The terms consultation and community involvement are often used inter-changeably. Both aim to involve communities in decision making which influences Council prioritisation, investment, service planning, service delivery and evaluation.
Essentially consultation and community involvement is a way of involving people, to a greater or lesser degree, in decisions that affect their lives. We use a wide variety of methods to do this, such as surveys, focus groups, seminars, accessing existing groups and networks. The department's role is to support and enable these processes both within the Council and for its partners.
Consultation and community involvement is needed to:
• Implement and monitor the corporate
Consultation and Community Involvement (CCI) Framework (801 Kb)
• Implement and monitor the
Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) CCI Framework (130kb) and its
Performance Management Framework (88kb)
• Co-ordinate large-scale consultation more effectively to reduce overlap, maximise resource use and enhance internal expertise.
• Liaise with partner agencies and facilitate joint working on consultation and community involvement
• Provide advice and an information resource to colleagues and elected members on all aspects of consultation -
Consultation and Community Involvement Toolkit (1.43 Mb)
• Monitor
Reachout and manage the Citizens' Panel, this will be monitored through the website which is currently under development
• Develop, implement and monitor the Strategic Consultation database
• Implement the
Consultation/Community Involvement & Policy Appraisal Code of Practice (49 Kb) as part of the Rotherham Compact
• Identify the significant outcomes from a wide range of consultation activities across the Council.
Strategic consultation reports:
Community Strategy Visioning Report (253 Kb)
Final Budget Report (75.2 Kb)
Consultation on Rotherham residents priorities for improvement (88.4 Kb)
Older People's Strategy Consultation Report (66 Kb)
Bramley Traffic Management Scheme Opinion Survey (1.73 Mb)
About the team
If you are planning consultation and/or community involvement and need any advice or support please contact:
Asim Munir (Principal Community Involvement Officer), tel 01709 822786, e-mail
asim.munir@rotherham.gov.uk
Dawn Price (Consultation Officer), tel 01709 822783, e-mail
dawn.price@rotherham.gov.uk
Saqib Shah (Consultation & Community Involvement Assistant), tel 01709 822783, e-mail
saqib.shah@rotherham.gov.uk
Asim Munir (25.0 Kb)
Dawn Price (25.5 Kb)
Saqib Shah (6.3 Kb)