Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the Area Board Members and officers.

Apologies for absence had been received from Ian Gibbons – Wiltshire Council, Mike Franklin – Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service, Terry Eyles – Pewsey Parish Council.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on Monday 16^th March 2015.

Decision

·       The minutes of the meeting held on Monday 16 March 2015 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

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

·       School Organisation Plan.

The following Chairman’s Announcements were noted:

·       School Organisation Plan.

·       The Big Pledge – 2015.

Presentation by Andrew Osborne - Head of Adult Care Comm - Persn Carers

Personalisation and Carers Support, Wiltshire Council.

To discuss the services needed by the elderly in each Community Area and to consider nominating an Older Persons Champion & a Carers Champion.

Andrew Osborn - Persn Carers Personalisation and Carers Support, Wiltshire Council gave a presentation which outlined the services needed by the elderly in each Community Area and to consider nominating an Older Persons Champion and a Carers Champion.

Points made included:

·       Significant changes in the way people were supported to be independent

•        Care Act implemented April 2015

•        CCG currently tendering Community Health Services

·       That Wiltshire Council wanted to talk with area boards and people in the community about how best to support people.

Market Position Statements

·       The purpose of this statement was to inform each Community Area Board of current service provision and uptake of community services, support and accommodation; and to inform the council’s commissioning intentions to develop and support services that reflect the aspirations and wishes of older people living in Wiltshire.

Older Peoples and Carers Champions

·       A way to engage with communities.

·       Voluntary roles but with admin support.

·       Act as link between the Council and communities on older peoples and carers issues.

·       Regular meetings with champions to exchange information, influence service developments, feedback issues.

·       Further discussions to finalise the details with communities.

Questions from the floor included:

Which voluntary sectors are Wiltshire Council working with?

a.Healthwatch Wiltshire, Carers Support, CAB, Mind and the Alzheimers Society.

What funding streams are available?

a.The Better Care Fund and some Area Board grant funding.

It was agreed that information re the Older Peoples and Carers Champions

would be circulated to the Parish Councils.

The Chairman thanked Andrew Osborn for his presentation.

To update on Broadband rollout throughout the Pewsey community area.

Sarah Cosentino and Marie Nash – Wiltshire Council gave an update on the Broadband rollout throughout the Pewsey community area.

Points made included:

·       £30.9m Partnership between Wiltshire Council, BDUK and BT to deploy a Next Generation Access infrastructure and transform broadband services.

·       Deploying fibre broadband to the intervention area within the county.

·       Delivering Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) and latest technology developments.

·       Deployment in phases based on exchanges throughout the county with fibre delivery complete by Spring 2016.

Questions and points raised included:

·       There appears to be gaps in the coverage?

a.The projects expects to have 91% coverage of Wiltshire at its completion, it is a difficult and complex program.

·       Are British Telecom paid just to put cables in the ground?

a.No, the number of people that are covered by project.

·       Would most people in Burbage have super fast broadband?

a.Yes, work is expected to be completed by the end of Summer 2015.

·       There were concerns that that some communities would not get the service that they were hoping for, and that BT didn’t appear to understand the issues that rural communities faced.

The Chairman thanked Sarah Cosentino and Marie Nash for their update.

Karen Brown – Community Youth Officer to update.

Karen Brown – Community Youth Officer (CYO).

i.The proposed membership of the Management Group was agreed, it was  noted that Curly Haskell would take the place of Simon Shaw as the Pewsey Parish Council/Pewsey Youth Council representative.

ii.Update

·       That the CYO had been working with Grafton young people, a further meeting was planned during June 15.

·       That the CYO was looking for young people to volunteer at Pewsey Library, helping users with simple IT issues.

·       The CYO thanked Alex Potter for his help with youth related community work and wished him well at University.

·       Magna Carta – the CYO was looking for young people to take part in the pageant.

The Chairman thanked Karen Brown for her update.

Cllr Paul Oatway to update.

Cllr Jerry Kunkler advised that:

·       A date for the next CATG meeting was still to be decided.

·       Concerns had been raised that the CATG weren’t meeting and that time frames for work would slip as a result.

·       A345 Closure – Cllr Oatway would be meeting with Wiltshire Council Highways officers to discuss.

To receive any updates from partner organisations:

·       Wiltshire Police

·       Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

·       Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

·       Health Watch Wiltshire

·       Pewsey Community Area Partnership

·       Parish Councils

·       Pewsey Area Campus Team

·       Army Rebasing

The following Partner updates were given:

Wiltshire Police – Inspector Matt Armstrong

The written report was noted.

Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service

The written report was noted.

Health Watch Wiltshire – Paul Lefever

The written report was noted.

Pewsey Community Area Partnership (PCAP) – Susie Brew

·       Currently implementing Spice Time Credits, Working with Pewsey Primary School.

·       Bus Consultation – now slightly on hold.

·       Tourism Partnership – holding a workshop at the end of May 15, with launch planned for June 15.

·       PCAP were holding its first Care Café on Wednesday 3 June 15 with lots of interest already shown.

Parish Councils

Alton Barnes Parish Council

·       That a letter signed by 10 parish councils had been sent to Carlton Brand – Corporate Director, Wiltshire. The letter urged Wiltshire Council not to grant further funding to the Great Stones Way Project. Cllr Paul Oatway advised that had also spoken to Carlton Brand about the letter and the background to it.

North Newnton Parish Council

The written report was noted.

Rushall Parish Council

The written report was noted.

Pewsey Area Campus Team – Curly Haskell

Points made included:

·       The Tendering process had now been put on hold whilst the COB discusses the approved campus budget, it was hoped that this could be resolved quickly and the campus built within budget.

·       That the Pewsey Leisure Centre will now remain open whilst the campus build was delayed.

Army Rebasing

The written report was noted.

The Chairman thanked everybody for their updates.

To ask councillors to consider applications seeking Community Area Grant funding.

To ask Councillors to consider two applications seeking 20014/15 Community Area Grant Funding:

Decision

Pewsey Vale Bowls Club awarded £936 towards kitchen repairs.

Reason

This application meets the grants criteria and has been classified as a capital project.

Decision

PewseyChildrens Carnival Club awarded £500 for a new Barbecue.

Reason

This application meets the grants criteria and has been classified as a capital project.

To ask Councillors to consider one member initiative:

Decision

Rights of Way Improvements in Easton Royal awarded £600.

To ask Councillors to consider one Youth Funding application:

Decision

Pewsey Youth Group Summer Programme 2015 awarded £1,411.00.

The Area Board noted that the Community Area Manager had been authorised to approve the allocation of £1,000 from Area Board’s 11-19 youth revenue budget (not the LYN youth review fund) to support the Magna Carta 800 celebrations in Pewsey and in Salisbury on 15 June 2015.

There was none.

The next meeting of the Pewsey Area Board is scheduled for Monday 6^th July 2015, 7pm at the Bouverie Hall, North Street, Pewsey.

Future meeting dates:

·       Monday 6 July – Bouverie Hall, North Street, Pewsey.

·       Monday 14 September – Woodborough Social Club, Smithy Lane, Woodborough.

The Chairman thanked everyone for attending.