Belfast City Council People and Communities Committee - September 2026

What to Expect

The People and Communities Committee meets monthly and covers community services, leisure and parks, health improvement, community safety, and social programmes across Belfast. The September 2026 meeting takes place on Tuesday 8 September at 5.15pm in the Lavery Room at City Hall, the committee’s first sitting after the summer recess, so the agenda often carries forward reports on projects and grant decisions that were paused over August. Meetings are held in hybrid format, with councillors able to join in person or remotely, and members of the public can attend in the room or follow the live broadcast online. Recommendations agreed by the committee are referred to full council the following week for formal ratification, alongside decisions from the council’s other standing committees. The committee’s remit touches many of the services residents encounter directly, from council-run leisure centres and community centres to grant funding for local voluntary and community organisations, so its agendas often carry a mix of strategic policy papers and reports on individual neighbourhood projects. Residents or groups with a direct interest in a specific agenda item can contact democratic services in advance of the meeting to ask about the process for having their views noted or, in some cases, for addressing the committee directly.

Good to Know

• Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 5.15pm, the committee’s first meeting since the summer recess.
• Venue: Lavery Room, City Hall, Belfast.
• Free and open to the public, no booking required.
• Live broadcast available at belfastcity.public-i.tv.
• Committee meets monthly, generally on the second Tuesday, as part of the wider committee cycle.
• Agenda and committee reports published in advance at minutes.belfastcity.gov.uk.

Getting There

City Hall is located in central Belfast, a short walk from Belfast Great Victoria Street and Lanyon Place train stations, and well served by Translink Metro bus routes from across the county.