To note the attached Partner updates and receive any further information partners wish to share:
· Wiltshire Police
· Wiltshire Fire and Rescue
· NHS Wiltshire
· MADT (Marlborough Area Development Trust)
· Youth Advisory Group (YAG)
· Transition Marlborough
· Parish Forum
· Town / Parish Councils
Minutes:
He also reported that Operation Banning had been producing some good results and had resulted in a number of people being dealt with under the restorative justice process for possession of cannabis; where juveniles had been involved some very positive response had been received from some of the parents of the youths involved.
It was noted that the levels of violent crime showed a slight increase in the rolling 12 months, the majority being committed in private space and were domestic related. Public space assaults were rare and usually an argument between friends.
· Community WiFi: Further roll-out was being planned and a grant application had been submitted to be heard later in the meeting.
· MADT was providing administrative support to a new “Tourism Development Group” that had recently been formed.
· MADT was developing a “Distributed TIC” project which it would ask the “Tourism Development Group” to adopt/support.
· Directory Services was available to view at www.marlborougharea.org A new Parishes directory was being added to the MADT Directory Services.
· The Places to Eat & Drink and Places to Stay Directories had now been substantially populated – please let MADT know if there is something that should be added.
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Youth Advisory Group (YAG) The Community Apple Juicing Scheme was explained, it being noted
that this was a community based project that could deliver a
surprisingly wide range of benefits.
It could be of interest to: a school, a charity, a church, a youth
club, a sports team, a community orchard and have a positive impact
along the way.
Community Apple Juicing presented a tremendous community-wide opportunity to raise funds, and at the same time, potentially:
· educate people, especially children, about how food is grown, manufactured and delivered;
· open people’s eyes to the range of nature’s harvest that is all around;
· link-up people from all corners of a community, especially draw in those with trees in their gardens who may live lonely;
· build and bind a project team through shared vision, exercise, delivery and achievements;
· turn something that would otherwise rot and waste away – into a delicious, nutritional, local – ’5-a-day’ drink;
· save thousands of food miles, and £££, vs buying alternative juices & fizzy drinks;
· start other conversations about possible local environmental, social and health benefits.
f. Transition Marlborough It was reported that hundreds of timetable leaflets had been produced by Transition Marlborough to help Marlborough residents to take advantage of the new £1-each-way commuter bus links with fasts trains from Bedwyn to and from Reading and London Paddington.
It was noted that following an on-line survey there was 100% support for more cycle racks in Marlborough High Street. Much had been done to improve these facilities but, in order to make Marlborough more cycle friendly, the following initiatives were planned:-
· Implement cycle signing strategy, currently work-in- progress by Wiltshire Council
· Improve cycle path surface at Treacle Bolly, this community issue was raised in early 2013
· Continue provision of cycle racks i.e. at medical practices
· Encourage local bus companies to allow bicycles on board
· Support extension of cycle route to include Marlborough business park and the adjacent area for new housing, with a link to St John's School
· Pilot 20 mph speed limit in Marlborough
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