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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Devizes Sports Club, London Road, Devizes SN10 2DL

Contact: Libby Beale (Democratic Services Officer) 

Items
Note No. Item

6:30pm

1.

Election of a Chairman

To elect a Chairman for the forthcoming year 2015/16.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Cllr Simon Jacobs was elected as Chairman for the 2015/16 year.

2.

Election of a Vice-Chairman

To elect a Vice-Chairman for the forthcoming year 2015/16.

Minutes:

Cllr Philip Whitehead was elected as Vice-Chairman for the 2015/16 year.

3.

Appointments to Outside bodies and working groups

To appoint representatives to local outside bodies and to working groups of the Area Board.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Appointments to Outside bodies and working groups were made according to the report detailed in the agenda pack, with the following changes:

 

Cllr Anna Cuthbert would replace Cllr Richard Gamble on the Local Youth Network (LYN) Management Group and Cllr Laura Mayes on the wider LYN.

 

Jack Oatley (Apprentice Youth Worker) was added to the membership of the LYN Management Group

 

Cllr Philip Whitehead was added to the membership of the Air Quality and Transport Strategy Group as Chairman.

 

Cllrs Simon Jacobs and Sue Evans would represent the Area Board at meetings with the leisure centre.

 

 

 

6:35pm

4.

Apologies for Absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from: Cllr Nigel Carter, Tony Duck, Ted East, Malcolm Irons and Mike Franklin.

5.

Minutes

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 23 March 2015.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

To approve as a true and correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 23 March 2015.

6.

Declarations of Interest

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

 

Minutes:

Cllr Sue Evans declared an interest in Devizes Boccia Club and the Wyvern Club, she would not vote on grant applications for these groups.

 

Cllrs Simon Jacobs, Richard Gamble and Peter Evans declared an interest in Devizes Development Partnership (DDP), and would not vote on a grant application from this group.

 

 

6:40pm

7.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive the following Chairman’s Announcements:

·       School place planning

·       Wiltshire’s ‘Big Pledge’ for 2015

·       Changes to street lighting

·       Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman drew attention to written announcements in the agenda pack and Cllr Gamble advised a further update on School place planning would be available in the autumn. The Chairman explained that to compliment the ‘Big Pledge’ the Area Board was supporting ‘Beat the Street’ project to get people active and encouraged residents to litter pick whilst walking about in the community.  Cllr Philip Whitehead updated that changes to street lighting would come into effect in Devizes on 2 September 2015 as part of council cost and energy savings. The changes had been piloted in Trowbridge and had worked very well, lighting in villages would be considered at a later stage.

 

In addition to the information in the agenda pack, the Chairman noted that the Floating Cinema On Tour would be travelling between Brentford and Bristol from 4 June-2 August 2015. The Councillor also promoted Devizes Junior Eisteddfod which was open to all young musicians across the county.

 

 

6:50pm

8.

Local Youth Network

To receive an update from Sally Willox, Community Youth Officer, and consider the following applications for youth funding:

 

·       St Arbucks Youth Café - £2523.48

·       Lavington School Cycle Challenge- £639.20

·       Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts - £4693

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Sally Willox updated that the LYN was working well and many young people were involved in the Management Group. Applicants for youth grant funding spoke in support of their projects, in particular it was explained that the LYN now fully supported the Lavington School Cycle Challenge, as reflected in the agenda supplement, as GoPro cameras were necessary for insurance and training purposes.

 

The Area Board considered applications for youth grant funding and thanked representatives from the different projects for their great ideas and hard work.

 

Resolved:

 

To grant St Arbucks Youth Café £2523.48.

 

To grant Lavington School Cycle Challenge £2098.07.

 

To grant Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts £4693.

 

The Chairman explained the remaining agenda would be changed around with the session from Andrew Osborn to come first.

 

7:10pm

9.

Supporting vulnerable people in our community

To receive a short presentation from Andrew Osborn, Head of Adult Care Commissioning, followed by an interactive workshop to explore the services needed by older and more vulnerable people in Devizes Community Area.

 

To consider nominating an Older Persons Champion and a Carers Champion.

Minutes:

Andrew Osborn, Head of Adult Care Commissioning, gave a presentation introducing a new website developed to coordinate care and information to support older people and carers. Andrew explained that the Council would like to know what local people need to support them and encouraged the Area Board to consider an Older People’s Champion and Carer’s Champion to take forward local views. The officer explained the work could compliment that undertaken by Community First and hoped to prevent loneliness and isolation amongst older people and carers. The meeting then split into groups to discuss what they like doing in the area and any setbacks they faced trying to undertake these activities.

 

Groups fed back key points to the meeting including that: older people wanted to mix with different age groups, they were sometimes anxious to go in the evenings, information was sometimes not accessible to older people and public transport links were tricky.

 

Suggestions were made on how the Area Board could take things forward, including that: information could be better shared and older people required a ‘go-to person’ to advise on support available to them.

 

Andrew would collate the information and report back to the Area Board with a view to then agree how to represent the issues.

 

The Chairman thanked Andrew for his presentation. 

 

8pm

10.

Local NHS plans

To be updated on the rollout of integrated community teams.

