Agenda and minutes

The Chairman will welcome those present to the meeting.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Warminster Area Board and invited members of the board to introduce themselves.

The Chairman formally welcomed the new Warminster Community Engagement Manager Graeme Morrison.  

There were no apologies.

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 2 February 2019.

Decision

The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

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

Cllr Pip Ridout declared a non-pecuniary interest in grant application ‘The Friends of Warminster’, it was noted that the grant applicants name was incorrect and subsequently corrected as ‘Warminster and Villages Community Partnership’. 

The Chairman will introduce the Announcements included in the agenda and invite any questions.

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

To receive updates from any of the following partners:

Ø  Wiltshire Police

Ø  Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Ø  Warminster and Villages Community Partnership

Ø  Town and Parish Councils Nominated Representatives

Some written updates have been received and are included in this agenda.

The Chairman drew attention to the announcements within the agenda pack, there were no further verbal updates.

i.              Update

ii.            Grants

The Community Engagement Manager introduced himself and gave a brief summary of his experience noting that he would be covering the Warminster and Westbury areas and looked forward to working with the Warminster community.

An update was given on recent changes to the Local Youth Netwrok. The responsible team had been through a restructure and the Local Youth Facilitator role no longer existed meaning the way the LYN operated would be up for discussion. Conversations were on-going and local clubs, schools and local people were encouraged to submit any ideas they had on moving forward. 

Members noted the importance of having youth representation in the community.

To consider the highways schemes for 2019-2020.

Members examined the highways schemes for 2019/20 and after a brief discussion it was;

Resolved

To approved the highways schemes for 2019/20.

·         Wiltshire Walking Projects

·         The Big Pledge

The CEM gave a presentation on community projects The Big Pledge 2019 and Get Wiltshire Walking.

The Big Pledge 2019 had a cricket world cup theme where participants could score virtual runs in order to make a century. The minutes spent doing any sport and physical activity could be used to gain the virtual runs. The challenge would run from the 3 June to the 14 July 2019 and registration opened from the 7 May. Individuals, schools and teams were all encouraged to get involved.

Get Wiltshire Walking was a project being run in local communities to encourage more walking. The walks would take place every Tuesday morning 9.30am at the community hub. There would be three levels of walks; starter, stroller and the strider and each walk would finish with tea and coffee. More information was available from louise.gale@wiltshire.gov.uk.  

To receive an update

The Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Management Group gave her apologies and a representative gave an update. It was noted that the group was flourishing with better coordination, enhanced connectivity and joined up working.

A volunteers fair would take place on 1 June at 10am until noon. The aim of the fair was for organisations, charities and clubs to attract members of the public who were interested in volunteering.

To receive an update.

It was noted that no meetings had taken place recently. A discussion took place on the best way forward for the working group and it was agreed that due to the current climate there were no current opportunities, although the working group would continue their work to be in the best position for when opportunities arose.

To consider applications for funding from the Community Area Grants Scheme.

The CEM introduced the item and notified members of a publishing issue. The issue occurred when an individual applied for grants for different groups, the system would only recognise the first group and assign that name to the subsequent groups. As such the applicant names on the grant report were wrong in some cases. The applicants names were corrected during discussions and displayed with the correct names.

The area board considered the following applications seeking 2019/20 Community Area Grant funding:

Resolved

To award the Wylye Coyotes Afterschool Club £700 for the Codford Community Larder.

To award Corsley Memorial Playing Field £2603.14 for the refurbishment of Corsley Memorial Playing Field.

To defer the grant application of the Wiltshire Medieval Society.

To award Warminster and Villages Community Partnership £1495 for the Grovelands residents community group.

To award Chitterne Village Hall £4863.50 for replacement Doors Windows Chitterne Village Hall.

To award Sustainable Warminster £820 for sustainable Warminster Bat Boxes, with an added condition that the bat boxes are monitored and that the group return in a year’s time to give an update.

To award the Bell Ringing Band £3625 for bell restoration at St Margaret of Antioch Corsley.

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

It was mentioned that the Men’s Shed was urgently seeking a venue and encouraged the local community to get in touch if they were able to help.

The next meetings of the Warminster Area Board will be on: 20 June 2019

The next meeting of the Warminster Area Board would take place on the 20 June, 7pm at Chapmanslade Village Hall.