A couple of PACT meetings to start May off - one which I'm sure I've mentioned before is held in TOPIC House, Townhill, but is actually open to various groups for the elderly which come from across Swansea. These have remained well attended & successful. The other was one of the usual community centre bi-monthly meetings and in contrast decided to call a halt on them to review their usefulness, and look at whether other alternatives might be more suitable. Interestingly, since then I have attended other community meetings,
namely Communities 1st who already have a forum for residents to air views & issues, and the Hill Community Development Trust who will probably start having something along the same lines - these of course to complement, not duplicate, each other. I also managed to fit in Sea View School's finance sub committee before my week away, and since then been to my usual planning meeting, and the most interesting meeting so far on the Local Development Plan. I think before now I haven't really felt a connection with it - we meet at most twice a year - but now it's getting to the time when the proposed sites for future housing development are being opened up for consultation on a ward basis, so I feel more in tune with it. It terms of the bigger picture the final outcome of this process may result in some interesting changes to the way Swansea looks in the future.
Les
