community council

British  

noun

1. (in Scotland and Wales) an independent voluntary local body set up to attend to local interests and organize community activities

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Example Sentences

"When you're being targeted by the president of the United States, it's not really a good feeling," Aj Awed, executive director of the Cedar-Riverside Community Council, which represents a town known as Little Mogadishu for its large Somali population.

From BBC

He cut his activist teeth with the Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now, better known as ACORN, before becoming the Little Village Community Council vice president in 2008.

From Los Angeles Times

Slovenia's Roma Community Council estimates that between 7,000 and 12,000 members of the minority live in Slovenia, a central European country with a population of two million.

From Barron's

David Ritchie, secretary of Westhill and Elrick Community Council, said there were "obviously very mixed feelings" locally but that it was perhaps not as extreme as in other areas.

From BBC

In late May, the Palisades Community Council sent a letter to the Annenberg Foundation and FireAid organizers.

From Los Angeles Times