• What has the Forum achieved?
  The annual Walkley Festival, which is now into its eighth year. 
  An influence on local planning applications. Improving the local amenities - Shopfronts project 2005
  Spin-off groups (!) such as the Freedom Road community group.
  Protection and promotion of Walkley’s green spaces, such as the Cemetery, Walkley Green and the Millennium Green
  The Forum itself, which has been run purely by volunteers since the 1990s, acting as a link to other local community groups, such as the churches, schools, Freedom Road, Ruskin Park.
• What is the Forum?
  Walkley Community Forum was set up by local people to allow local people to come together to speak up for and promote civic pride in Walkley.Formed in the late 90's by a small group of local residents who were concerned that Walkley often seemed to miss out or be forgotten within the City, the Forum meets monthly to discuss issues of local interest and concern.
  
• Membership is free and open to all who share our aims and are willing to work in cooperation with others. We include people who live locally and those from elsewhere who have a particular interest in Walkley, eg traders and workers.

  A wide range of local groups are already represented among the regular attenders at Forum meetings, these include:

  • Fir Street Community Centre.
  • Walkley Library and its highly active Supporters group.
  • Friends of Ruskin Park.
  • Bole Hills Conservation Group.
  • The Workers Education Association.
  • Political parties such as the Labour Party & the Liberal Democrats.
  • Local Councilors and representatives of the council's local Area Panel.
  • Local Churches such as St. Mary's C. of E. & Ebineezer Methodists.
  • And many more.... (see 'links to other groups' page for details)

  Or just yourself: many local residents simply attend on their own behalf, to speak up for their own and their neighbours' interests.

We aren't tied to:

• any political party. We value the excellent support of representatives of political parties, but we are politically independent. Forum attendance is open to all who share our aims and can work in cooperation with others in the interests and welfare of Walkley.

• any religious organisation. We welcome and value the active support and involvment of our local faith communities.

• the City Council.  We welcome (and are grateful to) local councillors who attend our meetings, and we're proud that the Council have, over the years, listened to us.