Merton calls on residents to help shape borough's future

Merton Council is calling on residents to help shape the borough’s future in their biggest-ever council engagement programme.

The council wants residents to share their views on what their priorities should be after the pandemic.

Your Merton will offer people the opportunity to speak on how the pandemic has changed their lifestyle and their future ambitions for where they live.

It is part of the council’s widest-ever engagement programme, which includes the annual resident survey and a series of discussion groups with community organisations including faith groups, young peoples’ groups and charities.

Responses will help form the basis of priorities for the council and its partners from 2022 onwards. The council will start assessing responses in September/October.

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Councillor Owen Pritchard, the Council’s Cabinet Member for Performance, Recovery and the Local Economy said: “Everyone has felt the impact of the pandemic in different ways – for some of us it has been truly devastating, while for the majority of us it has been life-changing.

“The council – like all of us – is trying to work out what changes to keep, and how to adapt to a post-pandemic Britain.

”Whether it’s changing the way we travel or work, a desire to spend more time outside, or changes to the way we want essential services to be delivered, all of us have an idea on what we want our futures to look like.

“Your Merton is an opportunity for our residents to tell us what they think, what they want – and what they don’t want.

"Our job is to listen, understand what’s changed for people, and then build our priorities around people’s views.

“So, to anyone who lives, or works in Merton, all I ask is that you take 15 minutes or so to visit the website and tell us what you think.”

Your Merton will remain live until July 7. To share your views visit here.