Agenda item

Update on local priorities/working groups:

1.    Local Youth Network – (including LYN funding)- (Helen Bradley)

o   A Place for Us- Extension Project: £5200

2.    Older People/Carer’s Champion (Diane Gooch)

3.    Health and Wellbeing Group (Calne Health & Social Care Forum)- (Diane Gooch)

4.    Dementia Friendly Calne Community Working Group (Christine Crisp)

5.    Air Quality Working Group (Cllr Hill)

6.    S.106 Working Group (Cllr Trotman)

7.    Calne Our Place

8.    Calne Community Safety Forum (TC Cllr Glenis Ansell)

9.    CATG- (Cllr Christine Crisp)

10.Training & Skills Working Group (Cllr Ian Thorn)

11.WW1 Commemoration events working group (Ed Jones/Jane Vaughan)

The Area Board was provided with an update on community issues and progress on Calne Area Board working groups as follows:-

·             Local Youth Network (LYN)  Consideration was given to a report by Helen Bradley, the Locality Youth Facilitator in which councillors were asked to consider an application for funding.

On hearing from Helen Bradley and after some discussion, it was noted this application was slightly more than was normally permitted under the Community Area Grant scheme. However, it was unanimously agreed an award be granted under exceptional circumstances in order to ensure the group was able to provide maximum positive impact for the group.

Resolved:

To approve a recommendation from the LYN Management Group that a grant of £5,200.00 be made to A Place for Us (Calne Disability Youth Club) for a continuation of their work.

·             Older People/Carer’s Champion  Diane Gooch gave a verbal update and reported the success of a tea party held in October.  She also reported that a Christmas Party was being organised to take place in the Hub on 13 December 2017 from 1.30pm until 3.30pm. More volunteers would be most welcome to help arrange future activities.

·             Health and Wellbeing Group  David Evans gave a brief update and reported that the Calne Health and Social Care Forum had met on 17 October 2017 when they had discussed Side by Side, a new national service funded by the Alzheimer’s Society for those with a dementia diagnosis.

Olga Tuffery, HACCA (Healthy & Active Calne Community Area) informed the meeting that the HACCA was currently exploring the link between poverty and obesity in young people and she would report back in due course.  She also stated that Priestley Primary School, Calne would shortly be starting an after school club which initially would be able to take up to six children at a time.  

·             Dementia Friendly Calne Community Working Group  The Chairman reported that the Working Group was currently working on a project to recruit local business people to be more dementia friendly. A start had been made with recruiting local hairdressers and she would report on progress in due course.

·             Air Quality Working Group  Cllr Alan Hill reported that various informal conversations had been taking place and he would report further in due course.

·             S. 106 Working Group  Cllr Tony Trotman reported that the Group was investigating pedestrian and cycleway safe routes to schools.  He drew attention to the likely increase in traffic on Abberd Way to the link road.  The Group was also investigating the possibility of constructing a cycleway in Calne Recreation Ground and he hoped to be able to report further on this initiative in due course.

·             Calne Our Place The Community Engagement Manager gave a brief verbal update at the meeting. She was pleased to announce that new Welcome to Calne signs had recently been received and would be installed very shortly.  She also reported the award of £5,000.00 to Calne Library.

·             Calne Community Safety Forum  In the absence Cllr Glenis Ansell, this item was deferred until the next meeting.

·             Calne Community Area Transport Group (CATG) The Chairman presented notesof the Calne Community Area Transport Group meeting held on 12 October 2017.

Resolved:

To not and approve the contents of the report.

·             Training & Skills Working Group  Cllr Ian Thorn reported the success of the workshop which had immediately  preceded this meeting.

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