Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Wootton Bassett & Cricklade Area Board and thanked everybody for attending the Health Fair.

The Chairman introduced the councillors and officers present and thanked Julia Densham and the team for their hard work in organising the Health Fair.

A short film about the  strategy and an opportunity for questions to representatives of Public Health and the Clinical Commissioning Group about how they will help people to stay active and live well, supported in their own home and their local community for as long as they wish.

Deborah Fielding - Chief Officer, Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group introduced a short film on the Better Care Plan which was followed by questions and answers from the floor.

Questions raised included:

·       How realistic was it to expect specialist services to be delivered from community hospitals, and if so what services could be delivered at community hospitals?

a.Services would be low tech, which do not require a great deal of equipment to be transported.

·       Where would Physio services be delivered from?

a.This was the type of service that local teams should have.

·       Some services were currently delivered from hospitals that are not the closest to the communities that they are serving. It can be both difficult and expensive to get to these hospitals for certain types of appointments.

a.Yes, sometimes the nearest hospital isn’t always been able to deliver all services, and other hospitals in the area had to provide these services, meaning that patients may have had to travel further for treatment.

·       There never seems to be enough GPs.

a.Yes, there was an issue in trying to recruit new GPs.

·       A lot of GP appointments are wasted by people who fail to attend, what can you do about this?

a.A difficult and frustrating issue. It would be nice to be able to fine the people who make appointments and then fail to attend, but this is not really practicable, when you take into account the elderly and infirm etc.

The Chairman thanked Deborah Fielding for attending the Health Fair and giving the presentation.

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Mollie Groom, Mike Leighfield – RWB SCOB, Ruth Szybiak – Cricklade Town Council, Ray Thomas – Purton Parish Council, Diana Kirby – Tockenham Parish Council, Paul Harrison – RWB Sports Association and John Davis – RWB Arts Festival.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on Monday 23^rd July 2014.

Decision

·       The minutes of the meeting held on Monday 23^rd June 2014 were agreed a correct record and signed by the Chairman with the following amendment:

Agenda Item.No15 Dog Fouling Update

That bags and badges had been produced to promote a dog fouling campaign for a week during October 2014. These bags were available from the Dogs Trust.

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

There were no declarations of interest.

An update on the changes to the Council’s youth provision.

Pete Smith – Community Youth Officer - Early Intervention, Youth & Prevention, Wiltshire Council gave a short presentation that outlined implementing a community-led model for youth activities.

Points made included:

·       That Wiltshire Council had adopted a community-led model for the provision of positive activities for young people. By delegating responsibility and resources to Community Area Boards for youth activities, the council was committed to supporting young people and their communities to come together to develop a responsive and locally driven positive activities offer for young people. This means the positive activities offer would develop differently in each of the 18 Community Area Board areas to reflect local needs.

·       Local Youth Network (LYN) would be set up as a sub group of the Community Area Board. It would represent a wide range of community stakeholders who would work in partnership to facilitate a range of positive activities across the community area. Young people play a central role in all aspects of the LYN.

·       Local Youth Networks would identify local needs, priorities and outcomes and make recommendations to the Area Board on how funding for positive activities for young people should be deployed.

·       The need to work with the Youth Advisory Group (YAG).

·       That a Community Youth Officer role had been created, the Community Youth Officer would work with the young people and the Area Board to deliver the community-led model for the provision of positive activities for young people in the Royal Wootton Bassett & Cricklade community area.

·       That Wiltshire Council needed to understand the importance of youth work and the youth centres.

The Chairman advised that it was important that the Area Board supported the young people and the Local Youth Network (LYN), and that the young people engaged with the Area Board so that funding could be allocated accordingly.

Chloe Elmore, a young person and Peer Leader from the Royal Wootton Bassett area, spoke to thank Pete Smith for all the work he put in via the Youth Development Centre and put in a plea for the important work with young people to continue.

The Chairman thanked Pete Smith for his update.

News and information on what’s going on in your local community and across the county:

·       Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Consultation.

The following Chairman’s Announcement was noted:

·       Wiltshire Fire & Rescue – Consultation.

To receive updates from our key partners, including:

a.     Wiltshire Police

b.     Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

c.     Military Civilian Integration Partnership

d.     Defence Technical Training

e.     NHS Wiltshire

f.      Parish and Town Councils

g.     Youth Advisory Group (YAG)

h.     Neighbourhood Planning Working Group

i.       Community-Led Planning Steering Groups

j.       Chambers of Commerce/Business Associations

k.     Community Groups

l.       Housing Associations

m.   Network Rail

n.     RWB Arts Festival & Memorial Hall.

