Current consultations

Consultation - involving the public in the work of the city council and its strategic partners - is an integral part of the council's policy-making process.

Details of current consultations available online are published on this page.

• Staying safe online - help us develop an e-safety strategy and action plan to help keep adults, children and young people safe online (closes 31 March)
• Music and Performing Arts Service (MAPAS) - have your say about the proposal to redesign the service (closes 24 February)
• Creation of a Learning Support Service for Salford - have your say about how we support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and disabilities (closes 29 February)
• Home to school transport consultation - let us know your views on proposed changes to Salford’s home to school transport policy (closes 17 February)
• Help plan the future of Salford's parks and open spaces -  have your say
• Housing in Salford - have your say

Forums, friends groups

• Cycle forum - help promote cycling and related activities within the city
• Friends groups - help develop Salford's parks
• Friends of MAPAS - Salford's Music and Performing Arts Service
• Friends of the cemeteries - join this working group to look at ways and ideas of improving the cemetery services
• Landlord forum - a quarterly event which gives landlords the opportunity to interact with each other and to engage with the city council
• Salford Drug and Alcohol Forum - help for people in Salford who have, or have had, drug and/or alcohol problems

What happens to your comments

Any comments submitted in respect of these consultations will be added to the associated file for later consideration.

Consultation is not simply about more open government, although that too is important, it is about making policies more effective by listening to and taking on board the views of the public and interested groups.

Listening to the public has a number of specific benefits:

1. It allows the city council and its strategic partners to tap the widest source of information possible and thus improves the quality of decisions reached
2. It alerts policy makers to any concerns and issues not picked up through existing evidence
3. It helps to monitor existing policy and whether changes are needed

Responding to consultations? How we handle your personal data

Except where otherwise stated, we will always withhold personal information such as addresses in line with the privacy policy of this site. Responses from people who have asked for confidentiality will not be published at all.

This page was last updated on 9 February 2012