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Venue: Nadder Centre, Weaveland Road, Tisbury, SP3 6H

Contact: Lisa Moore  (Democratic Services Officer)

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6.30pm

1.

Welcome and Introductions

Minutes:

The Chairman Cllr Jose Green, welcomed everyone to the meeting of the South West Wiltshire Area Board.

 

2.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from:

 

  • Cllr Bridget Wayman
  • Steve Bannas – Swallowcliff PC
  • Charles Smith and Mary Rowitt – Dinton
  • Liz Stockwell – Sedgehill and Semely PC
  • Patrick Duffy –
  • Karen Linaker – Community Engagement Manager

 

3.

Declarations of Interest

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

 

Minutes:

There were none.

4.

Minutes

To confirm as a correct record and sign the minutes of the previous meeting held on Wednesday 21st November 2018.

 

To note any matters arising from the minutes of the last meeting.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The following corrections were noted:

 

·       Frank Freeman – speakers full name for item 7

 

·       Date of next meeting had been missed off.

 

Decision

Subject to the amendments as listed, the minutes of the last meeting were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

 

Matters Arising 

The Chairman noted that following the last meeting, she had received an update from Inspector Hutchings regarding the Community Speedwatch training.

 

We received an email from Jon Hutchings – new arrangements for training sessions for CSW. Those sessions will now take place in more local venues and also in own homes in some cases. If you know anyone interested then pass this info on.

 

5.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements from the Chairman, including:

 

·       Communities Team and CEM changes

·       Update on Training for Community Speedwatch operators

Minutes:

The Chairman made the following announcements:

 

·         Our Community Engagement Manager (CEM), Steve Harris will be leaving us tomorrow, and replaced by Karen Linaker. Thanks to Steve for the thorough work and commitment he has given to us over the years.

·         £8m Government funding for Highway Maintenance – make sure you have submitted your lists to your WC Cllr. A list of works will be built up from that.

·         Nadder Centre open day – Sat 2nd Feb.

·         Polling District & Polling Station Review detailed in the agenda on p51

·         There had been recent prosecutions on fly tipping and scrap metal dealers.

 

6.40pm

6.

Partner and Community Updates

To receive any verbal updates from Partners and Community Groups present, including:

 

·       Police – Neighbourhood Teams

·       Fire & Rescue

·       Nadder Centre

 

To note the following written updates attached to the agenda:

 

1.    Police

2.    Fire video

3.    Police & Crime Commissioner – Precept Consultation 2019 video

4.    Care Commissioning Group – January update

5.    Healthwatch Wiltshire – January update

6.    JSA Update

7.    Wiltshire Council Items for Information:

·       Special Schools Consultation

·       Polling District and Place Review

 

 

Note: Speakers are reminded that they each have a 3 minutes slot, unless they have previously discussed alternative arrangements with the Community Area Manager.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Board noted the written papers attached from partners.

 

Police – Inspector Pete Sparrow

Inspector Sparrow was in charge of the Wilton area, which was a low crime area, just outside of the city. Rural crime and poaching was increasing.

 

During this early period of the year, we see an increase in outbuilding burglary starting to rise, usually up until Easter. In December there was a slight rise in vehicle crime, especially in beauty spots, however this only amounted to 8 offences. The total number of crimes reported last year was 321. He asked which areas people would like a report on?

 

Questions received included:

 

·       Cllr Deane - Overall crime has been reduced and you should be commended for that, but at the same time how can the PCC ask for an increase in the Police precept? Answer: My colleague will answer that under the PCC update next.

·       Mere is low on crime but there is a higher level of hare coursing there, were you doing anything about this? Answer: We do have Officers dedicated to rural crime. We had 4 dogs that were seized in the Wilton area, and 3 people arrested. In Amesbury 10 dogs were seized and 9 people arrested.

·       Pete Edge – Parking on the pavements is a problem, what is your advice when we see an occurrence? Answer: We have seen a huge increase on the demand on Police officers over the last year, if we were going to respond to every incident we would have a problem. Parking has been de-criminalised, and the majority was now handled by parking services. If it is someone that is blocking a road, and it creates a bigger problem for access, then we can help to deal with this.

·       In Fovant the residents once received a flyer from the Police saying that if they park on the pavement then they would receive a parking notice. It is an offence to block a pavement completely, but not to part obstruct. Answer: We rely on people showing courteousy by parking responsibly.

·       There has been an increase in the theft of keyless cars, what precaution can people take? Answer: We have not seen this in Wiltshire. We do see theft of keys from premises, and then they use that to take the car.

