Pollinator Pathways Project!, Friends of Urban Agriculture London!, Resilient City London!, What do these names have in common? They are a few of London’s finest community organizations that were born out of the work of a City of London Advisory Committee (AC).
Read MoreMike Bloxam joined the Advisory Committee on the Environment in 2012 and the London Advisory Committee on Heritage in 2019. He served as chair of ACE in 2015, 2016, and 2019. Read about his insights on the role of Advisory Committees.
Read MoreCouncil agreed with most of our recommendations, but in a few cases ignored the time and effort it took to determine who was placed on which committee. They added and subtracted committee members, who while all were worthy, took away the gender balance we were trying to strike on some of the committees.
Read MoreCheck, check, and check! So I’m amazed a third time, and deeply concerned, to learn that Council might try to amalgamate or eliminate some of its Advisory Committees, apparently still unclear about their function and worried about their cost.
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