Ernie Clark. Hilperton Division, Wiltshire Council.

What do you know about Area Boards?
Eighteen Area Boards will be set up across the county from the end of June and will give residents a major voice within their local communities and the chance to influence the decisions which affect their everyday lives.

Local people and key organisations like town and parish councils, the police and the local NHS will all play an active part in Area Boards.

Each area board will cover a community area - and it is in each of these areas that the council’s roadshow will be visiting. The roadshows will start on June 23 in Chippenham and Amesbury and end on July 16 in Winterslow and Westbury.

The awareness roadshows will be an opportunity to publicise the forthcoming area boards.

Area managers and local councillors from the Area Boards will be on hand to give information about how people really can make a difference in their community by becoming part of their local Area Board.

The Trowbridge Area Board awareness roadshow will run from 11am until 2pm at The Shires on Thursday June 25th.

For more information about area boards contact areaboards@wiltshire.gov.uk or contact Wiltshire Council on 0300 456 0100.

The first Trowbridge Area Board will be held on 2nd July at the Civic Hall. The meeting starts at 7.00pm but tea and biscuits will be available from 6.30.