Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meetings held on 3 February 2025 and 20 May 2025.

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

The Chairman will give an update on outcomes and actions arising from previous meetings of the Area Board.

The Board is asked to note the following Information items:

• Community First
• BSW Together (Integrated Care System)
• Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) and Wiltshire Council Framework
• Wiltshire Community Air Network
• Understanding Dementia Sessions
• SEND Fest 2025 - Sponsorship

To appoint lead members to Outside Bodies and non priority working groups, as set out in the attached report, and to consider appointing a lead member to the role of Area Board Environment Lead and Youth Lead.

• Part 1: To receive a report from the Engagement and Partnerships Manager on the strategic and local work they are delivering and additional key resources for Councillors, partners and residents.

• Part 2: For each Councillor to briefly provide an overview of their division, and the key challenges and opportunities that they have identified that the Area Board can collectively support. 

To receive a presentation from the Shared Lives Service raising awareness of the service and the need to recruit more carers. There will also be an opportunity for a question and answer session following the presentation.

A link to the YouTube video is here - https://youtu.be/A90LswUMWIk

To note the remaining budgets and to consider any applications for funding, as detailed in the attached report and summarised below:

Budgets available at the start of the year:

Area Board Initiatives:

Community Area Grants:

Older & Vulnerable Grants:

Young People Grants:

Delegated Funding

The Board is asked to note any funding awards made under the Delegated Funding Process, by the Strategic Engagement & Partnership Manager, between meetings due to matters of urgency:

• N/A

Further information on the Area Board Grant system can be found here.

Written Updates

The Board is asked to note any written and online updates attached to the agenda from the following:

·       Neighbourhood Policing Team

·       Wiltshire Police Violence against Women and Girls Quarterly Update

·       Wiltshire AGE UK Newsletter

·       Pewsey Community Area Partnership

Verbal Updates

To receive any verbal updates from representatives, including:

·       Health & Wellbeing

·       Youth

·       Environment

·       Parish Councils

To note the minutes and consider any recommendations arising from the LHFIG meetings held on 5 February 2025 and 21 May 2025, as set out in the attached reports.

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

Future Meeting Dates (7.00-9.00pm):

• 22 September 2025 – Woodborough Club
• 24 November 2025 – Pewsey Vale RFC

For information on applying for a grant or grant application deadlines for these meetings, contact the Engagement and Partnership Lead, Caroline.LeQuesne@wiltshire.gov.uk