Agenda and minutes

Chairman’s Announcements:

·       NHS 111 Service.

·       Carers’ Small Grants Scheme.

·       What Matters to You Survey.

·       Army Rebasing.

·       Tidworth Mums.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to Netheravon All Saints school for the meeting of the Tidworth Area Board.

All attendees at the meeting were given the opportunity to introduce themselves.

The following Chairman’s announcement contained in the agenda pack was noted:

·       NHS 111 Service.

·       Carers’ Small Grants Scheme.

·       What Matters to You Survey.

·       Army Rebasing.

The Chairman congratulated the Tidworth Mums, who were recent VCS award winners as the best community project nominated by an Area Board.

Apologies for absence were received from Alistair Cunningham – Service Director, Wiltshire Council, Owen & Janet White – Ludgershall TC, Mrs O’Connell – Tidworth TC, David Wildman – Chamber of Commerce, Ian Blair-Pulling – Netheravon PC and Caroline Ward – Chute PC.

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 the 16 September 2013.

Decision

·       The minutes of the meeting held on the 16 September 2013 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Matters arising

Collingbourne Ducis speeding issues - Cllr Charles Howard advised that:

·       With the lack of feasible options available, it would make sense for Collingbourne Ducis to continue working with the Highways Agency to push for better HGV signage on the A34 to encourage HGVs to use the A34 and not to drive through Collingbourne Ducis village.

It was hoped that representatives of the Highways Agency could attend a future Area Board meeting to discuss this issue.

Derek Booth – Collingbourne Ducis resident made the point that residents living on the A338 were suffering and that there was a perceived lack of Police presence in dealing with speeding on it.

Inspector Lange – Wiltshire Police advised that Officers had been patrolling the A338.

It was agreed that Inspector Lange and representatives of Collingbourne Ducis would meet to discuss the issue.

Presentation from Col James Denny – Tidworth Garrison Commander to highlight the new Tidworth Garrison Theatre.

Presentation from Col James Denny – Tidworth Garrison Commander and John Fogarty – Aspire Defence gave a presentation that highlighted the new Tidworth Garrison Theatre.

Points made included:

·       That the Garrison Theatre was the final part of a seven year plan.

·       Parking provision at the Theatre was minimal, there were aspirations to eventually have parking on the Esso Field.

·       The new theatre boasted a 700 seat auditorium and a conference facility.

·       The theatre was already proving popular with a number of third party booking already being taken including for the Wiltshire Assembly.

The Chairman thanked Col Denny and John Fogarty for their presentation.

Presentation from Mark Harris – Wiltshire CCG, to increase awareness and understanding of the role of the Clinical Commissioning Group and changes to local health services.

Mark Harris – Wiltshire CCG gave a presentation that highlighted changes to local health services and provided information on the role of the Clinical Commissioning Group.

Points made included:

Who are we, what do we do

·       Commission services for the people of Wiltshire.

·       We are clinically led.

·       Seven GPs sit on Governing body.

·       Our membership comprises 57 practices.

·       Three locality groups.

We want to

·       Build a healthcare system around the needs of patients and local communities.

·       Put your care closer to home.

·       Move people away from hospitals, community hospitals and other support beds.

Local Challenges

·       Despite funding the contract with Salisbury at last years levels plus growth - we are forecasting circa £3m overspend.

·       Emergency activity is not up, but the cost and length of stay for patients is, as admissions are becoming more complex.

·       The impact of specialist services centralising in line with national specifications.

·       To invest, we need to free up money from another area of spend.

Questions raised included:

·       That there appeared to be a lack of regular health visitors covering the Tidworth community area.

a.Health visitors are based at GP practices, they do not however belong to the practices where they are based. The health visitor service is provided by the Great Western Hospital, Swindon.

·       With the extra military personnel and their families moving into the Tidworth community area, how will this effect services provided by the CCG?

a.The CCG would be looking into the allocation of services provided, and have been planning for this.

The Chairman thanked Mark Harris for his presentation.

