OKEHAMPTON?S Octagon Theatre hosted the first annual parliament of the West Devon Community Planning Forum on Saturday.

The forum is a partnership of more than 30 community, private, public and voluntary organisations including the police, business representatives, county, borough and parish councils, the Council for Voluntary Service and primary care trusts.

Together with the community, the forum will produce a community plan for West Devon, to be published in March 2004.

The parliament is aimed at local organisations in the borough and residents, giving them a chance to discover what the forum is about and how they can become involved.

Chairman of the forum Sally Foxhall said the parliament was all about ideas and being creative and engaging as many people as possible so that everyone could make a difference.

For more information contact Sarah Thorne at West Devon Borough Council on 01822 813636.