Consultation and statistics
Middlesbrough Council is committed to engaging with our citizens and involving them in the decision-making processes that affect their lives.
We want to know what you think and how you feel about local services and your community. We also want to work with you to secure sustainable improvements in local public services and to improve the quality of life in our town.
Middlesbrough Council has recently launched its Consultation Portal – the home of our online consultation with the community. You can use the portal to find out about current consultations, take part in on-line surveys, see what happened as a result of past consultations and register your interest in future consultations.
For information about the Council’s consultation policies, key community engagement activities and statistics about Middlesbrough please follow the links below.
Middlesbrough Statistics and Information
To find key statistics about Middlesbrough please follow the link on the right hand side of this page under Links on this site, to the Information and Statistics WebPages.
Community Engagement Framework and Consultation Toolkit
The Community Engagement Framework & Consultation Toolkit
The Community Engagement Framework and Consultation Toolkit documents provide the overarching framework for community engagement in Middlesbrough together with a best practice guide. The framework and toolkit helps partnership organisations including the Council to effectively engage with the community.
The Middlesbrough Partnership produced the original Framework for Engaging with Communities in 2001. The Framework has formed the basis for community engagement by partners, including Middlesbrough Council since that time and has been recognised nationally as an example of good practice.
In 2006, a small team with community engagement expertise drawn from partnership organisations completed a review of the Framework with the aim of updating the information to reflect contemporary times, current best practice and government direction.
The resulting Community Engagement Framework and Consultation Toolkit build on the strong foundations of the original Framework.
Community Engagement Framework
The Community Engagement Framework sets out the objectives and principles that have been designed to ensure that all community consultation and involvement is carried out to high professional and ethical standards. The document also answers the question: why engage with communities?
[Community Engagement Framework] (council documents and Publications section)
Consultation Toolkit
The Consultation Toolkit provides a ‘how to’ guide to planning, managing, reporting and implementing the results of consultation and community engagement activities. The Toolkit also includes commentaries on various consultation methods, information on ensuring diversity in engagement (engaging with hard to reach groups) and lists some community engagement resources.
[Consultation Toolkit] (council documents and Publications section)