Presentation from Paul Lefever – Healthwatch Wiltshire to raise awareness of the work of Healthwatch Wiltshire

Paul Lefever – Healthwatch Wiltshire gave a presentation that which aimed to raise awareness of the work of Healthwatch Wiltshire.

Points made included:

What is Healthwatch Wiltshire?

·       Established under the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

·       Is a Social Enterprise (Community Interest Company).

·       Is independent.

·       Has a Chair and four Directors.

·       Has an office with a COO and a small staff.

·       Is recruiting Volunteers.

Our role is

·       To promote the voice of the consumer in the development of health and social care strategies (children and adults);

·       To be a ‘Critical Friend’ to the commissioners and providers of Health and Social Care;

·       To provide and promote effective signposting and information systems;

·       To promote, monitor and inspect the quality of services commissioned by the NHS to meet health and social care needs (Enter and View).

·       To tell the Wiltshire story.

How will we fulfil our roll

·       Through our Volunteer Network Specialist Volunteers Generalist Volunteers

·       Associates.

·       Through Using Information.

·       Listening and Collecting.

·       Analysing and Researching.

·       Informing and Signposting.

·       Through Dialogue and Influence.

·       With the Community.

·       Commissioners and Providers.

The Chairman thanked Paul Lefever for his presentation and invited Healthwatch to attend future Area Board meetings.

An opportunity for the Parishes to highlight their community areas at an Area Board meeting.

The Community Area Manager advised that the Area Board were keen to give an opportunity for the Parishes to highlight their community areas at future Area Board meetings.

It was hoped that an individual Parish or Town Council would have a slot at each Area Board meeting, with the opportunity to showcase their own patch and highlight any community related topics that they were planning, or carrying out.

Those parishes present were supportive of the idea. The Chairman thanked the Community Area Manager and hoped that the Parishes and Towns would get involved and take part.

·        The Area Board to note the written report.

Vicky Thomas – SCOB Representative gave the SCOB update.

Points made:

·       The SCOB have been working hard to develop a campus proposal for the Tidworth community area over the past few months. 

·       At the recent meetings the SCOB invited representatives from Wiltshire Council services to attend and to help us understand their services. 

·       The SCOB met with representatives from libraries and from youth, including Wiltshire Council youth services as well as Army Welfare Youth Services and support

·       Some of the Shadow COB recently took a tour around Tidworth Leisure Centre to understand more about the services and facilities there. 

·       Colleagues from the Army Welfare Service also kindly showed us around The Beeches Community Centre in Bulford to get an idea of the things that are important in their centre where lots of groups run activities at different times.

·       Over the next few months we will be again meeting with leisure colleagues so that the whole COB can get an understanding of what is currently working well and also what can be strengthened. 

          We will then be reviewing the consultation feedback from the targeted consultation we undertook with local groups and organisations, and using this feedback to start developing ideas for a campus proposal for the community area. 

·       The SCOB will keep you updated about our work over the coming months. 

The Chairman thanked Vicky Thomas for her update.

Cllr Mark Connolly to present.

Cllr Mark Connolly advised that CAT-G were looking for Area Board approval of the following projects:

·       New chevron signage at Everleigh - £750.

·       Taxi rank signage in Tidworth - £275.

·       Puffin crossing project design in Collingbourne Ducis - £10,000.

Decision

·       That the Tidworth Area Board agreed CAT-G funding for the three projects.

The Chairman thanked Cllr Connolly.

Wendy Higginson – Youth Service to present.

Xina Hart – Youth Service, Wiltshire Council gave a brief update.

Points made included:

·       That the recent quiz night raised £110, thanks to all who took part.

·       The YAG were looking at the issue of young people walking to school from Perham Down, and the lack of a suitable path. It was agreed that Col Denny – Tidworth Garrison Commander would meet with the YAG to discuss this issue.

Col Denny advised that a pedestrian/cycle path could be military funded as a WW1 legacy project.

The YAG were encouraged to raise the issue with the local member of parliament.

·       The next YAG meeting would be held at 5pm on Thursday 16 January 2014 at the Ludgershall Youth Centre.

