the Community Engagement Panel is the next crucial step towards that goal. As a member of the panel, you will play a vital role in representing the diverse voices of our communities, pushing for more and better community engagement while monitoring its quality. 

“Apply to become a panellist now and use your voice to help others be heard.” 

The aims of the panel 

• To represent diverse perspectives on community engagement through the voices of communities, organisations and stakeholders within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.  
• To enable conversations, collaboration and understanding around community engagement between the members of the panel and the Council.  
• To make sure the voices of the community are heard and that they influence the Councils' plans and decisions.  
• To enable communities and the Council to work together and highlight best practice and good work in community engagement. 

The Community Engagement Panel will include: 

• voluntary and community sector organisations 
• local residents 
• council officers 
• elected members 
• local businesses and employers 
• statutory sector organisations such as further and higher education institutions 
• youth champions (over 16 years of age). 

There are a limited number of spaces on the panel for residents. Applications close 20 October and those shortlisted will be invited to meet the Council’s resident engagement team, before the final panellists are selected. If you’re interested in this opportunity, find out more at our drop-in session on Thursday 10 October from 5.30 to 7.30pm in Woolwich Town Hall. 

The panel will meet at least four times a year. 

If you live, work or study in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, apply now by downloading our application form and returning it to community.engagement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk Printed forms are also available at libraries and leisure centres or contact community.engagement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk to request one. Applications will close on Sunday 20 October at 11pm.  

Find out more about the Our Greenwich: Community Engagement Pledge at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/community-engagement