| Consultation Title | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Universal Information & Advice Strategy For Adult Social Care | 23 August 2010 | 29 October 2010 |
| Housing Allocation Policy | 10 August 2010 | 10 November 2010 |
| Thurrock's Budget - Let's Talk | 2 August 2010 | 10 September 2010 |
| Proposed Amalgamation Of Manor Infant & Nursery And Tilbury Manor Junior Schools | 7 July 2010 | 10 December 2010 |
Our ten most recently completed consultations are listed below. Links are provided where the consultation outcomes are available. Thurrock Council aims to publish the outcomes of all consultation exercises. Some of the outcomes are in PDF format - see how to access PDFs.
| Consultation Title | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Thurrock's Online Mapping | 26 July 2010 | 31 August 2010 |
| New Executive Arrangements | 28 May 2010 | 9 July 2010 |
| Consultation On Homelessness, Phase 3 | 28 May 2010 | 25 June 2010 |
| Basildon And Thurrock University Hospital (BTUH) Review | 10 May 2010 | 11 June 2010 |
| Consultation On Thurrock's Draft Children & Young People's Plan 2010-2013 | 24 March 2010 | 13 August 2010 |
| Putting People First In Thurrock | 8 March 2010 | 28 March 2010 |
| Statutory Consultation On The Proposed Closure Of Quarry Hill Junior School And The Expansion Of Quarry Hill Infant School | 29 January 2010 | 10 May 2010 |
| Street Trading Consent Scheme | 14 January 2010 | 22 February 2010 |
| Local Bus Services In Thurrock | 21 December 2009 | 20 February 2010 |
| Minerals and Waste Site Allocation and Policies for Control of Development DPD Issues and Options | 10 December 2009 | 18 February 2010 |
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
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)
Please note: ALL pages linked below are PDF files - see how to access PDF files
