The West Midlands Parks Forum, which is a working group of WMCLOA, has a membership of 36 Local Authorities within the region which is defined as Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The group is run on a voluntary basis by the members & named officers and is supported on a financial basis by the parent group.

The Forum meets bi-monthly at venues around the region and in addition holds one-day seminars every 2 years. The Forum has a good reputation within the region and the profession and meetings and seminars are well attended.

The Forum welcomes members who are involved with landscape design, parks maintenance, countryside services or parks development. Whilst the majority of members are from Local Authorities there are a growing number from private organisations.