Agenda item

To receive updates from the following partners:

·       Wiltshire Police

·       Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

·       Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board

·       Cartmell Community Mini Bus

·       Health and Wellbeing Update

a)    Riverside Community Centre

b)    Malmesbury Area Health and Wellbeing Forum

c)     Health & Wellbeing Champion

·       Town and Parish Councils

Updates were received from the following partners:

·       Wiltshire Police

The Area Board noted a written statistical update attached to the agenda pack.

·       Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

The Area Board noted a written update attached to the agenda pack.

·       Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board

The Area Board noted a written update attached to the agenda pack.

·       Cartmell Community Minibus

Kim Power provided an update to the Area Board, which covered that the Cartmell Community Bus Mini bus was available for use by community groups and charities. Additionally, the group had successfully applied for a £60,000 lottery grant and have ordered a new bus, which will be available towards the end of the year.

·       Riverside Community Centre

Kim Power provided an update on behalf of the Riverside Community Centre, which covered that the Community Centre had hosted a wide variety of activities over spring and summer including Tai Chi. Recently, the Centre had opened up during the Malmesbury Carnival to provide a space for people to get changed, use the toilets and have a cup of tea.

·       Malmesbury Area Health and Wellbeing Forum

Kim Power, Chair of the Malmesbury Area Health and Wellbeing Forum, provided an update to the Area Board, which covered the following points:

·       The Forum last met on 26 July and included a group of over 50 partners in order to discuss and suggest themes that could be worked on within a partnership in order to provide benefit to the local area.

·       A big issue that has arisen since Covid is elderly and vulnerable people coming back into community life. To support this issue, the Forum has worked closely with Celebrating Age Wiltshire, who have provided a variety of events to help the elderly to re-establish relationships.

·       A creating conversations group is being ran at the library, with an aim of targeting those who are lonely and find it difficult to physically travel to places to meet people.

·       The next meeting of the Forum will be in mid-October with options being considered to support those who are finding the current economic situation difficult.

·       Health & Wellbeing Champion

Julie Dart, Health and Wellbeing Champion provided an update to the Area Board, which covered the following points:

• Julie has a monthly meeting through Wiltshire Council with other people in her role across the county in order to standardise and share information.
• Quarterly meetings have taken place with the health Centre, with positive ideas coming out of the latest meeting in April.
• The Malmesbury Public Living Room is now up and running, which offers a different mode of protected public space for people to come together. People have attended for varying reasons, with some attendees being one off and others more regular. The Public Living Room will also be a warm space in winter.
• Julie is set to start an autumn programme to meet lunch clubs as well as different parishes.
• Julie Dart is a volunteer with the organisation Care Home Volunteers who go into local care homes to give befriending and support visits to residents.  She spoke about the value of this work.  She is an ambassador for Care Home Volunteers to promote their work.