The work of the CIC is as follows

1. Communication with residents. We hold public meetings, one per month (except August and December), and these meetings are regularly attended by representatives past and present from local councils, as well as residents groups from the east and west of Whitby, and many more besides. Meetings usually have guest speakers on a topic. All meetings are apolitical, putting party politics to a side and concentrating on facts and what can be done to improve the district. If you are a Whitby and District resident, come along to one of our meetings and listen, or, better still, ask questions.
2. Documentation / Analysis. Where something has an impact on the life of residents, as a basis for comment, we document the current situation. This is provided via a website (with social media to draw attention to the website). All documentation of the current state is based against factual definitive public domain references. This fact-based definition also provides the basis for making a proposal to improve the situation (3). To make a proposal we may need to form a subgroup drawing in experience from around the district. Where we need to better understand the current situation and how people feel about it, we will perform consultation (such as the Vision for Whitby exercise in May 2023).
3. Proposal Generation. Where an aspect of life in our district is seen as problematic we utilise our understanding of the current situation, together with all available definitive data, and a level of analysis to try to determine a best way forward, to improve life for the resident. This will involve consultation with residents, as well as providers of services (e.g councils, transport providers, education providers, business etc). We welcome the involvement of residents in the analysis + proposal phase particularly if the person has essential skills / experience in that aspect of life.
4. Campaign For Change. Political parties would be welcome to embrace our proposals and implement them. Barring this, the proposals inevitably require campaigning for change, be it on a local, regional or national level. Campaigns can be as simple as email or social media interaction, or they can be more focussed. We welcome involvement of residents in this. We do not support any political party in such campaigning, solely to get change on specific issues.