In response to a Freedom of Information request about ‘community hubs’ and their purpose the council says:
Each Hub also holds regular coffee mornings to enable the Council to talk to residents about local issues which are of concern. In Forest Gate coffee mornings take place on the last Wednesday or every month from 10-12pm. Sometimes the Community Hub manager and councillors may arrange meetings that are open to stakeholders and/or local residents to discuss a particular issue. These will be arranged on an ad hoc basis as issues arise.
I have lived in Forest Gate for 25 years and I flatter myself that I pay some attention to what’s going on in the area, but this is news to me.
The only coffee morning I can recall being advertised is one where we were invited to ‘meet the mayor’. That was more than a year ago.
If these coffee mornings really do exist the council’s communications team is doing a shockingly poor job of promoting them.
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