Issue - meetings

To note the written reports and receive any verbal updates from the following:

a.    Key Partners including Wiltshire Police, Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, NHS Wiltshire, Community Area Partnerships, Parishes, Westlea Housing Association and Chambers of Commerce

b.    Outside Bodies.

The following updates were received:

a.    Wiltshire Police – the written report was noted.  Sergeant Martin Alvis updated the meeting about the arrest of a Swindon man in connection with five burglaries that had taken place in the Purton area.

Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service – the written report was noted.  Relationship Manager Mike Franklin announced that in the first quarter of the year, 63 home fire-safety checks had been made.  He introduced his colleague Area Manager John Popowicz.  There had been an increase in hoax calls.  While it was possible that these had been instigated from the same source, Mr Franklin offered to investigate the situation and report any further information to the Community Area Manager.

[Note: after the meeting Mr Franklin sent the following information:  Referring to the statistics within the written update, the graph key was not reproduced correctly and missed out the coloured key for 'False Alarm' which made the key for 'False alarm good intent' look as though it was the key for ‘Hoax’.]

Northern Community Area Partnership (NCAP) – Bob Jones (Chairman) made the following points:

·         NCAP was working with Julia Stacey (Community Support Officer) on new ways of working with the area board.

·         the recent meeting had been productive although not well attended

·         the partnership welcomed the scrapping of the Regional Spatial Strategy

·         the partnership’s work with the youth task group was complete.

Westlea Housing Association (WHA) – Martyn Baker, Customer Accounts Manager, updated the meeting on the recent activities of Wiltshire Money and offered to organise a Money Advice event together with with several partners to help the local community due to the closure of RAF Lyneham.

Lyneham & Bradensoke Parish Council – Councillor Philip Lightowler made the following points:

·         Defence Estates would be speaking with the parish council regarding the closure of RAF Lyneham but as yet there was insufficient information available

·         a new play area had been funded by the RAF.

b.    Outside Body Updates – no reports were received.