The Lee Forum is for the exchange of information amongst those who live in The Lee and surrounding villages. Possible uses are:
- information about local events
- requests for assistance or recommendations
- small items for sale or wanted
- sharing news or pictures
- security information (e.g. suspicious events)
The Forum should not be used for any advertising of a commercial nature, party political discussions or encouragement of any illegal actions (whether implicit or explicit).
The Lee Forum was first set up in 2009 as a bespoke forum created by Andrew Burnett, to whom many thanks are due. Ten years later the main village website had been rebuilt and moved under the auspices of The Lee Parish Council, who decided that the forum should similarly be rebuilt to be fully integrated with the website under the administration of the Parish Council.
The new forum was launched in January 2020, with the main improvements being:
- removal of constraints on despatch of emails, so everyone receives notifications promptly and at the same time
- separate forums with targetted focus to simplify topic based discussion
- improved users’ security and privacy (you can see the padlock next to the URL in your browser’s address bar)
- cleaner look and feel in line with that of the rest of the website
After five years of operation, some membership statistics are:
| Resident within The Lee Parish | Resident in neighbouring villages | Others | Total |
| 356 | 298 | 24 | 678 |
| 52.5% | 44% | 3.5% | 100% |
The cumulative breakdown of posts in the various categories is:
| Forum category | No posts | Percentage |
| Wanted and for sale | 2,632 | 30% |
| Miscellaneous | 2,228 | 25% |
| Can you recommend | 1,113 | 13% |
| Lost and found | 645 | 7% |
| HS2 | 505 | 6% |
| The Lee Parish Council | 399 | 5% |
| Shop at The Lee | 323 | 4% |
| Churches and faiths | 284 | 3% |
| What’s On (introduced in September 2023) | 237 | 3% |
| Coronavirus (no longer accepting posts) | 142 | 2% |
| Planning applications (residents only) | 110 | 1% |
| Forum support | 89 | 1% |
| Homes for Ukraine (no longer accepting posts) | 43 | 0% |
| Forum Freda (non residents only) | 17 | 0% |
| Parish announcements (residents only) | 17 | 0% |
| Total | 8,784 | 100% |
Some year on year comparisons are:
| Forum | 2020 posts | 2021 posts | 2022 posts | 2023 posts | 2024 posts | |
| What’s on | n/a | n/a | n/a | 71 | 166 | |
| Lost and Found | 164 | 116 | 105 | 145 | 115 | |
| Wanted and For Sale | 622 | 645 | 456 | 444 | 465 | |
| Can You Recommend…? | 182 | 305 | 210 | 248 | 165 | |
| Shop at The Lee | 114 | 61 | 61 | 44 | 43 | |
| Parish Council | 53 | 90 | 78 | 94 | 83 | |
| Churches and Faiths | 22 | 78 | 77 | 58 | 49 | |
| Miscellaneous | 475 | 487 | 473 | 484 | 309 | |
| Forum Support | 47 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |
| HS2 (South Heath to Smalldean) | 75 | 216 | 62 | 48 | 34 | |
| HS2 (Wider Issues) | 24 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 3 | |
| Planning Applications (residents only) | 2 | 36 | 31 | 22 | 19 | |
| Parish Announcements (residents only) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Forum Freda (non residents only – those who typically don’t receive the newsletter) | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Useful links are:
The Lee Forum
Registration for The Lee Forum
Introduction to The Lee Forum
Code of Conduct
User Guide
Common Problems
FAQs
All residents of The Lee in Buckinghamshire, or the adjacent villages, are eligible to join. If you are looking for the forum for Lee in south-east London, it can be found at http://leeforum.org.uk
It’s run by The Lee Parish Council
No, The Lee Forum does not accept any commercial advertising