Agenda item

To receive the following announcements through the Chair:

·       Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Alliance (BSW Integrated Care Board) Update

·       Update from Community First

·       Substantive Highways Scheme Fund Bid Application Process for Funding in 2023/24

·       Operational Flood Working Group and Parishes Contacts

·       Celebrating Age Wiltshire Event

·       Local Successes

The chairman gave the following updates:

·       Wiltshire Council Climate Strategy Delivery Plans

The Chairman noted that attached to the agenda pack was a briefing note, which set out details of the new delivery plans to support the Council’s adopted Climate Strategy.

·       Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Alliance (BSW Integrated Care Board) Update

It was noted that within the agenda pack was an update from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Alliance (BSW Integrated Care Board). The updated provided an overview of the role of the VCSE leadership alliance as well as noting the progress which had been made so far within the voluntary sector over the past 18 months.

·       Update from Community First

The Chairman drew reference to an update included within the agenda pack from Community First. The update covered their recent AGM and Awards celebration, which took place on 12 October 2022 as well as a volunteer recruitment campaign and current vacancies that they were looking to recruit to.

·       Substantive Highways Scheme Fund Bid Application Process for Funding in 2023/24

The Chairman drew attention to the briefing note which was included within agenda supplement 2 regarding Substantive Highways Scheme Fund Bid Application Process for Funding in 2023/24. As detailed in the briefing note, a Substantive Highways Scheme Fund would be made available in 2023/24 to enable Area Boards to bid (via their respective Local Highways and Footpath Improvement Groups (LHFIGs)) for funding to deliver priority transport schemes that exceed their Discretionary Highways Budget. The briefing note explained the bid application process as well as included an application form to be completed by the deadline of Friday 18 November.

·       Operational Flood Working Group and Parishes Contacts

Cllr Bill Parks drew attention to the Southern Operational Flood Working Group, which meets every 3 months with organisations such as Wessex Water and Wiltshire Council to discuss issues in parishes and towns. Cllr Parks reminded parishes that if they wished to get involved to contact him with the chosen representative from each parish.

·       Celebrating Age Wiltshire Event

Attention was drawn to agenda supplement 2, which included a poster for a Celebrating Age Wiltshire Event. The event would be for older people in Warminster and was set to be an afternoon of creativity and music at Warminster Library on Tuesday 13th December at 1.30pm.

·       Local Successes

Warminster Area Board would like to congratulate the following individuals and groups for their respective achievements:

·       One of England's first Lionesses, Eileen Foreman from Warminster was awarded an international cap by the FA during a special celebration at Wembley in front of 80,000 people.

·       Congratulations were given to Shelley and the team at the Cross Keys pub in Corsley who won the Wiltshire Life Pub of the Year 2022.

·       Congratulations and a thank you were given to Marion Barton, the Avenue Surgery Social Prescriber, for her excellent Ageing Well event held on 14 September.

·       Warminster Carnival Committee were congratulated for the carnival which took place on Saturday 29 October 2022, with all profits going to local charities.