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

Norman Schueler, of the Jewish Community Council for South Australia, last week said his organisation had sent a letter to the Adelaide Festival board lobbying for Abdel-Fattah's removal.

From BBC

Daniel Gale of Gloucestershire Rural Community Council, which has been offering advice to residents on how to contact their suppliers, said the impact "can be a lot wider than people realise" due to the county's rurality.

From BBC

Sue Kohl, president of the Pacific Palisades Community Council, said she had mixed feelings early Wednesday as reporters gathered for a news conference on the barren front lawn of what will be her new home on Iliff Street in the decimated Alphabet Streets neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times

"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