Get Involved

Creating opportunity in Sherford

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Sherford Community Land Trust (SCLT) has been working with Real Ideas to support the growth of the Trust's operations, deliver community engagement and get to know people. Initially we held a series of community events and markets, met with groups and spoke to residents. All of this culminated in the formation of a Residents Community Panel.


The SCLT Residents' Community Panel is central to the Trust, and has worked hard to help shape a transitional business plan focused around five areas that were identified as being important to the community: 

Communication, Events and Activities, Shops and Amenities, Young People and Environment and Heritage.  


The plan has enabled SCLT to drawn down Section 106 funding to support its development, and make positive things happen around the five key areas. This work is about working with residents to act together, test ideas, try new things and create opportunities; developing sustainable and enterprising activity to build on what already exists and generate ideas and solutions for the things that do not.

Real Ideas are also working with the Trust to develop its governance arrangement, to support better engagement and representation for residents and build local capacity to help take the organisation forward into the future.

Over the next year the panel will be looking at updating the business plan looking at how we can capture community voice and bring that into the activity we deliver.


How you can get involved

If you are interested in joining the SCLT Community Panel – please contact Judy Talbot – info@sherfordtrust.org.uk 

Each key area has its own working group who meet regularly to shape and deliver community activity. If you are interested in being part of one or more of the working groups or have some ideas you would like to share, please contact Judy Talbot – info@sherfordtrust.org.uk  



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