Everyone can voice their own individual views but we also need to speak with one voice on issues which are important to us.

As we say goodbye to Salisbury District Council, we in South Wiltshire Agenda 21 are moving into the unknown, along with everyone else in Wiltshire. For the past 12 years we have worked quite closely in partnership with the District Council on Recycling, Fair Trade City status, walking maps and cycle routes, school travel, Green Business Award and a draft Climate Change Strategy. We are now seeking to find a niche for ourselves in the new local government structure, to find out how we can continue to put our ideas forward and influence the Wiltshire Council, Area Boards and Community Partnerships? The two most likely arenas of influence for groups like Agenda 21are through the new Environmental Alliance at County level and the Community Area Partnerships locally. We already have an Agenda 21 representative on the Salisbury Community Partnership steering group.

South Wiltshire Agenda 21 will continue to be a network of individuals and groups in this part of Wiltshire. Everyone can voice their own individual views but we also need to speak with one voice on issues which are important to us. This website will be developed so that it can become a vehicle for exchanging ideas and stories, both good news and bad. So let us have your stories………………………………….

Pam Rouquette
Secretary South Wiltshire Agenda 21