Agenda and minutes

Health fair activities will include:

Stalls providing health advice and information, healthy snacks and refreshments, freebies.

·       Ludgershall  Walking Group, walk to Castle and talk 2.15pm

·       Dementia Friends Workshop 3.30pm

·       Good Neighbour Scheme talk  4.30pm

·       Dealing with burns (tbc)

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the Ludgershall Memorial Hall for the Tidworth Area Board.

The Chairman thanked Mary Cullen – Community Area Manager, Sharon Smith – Communications Team, Wiltshire Council and Tony Pickernell – Tidworth Community Area Partnership for their hard work in organising the preceding Health Fair and to everybody who had attended this event.

The Chairman introduced Cllr Jerry Kunkler, who was substituting for Cllr Charles Howard due to a declaration of interest.

·       Changes to the Electoral Registration System.

·       New Fire Fighters needed in Ludgershall.

·       Army Rebasing.

·       Positive Activities for Young People.

The following Chairman’s announcements contained in the agenda pack were noted:

·       Changes to the Electoral Registration System.

·       New Fire Fighters needed in Ludgershall.

·       Army Rebasing.

·       Positive Activities for Young People.

Apologies for absence were received from Elizabeth O’Connell – Tidworth Town Council and Anthony D’Arcy-Irvine – Enford Parish Council.

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

Cllr Charles Howard – agenda item 7ii, Parochial church council, St Mary’s Church clock restoration, Collingbourne Kingston.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on the 21 July 2014.

Decision

·       The minutes of the meeting held on the 21 July 2014 were signed off as a correct record.

·       Matters Arising - there were none.

The Area Board members considered two Community Area Grant Applications and one member led application:

Decision

Collingbourne Cricket Club awarded £1000 for all weather covers.

Reason

The application demonstrates a link to the Tidworth Community Area Plan, 2013-23, under the Culture and Leisure section in that it enables a successful sports club to continue to provide facilities and expand opportunities for residents of all ages from Tidworth, Ludgershall, Everleigh and the Collingbournes.

Decision

Collingbourne Kingston Parochial church council awarded £2,093

For St Mary’s Church clock restoration.

Reason

The application demonstrates a link to the Tidworth Community Area Plan 2013 – 2023 under the Housing and Built Environment and Culture and Leisure themes in that it:- improves an existing community facility used by most of the local population.

Decision

Member led application (Cllr Mark Connolly) awarded £5,000 for a

Community Playworker.

Reason

The project demonstrates a link to the Tidworth Community Area Plan and local under the Children and Young people’s theme and  as provision of play opportunities for children aged 3-11 yrs was a priority from the Joint Strategic Assessment event held recently at Wellington Academy.

Note:

That Cllr Jerry Kunkler – Pewsey, substituted for Cllr Charles Howard due to a declaration of interest. (agenda item 7ii, Parochial church council, St Mary’s Church clock restoration, Collingbourne Kingston).

Maggie Rae - Director of Public Health, Wiltshire Council will introduce a short film on the Better Care Plan followed by questions and answers.

Maggie Rae - Director of Public Health, Wiltshire Council introduced a short film on the Better Care Plan which was followed by questions and answers from the floor.

Questions raised included:

Can you expand on what are Telecare/Telehealth Services?

a.This is a system using six hubs where blood pressure etc could be monitored remotely, without the patient having to travel to hospital.

Would it be possible for the Towns and Parish councils have a copy of the Better Care Plan film to show in their areas?

a.Yes, the film would be available on the Wiltshire Council web site.

Would there still be cross border working?

a.Yes, this would continue.

Mental Health appears to be the poor relation when it comes to health funding, would it receive an increase in funding?

a.There would be no new money for mental health, it was however being looked at under the new Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy.

The Chairman thanked Maggie Rae and the representatives of the Clinical Commissioning Group for attending the meeting.

Tidworth Garrison – Col James Denny

Points made included:

·       Army 20/20 – Planning meetings were now ongoing.

Tidworth Community Area Partnership – Tony Pickernell

Points made included:

·       The TCAP Dementia group had now had its second meeting, with plans to set up a regular coffee morning in Ludgershall.

·       Tony Pickernell and Mary Cullen had both attended the Memory group.

·       Tony Pickernell recently attended the Health Watch meeting in Devizes.

·       TCAP were looking to fund a “First Responders” car, and would be talking to the Area Board to discuss possible funding.

·       A reminder to get any nominations submitted for the Area Awards.

Ludgershall Town Council – Owen White

Points made included:

·       Ludgershall Town Council was liaising with the Wellington Academy to produce a “You are here” map for the town centre car park as part of a tourism strategy.

·       Ludgershall Town Council had vacancy for an administrative assistant at the Town Council offices.

Tidworth Town Council – Corey Kemp

Points made included:

·       That Clare Perry MP would be in Tidworth on Friday 10 October to hold a surgery.

Wiltshire Police – Inspector Christian Lange

The written update was noted.

Youth Service – Wendy Higginson

The written update was noted.

The Chairman thanked everybody for their updates.

Cllr Mark Connolly.

Update by Cllr Mark Connolly.

Points made included:

·       That Hampshire County Council were to change HGV signage around the Collingbournes, (A342).

·       That HGVs from the Andover Coop warehouse were not allowed to use the A342.  In about three years the new link road in Tidworth would also open.  This would mean all HGVs would be re-routed from the A342/A346 to the A338 either via the A303 orA3026 to the A338, through the Collingbourne Ducis Church bends.

The CATG had, therefore, recommended a survey at the Collingbourne Ducis Church bends to assess the likely impact of the diverted HGVs to this area and to seek resolution to potential problems.  The survey should also seek to see if HGVs could be directed via Leckford Cross to the A342/A346 junction, thus missing the Church bends. 

The survey would cost around £8000.

A number of questions were taken from the floor about the suitability of the Church bends being used for the diverted HGVs and speeding through the village.

Decision

·       That the Tidworth Area Board allocates £8,000 from the CAT-G budget to fund a survey to see if HGVs could be directed via Leckford Cross to the A342/A346 junction, thus missing the Church bends. 

The next meeting of the Tidworth Area Board will be on Monday 17 November 2014 at the Phoenix Hall, Netheravon.

The next meeting of the Tidworth Area Board will be held on Monday 17^th November 2014 at the Phoenix Hall, Netheravon.