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Agenda and minutes

Venue: St Margarets Hall, St Margarets Street, Bradford on Avon BA15 1DE

Contact: Kevin Fielding 

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed everybody toSt Margarets Hall.

 

The Chairman introducedthe AreaBoard membersand theWiltshire Council officers present.

2.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Matthew Midlane – Monkton Farleigh Parish Council.

3.

Minutes

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2015.

 

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

·       The minutes ofthe Bradford on Avon Area Board meetingheld on

          15 July 2015 were signedas the correct record with the following        note:

 

 Agenda Item No.8 Westwood Issues

 

John Bishop – Chairman of Westwood Parish Council & Alan Wheals – Westwood Parish Council.

 

 

·       The minutes ofthe Local YouthNetwork Management Group heldon 20 August 2015 were signedas the correct record.

 

4.

Declarations of Interest

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

 

Minutes:

There were none.

5.

Chairman's Announcements and Updates

 

Announcements

 

·       School Place Planning Strategy

·       Re-design and re-commissioning of Childrens’ Centres

·       Art competition to increase awareness of autism

·       Transfer of Colonel Llewellen Palmer Educational Charity

 

Updates

 

·       Wiltshire Police

·       Wiltshire Fire and Rescue

·       HealthWatch Wiltshire

·       Town and Parish Councils

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The following Chairman’s Announcements were noted:

 

·       School Place Planning Strategy.

 

·       Re-design and re-commissioning of Childrens’ Centres.

 

·       Art competition to increase awareness of autism.

 

·       Transfer of Colonel Llewellen Palmer Educational Charity.

 

 

The following Updates contained in the agenda pack were noted:

 

·    Wiltshire Police – written update.

 

·    Healthwatch Wiltshire – written update.

 

·       Holt Parish Council.

That the Holt Neighbourhood plan had now been accepted by Wiltshire Council.

 

The Chairman thanked everybody fortheir updates.

6.

Local Youth Network

 

To receive the notes from the last LYN Management Group meeting and to receive an update from representatives of young people.

 

Emma Coombs - Community Youth Officer.

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Emma Coombs and members of the LYN gave a brief update.

 

Points made included:

 

·       That over 50 young people had enjoyed two days of Active Trowbridge sports activities.

 

·       Thanks for Cllr John Potter for organising a twenty mile bike ride for the young people.

 

·       That LYN members had been on a bowls taster session.

 

·       Various youth projects were now happening thanks to the Area Board’s youth funding.

 

·       Good work on-going at the Holt youth club.

 

The Chairman thanked Emma Coombs and the members of the LYN for their update.

 

7.

Police and Crime Commissioner- Annual Report

To deliver the Annual Report, introduce the new Police and Crime Plan for 2015-17 and take questions from the meeting.

 

Angus Macpherson - Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire.

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Naji Darwish – Office of the Wiltshire Police & Crime Commissioner gave a presentation that outlined the Annual Report on the outcomes of the previous Police and Crime Plan and to present the new Plan for 2015 – 17.

 

Points made included.

 

Achievements: 2014/15

 

·       2.7% reduction in crimes (885 fewer than last year).

·       4.2% reduction in anti-social behaviour incidents.

·       Wiltshire Police rated Good by HMIC in PEEL.

·       95% of people feel safe during the day.

 

 

Aim

·       Keep Wiltshire and Swindon as one of the safest places in

           the country.

 

 

Three commitments to the public

                        

·       Neighbourhood teams are at the centre of policing in Wiltshire.

·       Neighbourhood policing will be protected by shifting resources to

           the front line.

·       Any increase in police element of council tax will be used to reduce the impact of central funding reductions on neighbourhood policing.

 

 

Four Priorities

 

Priority 1: Prevent Crime and anti-social behavior.

Priority 2: Protecting the most vulnerable in society.

Priority 3: Putting victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do.

Priority 4: Secure high quality, efficient and trusted services.

 

The Chairman thanked Naji Darwish for his presentation.

 

8.

Child Sexual Exploitation

To introduce the reality of CSE in Wiltshire and how we all can help to tackle it.

 

Blair Keltie - Service Manager, Child Sexual Exploitation and Missing Children, Wiltshire Council.

 

 

Minutes:

Blair Keltie - Child Sexual Exploitation Manager Early Help, Wiltshire Council gave a presentation on the reality of Child Sexual Exploitation and discussion on how it should be tackled in Wiltshire.

 

Points made included:

 

What are we doing about CSE in Wiltshire?

 

·       A multi-agency strategy and action plan is in place led by the WSCB

           (Prevent, Protect, Pursue).

 

·       The WSCB CSE sub-group includes the nominated leads from each

Agency.

 

·       Dedicated Multi Agency CSE Team located in MASH.

 

·       The Council and Police employ missing co-ordinators to oversee data

           and return interviews inc ‘Missing People’.

 

·       CSE handbook and tool-kit for practitioners.

 

·       A multi-agency risk management group, WRMG.

 

·       Single agency and multi-agency training in place.

 

·       Ongoing operational development (Oxford and Rochdale visits).

 

What more do we need to do?

 

·       Increase awareness (general public, parents/carers, hoteliers, taxi

           drivers, park wardens, shopping centre staff, GPs, Area Boards, Town

           and Parish Council, fast food outlets, supermarkets).

 

·       Continue to engage all schools.

 

·       Use all available powers, eg abduction notices.

 

·       Commission a multi-agency peer review related to CSE.

 

·       Acknowledge that this is everyone’s business

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The Chairman thanked Blair Keltie for his presentation.

9.

Julia's House - building a children's hospice for Wiltshire

 

 

The charity would like to explain how the local community can support the project through volunteering, setting up supporter groups, fundraising and awareness raising.

 

Liz Froud - Julia’s House.

 

Minutes:

Liz Froud – Julia’s House gave a short presentation to raise awareness of the charity and how it could be supported in its bid to open a Hospice in Wiltshire.

 

The Chairman thanked Liz Froud for her presentation and wished the Hospice project well.

10.

Community Area Grants

To consider the following applications to the Community Area Grants scheme:

 

·       Restoration of Iron Duke Rubber Calendaring Machine -£3,400

 

·       Councillor Led application by Councillor Macdonald: tourism development and branding - £5,000

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Wiltshire Councillors were asked toconsider one application seeking

2015/16 Community Area Grant funding and one Councillor led funding application.

 

Decision

  Bradford on Avon Museum - Restoration of Iron Duke Rubber Calendaring   Machine awarded £3,400 with the conditions that the full amount of funding would be returned to the Area Board if the project was not fulfilled, and that £500 would be put towards community benefit costs related to the project.

  Reason

The applicationmeets grant criteria 2015/16.

 

 

 

Decision

  Councillor Led application by Councillor Macdonald: tourism

  development and branding - £5,000

  Reason

The applicationmeets grant criteria 2015/16.

 

11.

Community Area Transport Group (CATG)

To receive the notes from the last (CATG) meeting and consider any recommendations arising.

 

Minutes:

It was agreed to defer the signing off of the 7 September 2015 CAT-G meeting notes until the Area Board members had been given the opportunity to study them in detail.

12.

Urgent items

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

 

Minutes:

There was none.

13.

Future Meeting Dates

The next meeting of the Area Board is to be held on Wednesday 11 November 2015 at St Laurence School.

 

Minutes:

The next meeting of the Area Board is to be held on Wednesday 11 November 2015 at St Laurence School.