Councillor’s Open Mic & Project Southchurch Community Meeting

Last week Project Southchurch invited Southend City Radio to their community meeting at Belle Vue Baptist Church. These regular meetings organised by Project Southchurch are a vitally important opportunity for local residents, businesses, organisations and councillors to participate in and lead a discussion on various community projects, issues and plans in the area.

As media partners, we were invited to record the discussion and are proud to facilitate and promote a greater engagement in community issues that effect everyone.

We have split the recording into two parts.

Firstly, we have an update from Rob McAvoy, Co-Chair and Co-Founder of Project Southchurch on some of the community initiatives, progress and challenges Project Southchurch have been working hard on since the last community meeting.

In addition, we have a recording of the Councillors Open Mic in which you will hear those in attendance say a few words on the topics and issues that directly affect Southchurch. In attendance and speaking at the event are Southchurch Cllr Daniel Nelson, Cabinet Member Darryl Jones, Kursaal Ward’s Matt Dent and Tricia Cowdrey, St Luke’s Ward’s Brian Beggs and Martin Berry, and Martin Terry from Thorp Ward. Plus we also have a few words from PC Shala on some of the local community policing issues too.

You can hear the audio below.