Updates from partners were received as follows:

Wiltshire Police – Inspector Dave Hobman

The written update was noted.

·       That the NPTs would be visible during the Halloween period.

Cllr Jacqui Lay had requested at the last Area Board meeting figures for road traffic incidents in the RWB & C community area. Inspector Dave Hobman advised that there had been:

1 – Fatality.

8 - Seriously injured.

29 - Slightly injured.

RWB Arts Festival & Memorial Hall

The written update was noted.

·       The Memorial Hall now had a new web page and had re-decorated the side room, which could now be booked by local community groups.

Network Rail

The written update was noted.

Emergency Planning Group

Points made included:

·       That the group had met for the first time on Tuesday 23^rd September, with representatives now able to put together Town/Parish resilience plans. These plans could be returned to the Community Area Manager when completed.

The Chairman thanked all the partners for their updates.

Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council

The written report was noted.

Cricklade Town Council

Points made included:

·       That Cricklade Infants and Junior schools were to merge.

·       That Cricklade Church had a new vicar – Phil Brady.

·       That the Cricklade half marathon/fun run would be held on Sunday 5^th October 2014.

Lyneham Parish Council

Points made included:

·       That Lyneham and Bradenstoke had been awarded a silver pennant in the South West In Bloom Competition. The Parish Council, while supportive, did not lead the entry in the competition which was a community effort.

To consider reports from the following task groups and make any necessary decisions:

a.     Community Area Transport Group

b.     Cricklade Shadow Community Operations Board

c.     Royal Wootton Bassett Shadow Community Operations Board

d.     Dog Fouling Task Group

e.     Caring about Dementia Task Group

f.      Older Peoples Accommodation Task Group.

Updates were received as follows:

a.     Community Area Transport Group – Cllr Bob Jones

·       Next meeting would be on Thursday 2^nd October 2014.

b.     Cricklade Shadow Community Operations Board

·       Had met with Wiltshire Council officers, were now looking to re-energise the Cricklade plan.

c.     Royal Wootton Bassett Shadow Community Operations Board

·       Had last met on Tuesday 23^rd September 2014.

·       Now looking to move forward with the Royal Wootton Bassett plan after meeting with Wiltshire Council officers.

d.     Dog Fouling Task Group – Cllr Jacqui Lay

Decision

·       The task group had met its terms of reference to engage with, research and make suggestions about ways in which towns and parish councils could address the issue of dog fouling.

·       The remaining fund of £1,940 would be set aside until the area board meeting on 21 January 2015 for town and parishes to apply for their own projects that address issues of dog fouling where the criteria was one of public education about the necessity to clear up after your dog.  Any applications for funding would be sent to the Community Area Manager.

·       The dog fouling task group continues to meet as an area-wide community group led by its area representatives.

e.     Caring about Dementia Task Group - Cllr Mary Champion

·       Looking for more people to become “Dementia Friends”.

f.      Older Peoples Accommodation Task Group – Cllr Mary Champion

·       The group had just had its first meeting, which had focussed on Purton. Each of the other communities would be focussed on in due course.

To consider applications to the Community Area Grants Scheme, as follows:

•  Tonote theareaboardbudgetandfundingcriteriafor2014/15.

• Royal Wootton Bassett Town Team – requests £3,905 towards a regeneration project for the town.

• Royal British Legion – requests £500 towards the purchase of road closure signs.

• Lyneham Village Hall – requests £925 towards the purchase of interlinking seating.

• Latton Parish Council – requests £382 towards an information board.

• To note inter-meeting spending - £60 room hire.

• To note the area board current budget balances. 

The Area Board considered the following applications to the Community Area Grant Scheme 2014/15:

Decision

Royal Wootton Bassett Town Team – awarded £3,905 towards a regeneration project for the town.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria 2014/15.

Decision

Royal British Legion – awarded £500 towards the purchase of road closure signs with the condition that a community register was to be held of road signage used for community events.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria 2014/15.

Decision

Lyneham Village Hall – awarded £925 towards the purchase of interlinking seating.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria 2014/15.

Decision

Latton Parish Council – awarded £382 towards an information board.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria 2014/15.

Inter-meeting spending - £60 room hire was noted.

The area board’s current budget balances was noted.

The chairman thanked everybody for attending the meeting.

Date of the next meeting

·       Wednesday 26 November 2014 – Cricklade Town Hall.