PACT panels - the future

PACT meetings are an opportunity for members of the community to meet with agencies, like the council and police and voice any concerns or opinions about the area.

 

PACT panels, which many members of the public have attended, are changing. The meetings, which stand for Partners and Communities Together were previously held monthly in each ward across Thanet.

 

The Community Safety Partnership has recently reviewed PACT panels as a monthly meeting in each ward was not sustainable and levels of public attendance did not justify a separate meeting for every ward.

 

Instead, there will now be quarterly meetings taking place for Thanet North (Margate, Cliftonville, Dane Valley and Salmestone), South (Ramsgate panels including Newington and Northwood), East (all Broadstairs panels including Kingsgate and St. Peter's) and West (Birchington, Garlinge, Westbrook and Westgate). View a map of the areas.

 

The Partnership would like to thank all the officers who regularly attended the previous ward level meetings and encourage anyone who would like to attend the new set up, to do so. The meetings are listed below and will be advertised on news items and on the  Kent Police's website in advance.

 

The meetings are open to all members of the public living in each of the four areas of Thanet and look at issues affecting residents in these specific areas.

 

Map of Thanet Pact panel areas

 

Upcoming PACT meetings

  • Thanet North
    The first meeting will take place at 6.00pm on Monday 26 September at St. John's Community Hall.

 

  • Thanet South
    Tuesday 20 September at 7.00pm, at the Holy Trinity Church on Bellvue Road, Ramsgate.

 

  • Thanet East
    Thursday 29 September 7.00pm at the Park Hall, Pierremont Park, High Street, Broadstairs.

 

  • Thanet West
    Wednesday 26 October at 6.30pm at Birchington Village Hall, Birchington.

 

 

PACT meetings and Community Safety Open Forums

 

PACT meetings are different to the Community Safety Open Forums.

 

The Open Forums are attended by senior police and council officers to hear people’s views on the community safety issues that matter to them. They are held quarterly in a different area of Thanet each time and are open to anyone who lives anywhere in Thanet to come along and discuss issues from anywhere in the district. 

 

They are more strategic than the PACT meetings and help to set partnership priorities and update crime data.