Community Needs and Council Choices
Exploring how local councils decide which services to prioritise based on community needs and available resources.
Key Questions
- Explain how a local council identifies the most important needs of its community.
- Discuss how councils make choices when they can't provide every service everyone wants.
- Suggest ways community members can tell the council what services they need most.
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