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Amenity and civic societies and residents’ associations
Over 100 societies covering all parts of London are voting members of the London Forum. More members are welcome because it helps to strengthen the voice and representation of the civic movement across London. If your organisation is interested in membership, please Contact Us or email the membership secretary. Membership is based on a calendar year during which members will receive the ‘Insights’ and weekly news emails, and invitations to 3-4 open meetings. The annual subscription is based on society size and the current rates are:
- under 100 members £19
- 101 to 400 members £28
- 401 to 1000 members £45
- over 1000 members £68
Individual membership
If you think that the work being done by the London Forum is interesting and worthwhile, why not become an individual member? For an annual subscription of £10 you will receive the Insights and news emails and be able to attend meetings, contribute to campaigns and policy statements. Please Contact Us or email the membership secretary.
Trustees and Expert Assistance
Do you have background knowledge of planning or transport or environmental or heritage issues? London Forum is run entirely by unpaid volunteers and we always have a need for people who can help to analyse policy documents and prepare responses and submissions to official inquiries and consultations. If you can help with this, or on any of the wide range of subjects the London Forum covers, please Contact Us or email the Chair. We would particularly like to hear from people interested in helping with communications, writing articles, social media and website management.
UK Industrial Strategy
Reforms to Building Energy Performance regime
Mayor’s ‘Vision Zero’ road safety plan
Densifying the Suburbs – A presenter’s Insight
Our President, Ben Derbyshire, provides his Insights into our recent Densifying the Suburbs event.
I welcomed the invitation to speak at an [more…]
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Are London’s High Streets and Town Centres in Crisis?
📆 Thu 26th March | 18:30 - 20:30
🚩 77 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EL (map)
What is the nature and scale of the crisis and why are some streets and centres doing better or worse than others. What can be done about it? We’ll discuss these and related issues at this Open Meeting on 26th March – please book here. ( https://www.londonforum.org.uk/events/are-londons-high-streets-and-town-centres-in-crisis/?occurrence=2026-03-26#booking ) London’s town centres have had a challenging decade – changing planning policies, growing on-line sales, COVID, vacant shops and rising costs. They are in transition, but are they going in the right direction? How can we maintain their vitality?…
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Planning, Environment and Transport committee meeting
📅 Thu 9th April | 14:00 - 16:00
🚩 Room B1 70 Cowcross St, EC1M 6EJ (map)
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Using AI in your Civic Society
📆 Thu 30th April | 18:30 - 20:30
🚩 77 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EL (map)
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere in the news and in business these days – we even used it to generate the image for this event. How can it help your civic society ? Do you need to be an expert? (No!) Civic societies are often under-resourced, and at this event we’ll show that with a little knowledge, illustrated with examples, AI can bolster your resources in several useful ways, without necessarily spending a penny. Please book here ( https://www.londonforum.org.uk/events/using-ai-in-your-civic-society#booking ). Agenda Firstly by way of introduction, we’ll look at some novel…


