INVERCLYDE residents are being encouraged to have their say on their local priorities to help shape community plans.

People are being invited to take part in the online Community Choices consultation to provide feedback on four key themes previously identified by the public as being important.

The themes are: affordable before and after school childcare, your community, community safety, and learning in the community.

Residents are being encouraged to get involved in the first instance through the council’s Community Choices online platform inverclyde.communitychoices.scot

Paper versions of the consultation will also be available from libraries along with digital help.

To support the consultation, there will be a series of Community Conversation weeks in each of Inverclyde’s six locality areas delivered by the council’s community, learning and development service featuring online and in-person listening events.

Council officers and representatives from partner organisations who are part of the Inverclyde Alliance community planning partnership will be in attendance to answer questions and provide support to residents to have their say on the four key themes.

The first Community Conversation week is for people in Port Glasgow and there will be an in-person conversation at the Port Glasgow Town Hall on Monday 28 October 2024 from 6-7pm.

A digital support drop-in session has also been organised at Port Glasgow Library on Thursday 31 October 2024 from 5.30-7.30pm to help people access the online platform and share their views.

Further Community Conversation weeks are scheduled for Greenock South and Southwest on 18 November 2024 and for Greenock East and Central on 2 December 2024.

There will be more Community Conversation events in early 2025 covering the remaining Inverclyde ‘locality’ areas starting with Inverkip and Wemyss Bay on 27 January 2025, Greenock West and Gourock on 10 February 2025, and Kilmacolm and Quarriers Village on 24 February 2025.

Community Choices and the Community Conversations events are an opportunity for people to provide their feedback and suggestions about the four themes which are linked to the six locality actions plans for Inverclyde and the Inverclyde Alliance Partnership Plan.

To get involved in the Community Choices consultation and find out more about the Community Conversation events, visit inverclyde.communitychoices.scot

Help and support is also available from the council’s community, learning and development service by emailing communities@inverclyde.gov.uk or phoning 01475 715450.