Outside bodies
There are a number of organisations which are independent from the council, but have an impact on its service areas.
In order that the council can maintain effective partnerships with a number of these organisations, representatives of the council, usually elected councillors, sit on the various committees and forums that are responsible for them.
To find the contact details for the council’s representative on a particular outside body please follow the relevant link.
- A Better Crewkerne and District (ABCD)
- Academy for Social Care in Bridgwater (Forum)
- Ashton Windmill Management Committee
- Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel
- Axe Brue Internal Drainage Board
- Batscombe and Callow Quarries Liaison Group
- Blackdown Hills National Landscape (formerly AONB) Partnership Management Group
- Brewhouse Theatre Board
- Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Committee
- Bridgwater Tidal Barrier Group
- Bridgwater Town Deal Board
- Bristol Water Challenge Panel
- Capita – Five Councils Joint Committee
- Carbon Management Board
- Chard and District Museum Society
- Chard Regeneration Programme Board
- Coastal Productivity Plan Strategy Group
- Connecting Devon and Somerset (Broadband)
- Corporate Parenting Board
- County Council Network
- County Councils Network Executive
- Cranbourne Chase National Landscape (formerly AONB)
- Department of Work and Pensions
- Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority
- Devon and Somerset Metro Project
- Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service Panel
- Devon and the Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority
- Dimmer Liaison Group (Viridor)
- District Councils Network
- EDF HPC Community Forum
- EDF HPC Transport Forum
- Ellsworth Trust
- Exmoor National Park Authority
- Friends of Brides Mound
- Glastonbury Town Deal Board
- Glastonbury Tribunal Ltd
- Great South West Board
- Ham Hill Board
- Hamp Community Association (Partnership)
- Henry Leigh Trust
- Henstridge Airfield Consultative Committee
- Hinkley Point A and B Site Stakeholders Group
- Hinkley Point C Monitoring Group
- Hinkley Point C Programme Management Board
- Hinkley Point Community Fund Panel - Somerset Community Foundation
- Homes in Somerset Board
- Huntspill Enterprise Zone Board (Gravity)
- Joint Committee of England and Wales for the Civil Enforcement of Bus Lanes Outside London
- Joint Committee of England and Wales for the Civil Enforcement of Parking and Traffic Regulation Outside London
- Keyring Lettings Board of Directors
- Kings Fitness and Leisure Management Committee, Wessex Learning Trust
- Langport Abattoir Liaison Group
- Local Government Association - Fire Service Forum
- Local Government Association Coastal Special Interest Group (LGACSIG)
- Local Government Association General Assembly
- Local Government Association, Innovation and Improvement Board
- Local Government Association, Peoples and Places Board
- Management Committee of Broadlands
- Martock M3 Community Partnership
- MATA Regal Theatre Co Ltd
- Mendip Hills National Landscape (formerly AONB) Partnership Committee
- Mendip Local Liaison Group for Quarries in East Mendips
- Mendip Quarries Advisory Group
- Minehead EYE Management Committee
- Minehead People and Place Partnership
- New Nuclear Local Authority Group (NNLAG)
- Nuclear Legacy Advisory Forum (NuLeAF)
- Octagon Project Board
- Parrett and Tone Internal Drainage Board
- Passion for Somerset Board
- Peninsula Transport Board
- Prowde's Educational Foundation
- Quantock Hills National Landscape (formerly AONB) Partnership Advisory Committee
- Rural Services Network
- Safer Somerset Partnership
- Salisbury to Exeter Lineside Consortium of Local Authorities (SELCA)
- Severn Estuary Partnership
- Smokefree Somerset Alliance
- Society of Local Council Clerks
- Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society (SANHS)
- Somerset Armed Forces Covenant Partnership
- Somerset Biodiversity Steering Group
- Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust
- Somerset Catchment Partnership
- Somerset Drugs and Alcohol Partnership
- Somerset Homelessness Reduction Board
- Somerset Joint Committee for Voluntary Village Halls and Community Centres
- Somerset Local Access Forum
- Somerset Local Nature Partnership
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Somerset Outdoor and Residential Learning Advisory Group
- Somerset Pensions Board
- Somerset Playing Fields Association
- Somerset Rivers Authority Board
- Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB)
- Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Somerset Schools Forum
- Somerset Social Enterprise Loans Fund Panel
- Somerset Strategic Housing Partnership
- Somerset Strategic Migration Board
- Somerset Water Management Partnership
- Somerset West Private Sector Housing Partnership
- South West Audit Partnership Members Board
- South West Councils
- South West Councils Employers Panel (SW Provincial Council)
- South West Heritage Trust
- Spark Somerset
- Stop Line Way Steering Group
- Tacchi-Morris Management Committee
- Taunton Aid in Sickness Fund
- Taunton Deane Bowling Club
- Taunton Deane Domestic Abuse Forum
- Taunton Garden Town Cultural Forum
- Taunton Heritage Trust
- The Albemarle Centre
- The Exmoor Technology Hub
- The Somerset Fund
- Visit Exmoor Executive Board
- Visit Somerset
- Walpole Liaison Group
- Watchet Coastal Community Team
- Watchet Harbour Advisory Committee
- Wembdon Village Hall Trust
- Wessex Regional Flood and Coastal Defence Committee
- West Somerset Advice
- West Somerset Railway's Partnership Development Group
- Westfield Community Association
- Wilstock Hub
- Wincanton Regeneration Programme Board
- Yeovil Crematorium and Cemetery Joint Committee
- Yeovil Innovation Centre Funding Partners Group
- Yeovil Regeneration Programme Board
- Yeovil Sports Club
- Youth Justice Board