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Hi and welcome to the new page for the Outer East Community Committee. The Outer East Community Committee works with the communities of Allerton Bywater, Austhorpe, Colton, Cross Gates, East Osmondthorpe, Garden Village, Garforth, Great Preston, Halton, Halton Moor, Hollinthorpe, Kippax, Ledsham, Ledston, Ledston Luck, Little Preston, Lower Mickletown, Manston, Methley, Micklefield, Mickletown, Pendas Fields, Stanks, Swarcliffe, Swillington, Wellington Hill, Whinmoor and Whitkirk. We're really keen to connect with local residents and local groups and keep you up to date with our work (some of you we know well already!). Please get in touch if you would like to know more but before you do that, please like and share our page! The Basics:
The Outer East Community Committee is made up of the 12 councillors who cover the four wards that make up 'outer east Leeds':
Cross Gates & Whinmoor ward
- Cllr Pauleen Grahame (Labour) [Chair of the OE Community Committee]
- Cllr James Gibson (Labour)
- Cllr Jessica Lennox (Labour)
Garforth & Swillington ward
- Cllr Mark Dobson (Garforth & Swillington Independents)
- Cllr Sarah Field (Garforth & Swillington Independents)
- Cllr Suzanne McCormack (Garforth & Swillington Independents)
Kippax & Methley ward
- Cllr Mary Harland (Labour)
- Cllr James Lewis (Labour)
- Cllr Mirelle Midgley (Labour)
Temple Newsam ward
- Cllr Debbie Coupar (Labour)
- Cllr Helen Hayden (Labour)
- Cllr Nicole Sharpe (Labour)
(You can find out more information about your local councillors here: https://tinyurl.com/3sofzvo )
The role of a Community Committee is to:
• give you the opportunity to have more influence on how Council services are delivered in your area
• improve the delivery and co-ordination of local council services, and improve the quality of local decision making
• take locally based decisions that deal with local issues
• promote working relationships with Parish and Town Councils
• promote the wellbeing of their area
Community Committee’s will agree a Community Plan to frame its priorities and guide its work. It will also manage two funding streams: the Wellbeing Fund and the Youth Activities Fund, this is funding that is spent locally in your area and is accessed by a wide range of partners to provide local services and improve local communities. Community Committee meetings are open to the public and anyone can attend. Each meeting has an open forum section where members of the public can raise issues. On a more local level, our area is broken down into smaller areas covered by neighbourhood forum meetings which share information relevant to your local area. There is a local forum for you! Please get in touch so we can advise you which is the best one for you. Check out our events tab for details of our meetings and we look forward to seeing you at one soon. If you're really into your local democracy, you may be interested in reading more here:
https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=1003
