At a recent meeting the MCE Board decided that we were very well placed to become a significant partner across the Marches (particularly within Shropshire, Herefordshire & Gloucestershire). Our strength is on-the-ground delivery of support to this sector. We are now looking to expand our membership to reflect these new challenges.

We can see that local authorities will wish to establish routes to engage with the sector and that the more strategic organisations in the area will see a grass-roots partner as being valuable as new roles, resposibilities and visions become clearer.