| Consultation Title | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Private Sector Housing Strategy | 23 January 2012 | 30 March 2012 |
| Community Safety Survey | 20 January 2012 | 1 April 2012 |
| Housing Policy (Scheme) Review | 19 December 2011 | 29 February 2012 |
| Statutory Consultation on the Proposed Amalgamation of Stifford Clays Infant and Stifford Clays Junior Schools | 12 September 2011 | 10 February 2012 |
Our ten most recently completed consultations are listed below.
| Consultation Title | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Proposed Introduction of Four Designated Public Place Orders | 21 November 2011 | 2 January 2012 |
| Thurrock's Budget - Let's Talk, 2011 | 1 November 2011 | 15 December 2011 |
| Sex Establishment Policy | 20 October 2011 | 17 November 2011 |
| Veterans' Charter | 23 September 2011 | 3 December 2011 |
| Let's Talk Libraries | 19 September 2011 | 31 October 2011 |
| Review of All Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England | 13 September 2011 | 5 December 2011 |
| Core Strategy Proposed Further Focused Changes (Strategic Planning) | 12 August 2011 | 23 September 2011 |
| Review of Polling Districts and Places | 11 July 2011 | 4 September 2011 |
| Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing Charges | 30 June 2011 | 23 September 2011 |
| Essex, Southend and Thurrock Dementia Strategy | 27 June 2011 | 19 September 2011 |
| Proposed Changes to Children's Centres in Thurrock | 13 June 2011 | 2 September 2011 |
Full List of Past Online Consultations
| Consultation Title | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| There are no future consultations. |
Thurrock is committed to providing services that people need and to do this we need to consult and involve local people in the various stages of planning and design of services.
A 'Principles of Community Engagement' document has been developed by the Community Involvement Board on behalf of Shaping Thurrock. It is split in to three sections, with each section representing a stage in the process of engagement. The stages of planning community engagement in the context of this document are as follows:
Principles of Community Engagement - full document
Please also see the Community Engagement Strategy in our Community Development section.
The purpose of this toolkit is to help public organisations in Thurrock consult and involve local people in planning and delivering public services. The toolkit gives practical information to enable you to carry out effective consultation.
The toolkit contains simple tools that will enable you to inform, consult and involve local residents more effectively in the service you provide. It is not prescriptive, insofar as to say, it does not insist on when or where you should use the tools. It will help you to put customers at the heart of everything we do.
The toolkit is divided into seven stages that are broadly based on 'how to plan' consultations developed by Dialogue by Design:
Community engagement toolkit (PDF 2.4MB)
A new consultation strategy is being developed. This document explains how consultation can be made more effective and gives practical examples on how to effectively inform policy making and service delivery by harnessing the experience and ideas of all Thurrock's communities. The document is currently being drafted.
The new strategy will replace our existing Involvement And Consultation Strategy.
Thurrock is committed to putting people first and the Citizens' Panel is an opportunity for local residents to have their say about local issues. This is a consultative panel of approximately 1,100 local residents, which were recruited in 2006. In the past, the panel were consulted about a wide range of issues such as their views on council services, quality of life and the council's budget.
As a member of the Citizens' Panel you will be able to participate in a range of consultation activities, which may include telephone surveys, responding to questionnaires, workshops and focus group discussions.
The Citizens' Panel is usually refreshed annually. If you would like to join please contact mruk on 0800 1613157.
Find out more about Thurrock Citizens' Panel.
Thurrock Council commissioned mruk research to design and implement an innovative approach to consultation on the Council's budget for 2006/2007. In response to this mruk developed an 'action centred participatory research and consultation process' conducted with a group of residents recruited from the Council's Citizens' Panel. The process was designed as an intensive method of raising levels of understanding and awareness of the Council's financial system and, to complement the quantitative survey method also being undertaken.
A group of 20 residents were randomly recruited from the Citizens' Panel and representative of different areas across Thurrock. The process took place through 3 separate half day sessions (numbers attending gradually decreased) structured to take participants through learning; involvement; examination; review and consultation on Council finance and budgeting procedure. The sessions were independently facilitated by mruk but included contributions and question / answer sub-sessions with Council Officials and an elected member.
Full mruk report: Council Finance / Budget Setting Research and Consultation (PDF 300.4kB)
The files linked below are PDFs (please see how to access PDFs):
