Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chairman for 2019/20

Cllr Chris Williams was appointed as Chairman for 2019/20.

To appoint a Vice-Chairman for 2019/20

Cllr Mark Connolly was appointed as Vice-Chairman for 2019/20.

Chairman’s Announcements:

·         Winter Weather Provisions

·         Highways Improvements and Traffic Survey Requests

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Tidworth Area Board and thanked Enford Village Hall for hosting.

The following Chairman’s Announcements contained in the agenda pack were noted:

·         Winter Weather Provisions

·         Highways Improvements and Traffic Survey Requests

Apologies for absence were received from Humph Jones - Tidworth Town Council, Riea Jones – Tidworth Community Area Partnership and Michael Mead – St James Church.

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

There were none.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 15 May 2019

Decision

·         The minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 15 May 2019 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To note that appointments to outside bodies and working groups for the forthcoming year:

·         Community Area Transport Group

·         Tidworth Community Area Partnership

·         Tidworth Leisure Centre Executive Committee

·         Local Youth Network (LYN)

·         Wellington Academy Governing Body

·         TCAP Health & Wellbeing Group

The following appointments to outside bodies and working groups for

the forthcoming year were made:

·         Community Area Transport Group – Cllr Mark Connolly

·         Tidworth Community Area Partnership – Cllr Chris Williams

·         Tidworth Leisure Centre Executive Committee - Cllr Chris Williams

·         Local Youth Network (LYN) – Cllr Chris Williams

·         Wellington Academy Governing Body - Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling

·         TCAP Health & Wellbeing Group - Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling & Cllr Chris Williams

Jo Cullen - Director of Primary and Urgent Care, Wiltshire CCG and Christine Williams – The Castle Practice, Tidworth & Ludgershall          

Jo Cullen - Director of Primary and Urgent Care for Wiltshire CCG outlined recent changes at the Cross Plains Surgery in Tidworth.

Points made included:

·         That the Cross Plain Health Centre had faced considerable staffing challenges over recent months which had resulted in the decision to stop providing general practice services from the Tidworth branch from 19 July 2019.

·         The challenges of trying to recruit GPs in the local area.

·         That the CCG was working with the Castle Practice and other local general practices to re-register patients.

The concerns of the Area Board members and local residents were noted by the CCG.

It was agreed that Jo Cullen would be invited to the September Area Board meeting to give a further update.

The written update was noted from Inspector Liz Coles.

Station Manager Dave Adamson

The written update was noted.

Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling

Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling gave the Paths for All update.

Points made included:

·         That the Steering Group had recently met in Collingbourne Kingston for it’s second meeting.

·         That the group continued to gain momentum.

·         Next meeting planned for Wednesday 2 October in Ludgershall.

Lt Col Nick Turner – Tidworth Garrison Engagement Officer

The written Army Rebasing update from Lt Col Nick Turner was noted.

Richard Rogers – Community Engagement Manager

Richard Rogers – Community Area Manager.

Points made included:

Minor changes to grants system from September

·         H & WB and LYN projects over £1,000 require match funding as the norm – coming into line with capital projects. – Some commissioning projects may be excluded.

·         Commercial and statutory organisations can access funding but only when they are demonstrating community benefit e.g. apprenticeship project with Garage.

·         We will remove the maximum of applying to 3 Area Boards approach – to allow role out of successful projects.

·         In all cases the elected members can, when there is good reason, override this criteria.

·         Dementia Action Alliance – next meeting to be held in September.

·         Youth network – next meeting to be arranged in the autumn.

·         Armed Forces Weekend – Tapestry, incorporated the Tidworth War Memorial, Tidworth Town Crest and the Fusilier Hackle

The Chairman thanked Richard Rogers for his update.

·         Health & Wellbeing Group – Reia Jones

·         Dementia Action Alliance – Brian Pratt

·         Older Person & Carers Champion – Tony Pickernell

·         Multi Agency Forum – Richard Rogers

·         Multi Faith Group – Col Jamie Balls

·         Sports and Leisure Group - Col Jamie Balls

Health & Wellbeing Group

·         Continued issues re Army rebasing and the lack of local dental practices.

Dementia Action Alliance – Brian Pratt

·         Lots of good things going on with local school pupils providing entertainment for café users.

Older Person & Carers Champion – Tony Pickernell

·         The importance of ensuring that older people get re-registered with a new GP after the Cross Plains issue.

·         That the Link Service was still looking for volunteer drivers.

Multi Faith Group – Lt Col Nick Turner

·         That Lt Col Turner was working with Rev Tim Laundon on various local issues.

·         Ongoing work to improve links with the Garrison and local schools

The Chairman thanked everybody for their updates.

Cllr Mark Connolly

·         Next meeting Monday 22 July.

To receive any updates

To include a short update from Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Jerry Herbert and Inspector Liz Coles – Wiltshire Police

NHS Wiltshire – The written report was noted.

Healthwatch Wiltshire – The written report was noted.

Tidworth Town Council

·         Tidworth Town Festival – Saturday 20 July.

Netheravon Parish Council

·         That the village had had a good response for volunteers to help with “Netheravon in Bloom”.

Army

·         That the “Drumbeat” magazine was being revived – it was planned to run a short survey to find out what people wanted from the magazine.

Rev Tim Laundon

·         That the first phase of the new church digital system had been carried out – it was planned to put the data on to database on the church website.

Everleigh Parish Council – The written report was noted.

The Chairman thanked everybody for their updates.

The Wiltshire Councillors considered the following grant funding applications:

Community Area Grant Funding

Decision

Buzz Action Foundation awarded £1,000 for Buzz Action Roadshow Equipment Grant.

Decision

Netheravon Wanderers Footbal Club awarded £993.94 for Netheravon Wanderers Football Club Goal posts and line marking equipment.

Youth Funding

Decision

Collingbourne Cricket Club awarded £1,000 for Youth Cricket Playing and Coaching Equipment.

Decision

T2a awarded £685 for Young Person’s Photographic Project.

Health & Wellbeing Grant Funding

Decision

The Castle Practice awarded £1,000 for Over 75s Health and Wellbeing Event

Councillor Initiative Funding

Cllr Chris Williams awarded £3,000 for Tidworth Leisure Centre – Children’s Gymnastics School.

Delegated Decision

The follow delegated decision was noted by the Wiltshire Councillors:

Decision

Tidworth Community Area Blue Light Day awarded £400.

The next meeting of the Tidworth Area Board will be on Monday 23 September at the Memorial Hall, Ludgershall

The next meeting of the Tidworth Area Board will be on Monday 23

September at the Memorial Hall, Ludgershall.