The Southern Area Community Engagement Forum is part of Selby District Council’s priority of facilitating input through community engagement and supports a number of the authority’s long-term goals: putting customers first, organising to deliver and making better use of resources.

Selby District Council is working alongside a number of other organisations as part of the Forum, as follows:

• North Yorkshire Police;
• North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service;
• North Yorkshire County Council; and
• The area’s parish councils.

The Southern Area Community Engagement Forum covers the following parish areas:

Balne, Beal, Burn, Camblesforth, Carlton, Chapel Haddlesey, Cridling Stubbs, Drax, Eggborough, Gateforth, Hambleton, Heck, Hensall, Hirst Courtney, Kellington, Kirk Smeaton, Little Smeaton, Long Drax, Newland, Stapleton, Temple Hirst, Thorpe Willoughby, Walden Stubbs, West Haddlesey, Whitley and Womersley.