The Chairman thanked Xina Hart for her update.

An update from the Community Area Manager regarding issues raised.

The Community Area Manager advised that no new issues had been raised.

The Community Area Manager advised that a new smart phone app was now available. The app was called “my issue app” and could be used to highlight pot holes and other highways related issues.

To receive any updates.

Wiltshire Police – Insp Christian Lange

The written update tabled at the meeting was noted.

Points made included:

·       A recent Police operation on Salisbury Plain resulted in several fixed penalty tickets being issued to motorbike riders.

·       Local Police team were working with the local schools, highlighting the importance of road safety.

Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service

The written report was noted.

Points made included:

·       That there had been a nine month low in fires reported in the Tidworth community area.

·       The Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service had now issued its four year public safety plan.

NHS Wiltshire

Not in attendance.

Tidworth Garrison – Col James Denny

Points made included:

·       “Operation Litter Pick” had been carried out by garrison personnel.

·       1^st Mech Brigade would be returning from Afghanistan at the end of October 2013.

Tidworth Community Area Partnership – Tony Pickernell.

Points made included:

·       The Schools carol concert would be held on Wednesday 18 December2013.

·       There would be a JSA workshop on Monday 10 February 2014 at the Wellington Academy.

Tidworth Town Council

Points made included:

·       The Tidworth carol concert would be held on Thursday 5 December.

·       An outdoor ice rink would be setup during December in Tidworth.

Enford Parish Council - Anthony Darcy-Irvine

·       The Enford Christmas Fayre would be held on Saturday 23 November 2013.

Everleigh Parish Council – Denis Bottomley

·       The Christmas carol service would be held on Saturday 14 December at St Peters Church followed by a village curry lunch.

Tidworth Mums – Vicky Thomas

·       The Tidworth Mums were holding their Christmas Fayre on Thursday 28 November 2013 at the Tidworth Leisure Centre.

The Chairman thanked everybody for their updates.

The Area Board members were asked to consider the following grant applications:

Member led applications

Tidworth Community Area Awards.

Member project sponsored by Cllr Chris Williams, to fund the Tidworth Community Area Awards from the area boards’ revenue budget – awarded £990.

St John’s Ambulance, First aid training for schools.

Member project sponsored by Cllr Chris Williams, to be allocated from the area board revenue budget, to support St John’s ambulance Service to train local students in First Aid techniques. This includes Primary Patient Survey, Patient Care and Communication and either Resuscitation, Choking, Severe bleed, Unconscious casualty or Heart attack – awarded £500.

TCAP second tranche funding.

Member project sponsored by Cllr Charles Howard, to be allocated from the 2013/14 revenue budget to provide Tidworth Community Area Partnership with the second tranche of its funding from the area board for the financial year 2013/14. This will enable TCAP to continue to operate effectively and to support the work of the area board awarded £4,000.

Schools Christmas Concert.

Member project sponsored by Cllr Mark Connolly, to be allocated from the 2013/14 revenue budget.

The project is to enable schoolchildren from across our community area to come together at Christmas time to a community concert organised especially for them, supported by the Band of the Prince of Wales, thus integrating the military and civilian communities – awarded £850.

Community Area Grant Applications

Decision

Netheravon Village Hall, improvements to acoustics and lighting - awarded £3508.50.

Reason

The application demonstrates a link to the Tidworth Community Area Plan 2013 – 2023 under the Housing and Built Environment and Culture and Leisure themes in that it:-
-  improves an existing community hall used by most of the local population.
-  encourages community use of the facility.

Decision

TCAP, Tidworth Community Area Museum fittings – awarded - £1371.15.

Reason

The application demonstrates a link to the Tidworth Community Area Plan 2013 – 2023 to develop the cultural offer in the local area and to support the development of tourism.

The next meeting of the Tidworth Area Board will be on Monday 20 January 2014, venue to be announced.

The next meeting of the Tidworth Area Board will be on Monday 20 January 2014 at the Wellington Academy.