Agenda item

Verbal Updates

To receive any verbal updates from representatives, including:

·       Pewsey Community Area Partnership

·       Health & Wellbeing

·       Youth

·       Parish Councils

Written Updates

The Board is asked to note the following written and online updates attached to the agenda:

·       Neighbourhood Policing Team – including a road safety update

·       Dorset and Wilts Fire and Rescue Service - video

The Area Board received a number of updates from Partners and community organisations as detailed below:

1. Pewsey Community Area Partnership (PCAP)

The Area Board received an update from the PCAP representative Dawn Wilson as follows:

Health - PCAP continue to support Kennet and Avon Medical Partnership through the Patient Participation Group and are pleased to see them attending this meeting. PCAP are still providing ongoing support of health connect with insurance and banking, and funds are still available for health-related projects. The memory cafe and M2M sessions remain ongoing. 

Youth - PCAP continues to offer support for Pewsey Youth Cafe and are currently in a transitional period following the first year of operations.  

Highways - PCAP are waiting for a response to a letter about highways issues as discussed at the last PCAP meeting. Rushall Parish Council are also waiting for a reply from northern highways and considers that the Area Board should discuss the highways maintenance program at least once a year. 

Rail – Comments have been sent to network rail about their recent Strategy document and update document is awaited.

Evoucher Scheme - PCAP have been administering the EVoucher scheme with funds from Wiltshire Council and WCF. Over £10,000 worth of vouchers have been awarded to more than 200 individuals, with vouchers still available. 

2. Health & Wellbeing

There was no update.

3. Youth

Updates had been provided under the PCAP item above.

4. Parish Councils

The Area Board received updates from the following Parish Councils:

Easton Royall Parish Council

·       Recent flooding issues have been reported to the Council’s Highways team and waiting for a response.  The Chairman indicated that he had recently contacted the Highways officer who was expected to respond the day after the Area Board meeting.

5. Neighbourhood Policing Team

The Area Board received a written update and presentation from Acting Insp Chris Wickham, Wiltshire Police, which included detail about the Community Policing Team, the community commitment, crime statistics for Pewsey between July and August 2024 including comparisons with 2023 and the previous 2 months, with a deep dive into burglary crime,   local priorities and updates in relation to the Pewsey area, local links and how to become involved in receiving the latest news and alerts by signing up to the Community Messaging Service. 

Members and Area Board representatives commented on the burglaries in Pewsey and noted that a number of the six burglaries had been closed down whilst other were still under investigation, a further request for the Police to attend Parish Council meetings – Acting Insp Whickham indicated that the Police would attend Parish Council meetings whenever possible. Cllr Oatway reported on a recent incident involving a drunk driver crashing his car and the positive response from Police to the incident.    

The Chairman thanked Acting Insp Wickham for attending the Area Board meeting and responding to questions.

6. Dorset and Wilts Fire and Rescue Service

The Area Board received a video update of the work undertaken by the Dorset and Wilts Fire and Rescue Service up to June 2024.