Public Participation Commitments

We have now launched our Public Participation Commitments.

These replaced our Charter for Public Participation, written 5 years ago, which described how you could:

influence public services
get involved in decision-making
make a difference in your area

The commitments follow a landmark consultation, where we co-designed the original charter with residents.
The consultation was part of our ongoing commitment to become a more transparent and listening council, following the Grenfell Inquiry.

We pledged to review our charter after 5 years. Five years on, we have reviewed the charter with hundreds of residents to ensure it meets your needs.

What's next

We are now recruiting a new resident oversight group to hold us to account on delivering the new Public Participation Commitments. The new Public Participation Oversight Group will:

hold us to account for honouring the Commitments
agree a framework for measuring how well we are delivering these
work with officers to produce an annual report evaluating progress and learnings
ensure a broad range of local people are involved with this work.

You can get involved by:

Deadline for expressions or interest is Monday 23 March 2026.