 

James Williams – Deputy for West Wiltshire was in attendance, as Inspector Andy Fee had moved to a temporary post in Public Protection. With regards to hare coursing, we carry out lots of patrols and have weekly prioritising meetings. There were 12 recorded patrols for hare coursing. We have had good success with a whatsapp scheme involving farmers to track and alert of hare coursers in the area.

 

Hindon PC – would like to thank the Fire & Rescue Service with the work they did on the house fire there.

 

 

 

Nadder Centre

The Messums art project was moving forward and would be picked up by the new CEM when she was in role.

 

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7.05pm

7.

Theme Item - Environment and Sustainability in South West Wiltshire

How can we help local communities in South West Wiltshire to be more environmentally friendly and live more sustainably?

Minutes:

The Board heard from Richard Meaburn – Deputy Branch Manager in Waitrose, Salisbury, who shared information on the work they were doing to reduce plastic waste.

 

Since Blue Planet 2 was aired, Waitrose had seen an 800% increase in enquiries about plastics.

 

·         Plans to eliminate plastics in our processes.

·         First supermarket to stop selling products with microbeads.

·         Looking at stopping selling products with glitter.

·         Swopped from plastic cotton buds to paper.

·         Customers have started to bring in their own re-usable containers to take away their mince / meat / fish products from the counters.

 

Grants were available to support projects to reduce plastic waste.

 

Reducing food waste was a positive step for the environment and local communities.

 

In February 2016 we launched the misshaped fruit and veg range and were looking to roll out an extended range.

 

Love food hate waste, we have lots of hints, tips and recipe ideas in our newspaper. 

 

Food waste in our operations – working hard to predict the needs, but there will always be some wastage, looking to donate the food we cannot use to charities and local groups.

 

More information is available online at Waitrose.com Info

 

Nadder Community Energy – Richard Ecclestone

Why is this a problem? Its not just about climate change, it is about the 3 crisis:

 

1.    Climate crisis

2.    Resource crisis

3.    Biodiversity crisis

 

The solutions:

 

1.    What can they do?  - Government is the biggest lever, it can influence positive activities and behaviours.

 

2.    What can we do? - We can work together as communities. Local activism.

 

3.    What can I do? - Might seem insignificant, but lost of people doing it can make a huge difference.

 

I do not think the Government is doing enough in the UK. We will not hit the targets, with the continuing subsidization of the fossil fuel.

 

Work out what your carbon footprint is, there are many sites online where you can calculate this. Then you can work out what you can do to reduce that.

 

Ways to reduce your carbon footprint –

 

·         Take less flights – think about carbon offsetting

·         Purchase your energy from 100% energy renewable suppliers

·         Drive less – use public transport

·         Make your next vehicle an electric vehicle – use a bike or walk

·         Eat less meat – especially beef.

·         Buy less stuff – lots we buy we don’t need and it doesn’t make us happy.

 

Push for change

Some ideas:

 

·         Get active – join a local group

 

·         Solar installations such as at St Peters School, Wilton

 

Wilton – Laura Toomhunt

I started a few projects in the Wilton area:

 

·         Wilton Facebook page

 

·         Book Bunker

 

·         Greener Wilton. Started going out and putting up carrier bag holders, asking people to re-use and refill the used bags.

 

We asked business owners to start to think about their wastage, however they are not likely to show interest unless it saves them money. Hoping Greenerwilton can liaise with them to find ways to reduce their waste.

 

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8.05pm

8.

National Armed Forces Day 2019

To consider the request for £2,000 of funding towards the National Armed Forces Day events, as detailed in the report attached to the agenda.

 

The Community Engagement Manager, along with the Library Heritage and Arts Team, will work to deliver three projects that will require community involvement and provide a lasting legacy following the events.

 

·       Social media photograph campaign as part of the event launch

·       Community art tapestry project to be displayed at the event in June

·       Human poppy world record attempt at the event in June

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Community Engagement Manager, Steve Harris presented information on the National Armed Forces Day event for 2019.

 

This was a three day programme which was free to attend. Part of the event involved projects aimed at engagement with local communities. There were three projects running.

 

All Area Boards had been asked to contribute funding towards these projects, and to assist local people in taking part.

 

Two projects which would be promoted in the community area were:

 

·         Community Art Tapestry Project

·         World Largest Poppy attempt

 

 

The Board was asked to consider allocating £2,000 towards the projects, as detailed in the report on p53 – 54 of the agenda pack.

 

The Chairman noted that there was no way to determine how many people from our area would take part in the poppy attempt or the event.

