Agenda

Corsham Area Board - Thursday 12 June 2025 7.00 pm

Venue: Corsham Town Hall

Contact: Max Hirst - Democratic Services Officer  Email: committee@wiltshire.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

Minutes

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 20 February & 20 May 2025.

Supporting documents:

3.

Declarations of Interest

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

 

4.

Chairman's Announcements

The Chairman will give an update on outcomes and actions arising from previous meetings of the Area Board.

 

5.

Information Items

The Board is asked to note the following Information items:

 

  • Community First
  • BSW Together (Integrated Care System)
  • Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) and Wiltshire Council Framework
  • Wiltshire Community Air Network
  • Understanding Dementia Sessions
  • Wiltshire AGE UK Newsletter
  • Wiltshire Police VAWG Quarterly Update

Supporting documents:

6.

Partner Updates

Written Updates

The Board is asked to note any written updates attached

to the agenda

 

Verbal Updates

To receive verbal updates from partners including:

 

Wiltshire Police

Town and Parish Councils

 

Supporting documents:

7.

Shared Lives Wiltshire

To watch a short video about the Shared Lives service to raise awareness of the service and recruit more carers.

Supporting documents:

8.

Community Area - Engagement and Partnership Update

  • Part 1: To receive a report from the Engagement and Partnerships Manager on the strategic and local work they are delivering and additional key resources for Councillors, partners and residents.

 

  • Part 2: For each Councillor to briefly provide an overview of their division, and the key challenges and opportunities that they have identified that the Area Board can collectively support. 

 

Supporting documents:

9.

Appointments

To appoint lead members to Outside Bodies, note the LHFIG Terms of Reference and consider appointing a lead member to the role of Area Board Environment Lead and Youth Lead. 

Supporting documents:

10.

Open floor - ask your Area Board Councillors.

This item is for residents in the Corsham Area Board community area to ask questions of the Area Board Councillors. A link to the Area Board web pages for more information is available here -  Area Boards Introduction – Area Boards

11.

Area Board Funding

To note the remaining budgets and to consider any applications for funding, as detailed in the attached report and summarised below:

 

Remaining Budgets:

 

Community Area Grant

Older & Vulnerable

Young People

£16,731.00

£7,700.00

£14,169.00

 

Community Area Grants:

Ref/Link

Grant Details

Amount Requested

ABG2289

Leafy Lane Playing Fields Ltd - New floodlit artificial playing pitch at Leafy Lane Playing Fields in Corsham

£5,000

ABG2335

Box Tennis Working Group

£5,000

ABG2340

 

Colerne Musical Theatre – Sound Equipment

£1,000

ABG2344

 

Rudloe Community Association - heating for disabled toilet etc.

£5,000

 

Young People Grants:

Ref/Link

Grant Details

Amount Requested

ABG2308

The Open Blue Trust – Corsham Youth

£1800

ABG2337

The Stay Safe Initiative CIC – Boyz 2 Men

£525

ABG2338

The Stay Safe Initiative CIC – The Digital Empowerment Programme

£675

 

Further information on the Area Board Grant system can be found here: Area Board Grants - Wiltshire Council

 

 

 

 

 

Supporting documents:

12.

Urgent Items

Any other items of business which the Chairman agrees to consider as a matter of urgency.

13.

Close

The next meeting of Corsham Area Board will be on 2 October 2025