About Us

CT5 People's Forum - Local Initiatives & Events in Whitstable

Our Role and History

In October 2020 Canterbury City Council decided to abolish the Council-run local Whitstable
Forum, the last remaining forum where residents of our town could speak freely with
Councillors about the issues which mattered to them.

A group of us decided to set up a new Forum, the CT5 People’s Forum – organised and run by local people, providing a forum where residents could link up with Councillors. It has expanded this wider role to supporting, enabling and sometimes organising local activities to improve the town. It is always developing its information exchange and links with other organisations to support informed

participation in the local community.

The Forum is non-party political.

The Formal Set Up

The CT5 People’s Forum Trust, to give it its full name, is a not-for-profit, unincorporated membership
organisation, run for the public good. It is formed by its members – with membership open to all
who live or work in the CT5 postcode area and who support the aims of the Trust.

Membership is free.

Members elect trustees who run the organisation, setting priorities and making sure the
organisation operates effectively and legally. Each year a members meeting is held, with Trustees
reporting their activities and providing a financial report and members elect new trustees.

More details of the set up are in the Constitution.