 

Cllr Deane felt that this was a National Armed Forces day, and should be funded from Wiltshire Council and not by asking Boards for contributions from their community funding pots. The transport element of the request, could be provided by a provision from Tisbus and other local community services. Answer: The CEM noted that the rationale was that the funding was for projects which would take place in the community areas, in addition to the event. The cost of those projects was asked for, from all 18 Area Boards.

 

Cllr Church – This was a celebration of our Armed Forces, and an amazing opportunity for our community to be involved in. It would take a great deal of organisation, and was a jammed packed 3 day. In the past it had only ever been a one-day event. It was about putting £2k in for our community to be there and be a part of it.

 

Cllr Jeans supported Cllr Deane’s comments. We have so little in our community budget, to put some in to the transport element to get our people there would be ok.

 

Do people realise how many people will visit Salisbury for this event, to bring financial opportunity for our economy.

 

The 4th June this year is the anniversary of the D-day landings. We support it but do take the points made.

 

The Chairman noted that Salisbury had been through exceptional circumstances, and this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. She moved the motion of allocating £1,000, towards the projects.

 

Cllr Deane moved an amendment to ringfence the £1,000 specifically for the transport element. Cllr Jeans seconded this amendment.

 

Cllr Church noted that the sheer number of people that will want to move around for the events would be huge. We cannot underplay the importance for this part of the county.

 

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board awarded £1,000 towards the transport element of the event.

8.10pm

9.

Area Board - Sub Group Updates & Funding

To note the minutes of the sub group meetings that have taken place since the last Area Board, and consider any funding recommendations arising, as detailed in the attached reports:

 

·       Local Youth Network (LYN)

 

Application

Grant Amount

Applicant: Seeds4Success
Project Title:
Seeds4Success - Local Youth Action Scheme

£5,000.00

 

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Jaki Farrell was in attendance to speak to the funding request for £5,000 to put on a range of new classes to teach skills over the summer.

 

As Seeds4success we liked the NCS scheme but have found that their direction had changed. The young people have come up with an alternative programme.

 

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board awarded £5,000 to Seeds4success for the summer 2019 programme of sessions.

 

 

Phil Matthews, Wilton Town Council noted that from the end of March Wilton Youth Club would be closing, due to the premises owners taking back the building at short notice. This matter would be discussed by Wilton TC to see if an alternative premise could be located to hold the sessions.

8.15pm

10.

Area Board Funding

Community Speed Indicator Device (SID) scheme

To consider the recommendation to ringfence a further £1,500 to the SID Project budget for 2018/19, as detailed in the attached report.

Health and Wellbeing Grant:

To consider one bid for funding, as detailed in the attached report:

 

·       Tisbury Memory Group – bid for £4,500

Community Area Grant:

To consider one application for funding under the Community Area Grant scheme for 2018/19, as detailed in the attached scheme:



Applicant

Amount requested

Applicant: Fovant Babies & Toddlers
Project Title: Parents and Toddlers Group in Fovant

View full application
 

£250.00

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Community Speed Indicator Device Scheme.

The Board considered the recommendation to ringfence a further £1,500 to the SID Scheme. The Board had received a further 2 applications for this scheme. Next year the Board would look at supporting further SID schemes.

 

Decision

SWWAB agreed to ringfence a further £1,500 to the Fingerpost Scheme.

 

 

Health & Wellbeing Group Funding

Anne Marie Dean was in attendance to present a bid for funding towards a Sensory Garden. The garden would be a community project and asset, and named in the Tisbury Neighbourhood Plan. With the aim of a garden which would stimulate all of the senses. For children to come and learn about the environment.

 

The land was in West Tisbury’s, but owned by Tisbury PC.

 

Questions:

 

·       Have you asked West Tisbury for a contribution? Answer: No as I was turned down when I approached them with the project in the first place.

·       Tisbury PC need to give 50% match funding. Answer: They had confirmed a contribution of £300.

 

Cllr Deane supported the proposal, but felt that parishes should be contributing more, he suggested that the Chairman of Tisbury PC would support a 50% contribution.

 

The Board agreed to consider an award of half the project amount, if the parish council would fund the other half.

 

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board awarded £4,500 to the Sensory Garden project. With the condition:

 

1.    That Tisbury PC also put in a further 50% (£2,250)

 

Note: The applicant is still fundraising so all income would need to be in place before it can be approved and our funding released.

 

Community Area Grant

The application from Fovant Babies and Toddler was withdrawn.

 

8.30pm

11.

Close

The next meeting of the Board is on Wednesday 20th March 2019, at 6.30pm

Minutes:

The next meeting of the South West Wiltshire Area Board will be held on Wednesday 20 March 2019 at 6.30pm.