'We would love to see as many people as possible' - Dudley residents invited to public community meetings

Dudley Council will host the ‘your home, your forum’ meetings in February - each running from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

According to council officials the forums are 'informal', giving people the opportunity to have their say and discuss what is good about their local area and what could be made better.

As well as local councillors, a police representative will be there for residents to talk to.

The Brierley Hill meeting – for people living in Brierley Hill, Brockmoor, Pensnett, Wall Heath, Kingswinford and Wordsley - will be held on Monday (February 3) at Arise Church, Stallings Lane, Kingswinford.

In Halesowen, also on Monday, people living in Belle Vale, Hayley Green, Halesowen, Cradley and Wollescote are invited to a meeting at Fatherless Barn Evangelical Church in Hedgefield Grove.

On Thursday (February 6), people in Amblecote, Lye, Stourbridge North, Norton, Pedmore, Stourbridge East, Wollaston and Stourbridge Town can go to The Stourbridge Institute Social Club in Bell Street.

The Dudley Central meeting will be held on February 19 at Living Hope Church on Middlepark Road, Russells Hall.

People living in Castle and Priory, St James’s, St Thomas’s, Netherton and Holly Hall, Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood are welcome to attend.

The Dudley North meeting – for anyone living in Coseley, Sedgley, Gornal, Upper Gornal and Woodsetton - will be held on February 19 at Sedgley Community Centre on Ladies Walk.

Councillor James Clinton, cabinet member responsible for the community meetings, said: “As councillors and as a council, it’s really important we get to know our residents and learn more about the issues and ideas at the heart of our communities.

“We would love to see as many people at the meetings as possible.”

A spokesperson for Dudley Council said: "Although not essential, people may register their attendance in advance here."