 

Minutes:

Dr Richard Sandford-Hill updated the Area Board that local practices were working to develop a community team model to keep people in their homes; changing to nursing arrangements was improving continuity of care with older people having the same nurse. An emergency care practitioner was also in place to reduce hospital stays, Care-Coordinators were working part-time for each local practice to support vulnerable people and this was working well. The doctor was currently working with NHS Properties to negotiate a new site for the hospital and was lobbying for an urgent care centre. Following questions from the meeting it was noted that there was still a need to develop a model for a minor injury and minor illness unit alongside working to integrate health and social care with education. It was confirmed that the contract for the treatment centre in Devizes would end in October 2015.

6:55pm

11.

Partner Updates

To receive updates from the following partners:

 

a.     Wiltshire Police

b.     Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

c.     Devizes Community Area Partnership

d.     Schools updates

e.     Town and Parish Councils

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman drew attention to the written updates in the agenda pack. Mary Rennie, HealthWatch Wiltshire, updated that the organisation was currently in consultation with unpaid carers and consulting on Wiltshire Council dementia services. The organisation was also developing an information portal to provide a ‘one-stop’ for information for older people and carers.

 

Cllr Sue Evans read an update on behalf of the Neighbourhood Policing team which explained that there were two new PCSOs joining the team in Devizes.

 

Philip Mackey, Devizes Community Area Partnership, updated that the group was re-launching ‘Safe Places’ and the latest benchmarking report showed that businesses were doing well in Devizes with takings increased and a reduction in vacant units.

 

Kate Freeman expressed disappointment in the slow progress made in supporting a review of the Connect 2 Service and the loss of a consultant to support the pilot. An urgent meeting with Area Board members was suggested to tackle the delay in the pilot scheme. Kate was concerned that the pilot would not be long enough at only 9 months.

 

Cllr Philip Whitehead advised that the Council was reviewing public transport as a whole across the county and so could not commit the a five year contract as originally planned, however the pilot scheme would commence in August 2015.

 

Cllr Richard Gamble informed that St Joseph’s School was in Special Measures and was developing an action plan to tackle this. The Chairman noted that Sue Marshall would be acting Head at Devizes School until Easter 2016.

8:10pm

12.

Area Board Grants

To consider the following applications for community area grant funding:

 

·       Devizes Boccia Club - £100 towards equipment for disabled Boccia games

·       Devizes Development Partnership - £2,245.20 for CCTV camera and associated equipment

·       Bishops Cannings Church of England (aided) School - £5,000 for a community music project to help vulnerable children

·       Devizes and District Contact a Family - £875 towards CAF digital learning.

·       All Cannings Village Hall - £5,000 towards village hall improvements

·       The Wyvern Club - £953 towards a hearing loop

 

To ratify funding granted between meetings of the Area Board to support the ‘Beat the Street’ project and Magna Carta celebrations.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Representatives from the organisations applying for funding from the Area Board spoke in support of their applications. Area Board members considered the applications and expressed support for them all, Cllr Jacob’s in particular thanked Noel for all of his hard working supporting Devizes Development Partnership.

 

Resolved:

 

To grant Devizes Boccia Club £100 towards equipment for disabled Boccia games.

 

To grant Devizes Development Partnership £2,245.20 for CCTV camera and associated equipment.

 

To grant Bishops Cannings Church of England School £5,000 for a community music project to help vulnerable children.

 

To grant Devizes and District Contact a Family £875 towards CAF digital learning.

 

To grant All Cannings Village Hall £5,000 towards village hall improvements.

 

To grant the Wyvern Club £953 towards a hearing loop.

 

Resolved:

 

To ratify funding of £200 granted between Area Board meetings to support ‘Beat the Street’ and £1000 granted between meetings to support Magna Carta celebrations.

 

8:20pm

13.

Community Area Transport Group (CATG) and the Air Quality and Transport Strategy Group

To receive an update and any recommendations arising from the Community Area Transport Group (CATG).

 

To receive an update from the Air Quality and Transport Strategy Group, a written update on Air Quality is attached.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Area Board considered recommendations arising from the CATG.

 

Resolved:

 

To allocate approximately £3,000 budget to pay for the C249 speed limit implementation.

 

To allocate £5,000 alongside the £5,000 contribution from the Town Council to implement the 20mph scheme in east Devizes.

 

Jasper Selwyn, Devizes Passenger Transport, stressed the importance of preserving local bus services as they served all parts of the community, providing links to healthcare, education and employment.

 

Cllr Philip Whitehead advised that cuts in funding from central government meant the public transport unit had a smaller budget and he was reviewing transport as a whole to determine what methods would continue service provision within budget constraints.

7pm

14.

Annual Review of the Area Board

A snapshot of the past year highlighting some of the work and projects undertaken by the Area Board.

 

Minutes:

This item was deferred to a future meeting due to time constraints.

8:25pm

15.

Urgent items

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

Minutes:

There were no urgent items.

8:30pm

16.

Close

Members of the public are welcome to stay behind after the meeting to discuss local issues with Area Board members.  

Minutes:

Members of the public were invited to stay behind after the meeting to discuss local issues with Area Board members.

 

The next meeting of Devizes Area Board was to be on 27 July 2015.