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Balderstone and Kirkholt Area forum

Balderstone and Kirkholt Area Forum is your chance to make a difference within your ward.  It is a public meeting attended by residents and local organisations.  Representatives from the Police, Council and other agencies attend to respond to concerns raised.  Your local Councillors are also present.

You don't have to be involved in a group to come along - just a resident of the Balderstone and Kirkholt area, who wants to know what's happening in your area and is interested in how we can improve your services and surroundings.

What the forum does

  • Receives reports from the Council on what is planned in the area such as road works and ward developments.
  • Hears updates from the Police and other agencies on what they are targeting in the area such as underage drinking and vandalism.
  • Residents raise issues on problems in their area such as youth nuisance, parking issues, litter and road surfaces.

All minutes from the forums are reported to the Township Committee meetings.  The area forums are considered to be a way of taking the process of local involvement to a very local level, and are seen as an informal extension of the Township Committee meetings.  Issues raised at the forums can therefore be raised again at the Township Committee if needed.

By sending representatives to Rochdale Area Partnership, the forum also provides an opportunity to voice opinions to the Local Strategic Partnership, which is shaping the future of the whole Borough, and all its services for the next 20 years.

Contact the Rochdale Township Office for dates of future meetings.