Agenda and minutes

The Chairman will welcome those present to the meeting.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the special meeting of the Warminster Area Board.

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Pip Ridout due to other council business.

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

Councillor Tony Jackson declared a non-pecuniary interest as a member of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, and stated he would consider all matters with an open mind.

To consider any grants from the Health & Wellbeing Management Group (Report to follow).

The Community Engagement Manager provided an update on the Health and Wellbeing Steering Group, which had a delegated budget of £7700 for projects to promote health and wellbeing within the area. Two projects had been considered at the latest meeting and were recommended to receive funding with the Area Board’s approval.

The first project involved funding a meetings and events coordinator role to support administration and coordination of the group to encourage organisations. The funding would provide support for the role for 2 hours per week and would be for a specific named individual.

The second project was funding for the Health and Social Care Forum network meetings which provided information sharing for professionals and charity groups in the Warminster area. Given the existence of both the forum and the Health and Wellbeing Group, the Area Board considered that if approved the funding should only be provided for one year.

At the conclusion of discussion

Resolved:

To approve £988.00 to fund a meetings and events coordinator role working out of the Dementia Centre with a report to be provided in a year on what funding the role has achieved.

To approve £300.00 to fund meetings for the Health and Social Care Forum network for one year only.

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

The area board considered the following applications seeking 2018/19 Community Area Grant funding:

i)             The Wessex Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre – New chamber seating - £1404.00

Resolved

To grant £1404.00 to the Wessex Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre

ii)            Bishopstrow Village Hall – New windows - £1725.00

Resolved:

To grant £1725.00 to Bishopstrow Village Hall subject to confirmation of the project going forward.

iii)           Wiltshire and Swindon Countryside Access Forum – Warminster Common Community Action Project - £2899.00

Resolved:

To grant £2899.00 to Wiltshire and Swindon Countryside Access Forum

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

An urgent youth grant request was introduced by the Local Youth Facilitator as detailed in agenda supplement 1. The applicant was the Army Welfare Service on behalf of the Family Learning Festival, requesting £930.00 to provide a series of learning activities in Warminster and the surrounding area as part of the festival.

The Local Youth Network considered the grant in email discussions, and recommended that the grant be awarded if a list of activities to be run in the villages as part of the festival as provided, or £730.00 if a list was not provided.

Resolved:

To grant £930.00 to the Army Welfare Service, or £730.00 if a list of activities to be undertaken in the villages was not provided.

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

1 November at Chapmanslade Village Hall.

The date of the next meeting was 1 November 2018.