Residents can watch or attend a meeting of the Welwyn Hatfield Community Cabinet Panel on 8 July 2026, which will review an update on community and leisure services across the borough. The session, chaired by Councillor Helena Goldwater, takes place at 6pm in the Council Chamber at Campus East in Welwyn Garden City, with proceedings also streamed via the council’s webcasting portal.
The main business is an Update on the Community and Leisure Outputs report, accompanied by slides. The panel will also confirm the minutes from its meeting on 29 January 2026 and handle any declarations of interest or urgent matters. Up to thirty minutes is set aside at the start for public questions and petitions on topics related to the committee’s work, though residents must have submitted questions in writing to the Governance Services Team by 7.30pm four working days beforehand.
The Community Cabinet Panel normally meets quarterly and sits within the council’s executive structure alongside panels covering housing, planning and parking, and climate and biodiversity. The January 2026 session included a performance update on community assets, with discussion touching on early pantomime ticket sales, family film pricing, and improvements to facilities. The panel receives regular reports from the Assistant Director of Leisure, Community and Cultural Services.
A full Cabinet meeting follows on Thursday 9 July 2026 at 6.30pm in the same chamber. It will be the latest gathering of the Labour and Liberal Democrat joint administration, which took office after local elections and saw Councillor Rose Grewal become Leader of the Council in February 2026. Councillor Jane Quinton, Executive Member for Community and Leisure, and Councillor Max Holloway, Executive Member for Transformation and Climate Change, both sit on the Community Cabinet Panel.
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