Agenda item

Written Updates attached are:

·         Police – Neighbourhood Team Update

·         Fire & Rescue Service

·         Healthwatch Wiltshire

·         Southern Wiltshire Issues System

·         Alternative Activities

·         Community Area Transport Group (CATG) update

·         Any other comments or reports

The Board noted the written updates attached to the agenda and received the following verbal updates:

Police

Inspector David Minty gave an update to the Board and invited anyone to contact him if they had any specific enquires.

·       Operation Midas – There had been a cross border operation, working with farmers and rural residents to flag up any suspicious activity.

·       New PCSO Tina Roylance had joined the area.

·       Salisbury Journal – There had been a report in the paper which speculated that there was a terrorist threat to Salisbury Cathedral. This story had been taken out of context, from an interview where it was said that any terrorist attack would target iconic places such as Stonehenge or Salisbury Cathedral, but there had been no specific threats towards these places.

·       Dog Theft – There had been a report in the Journal relating to local concern over dog theft. There had only actually been two incidents where dogs had been taken; these were in Whiteparish and Amesbury. Both of these incidents involved the dogs being taken from outside areas of people’s houses. No dogs had been taken from people whilst on dog walks or from people in their homes.

Question: Were you involved with any preventative work with young people to educate them around consent issues? Answer: We do have two Schools Officers who cover the whole county. They attend schools and work with young people on various issues.

Fire & Rescue – Cllr Chris Devine updated the Board. Everything was going well with the combination for April 2016. The Authority was expecting Central Government to tell them that they could adjust the precept for Wiltshire, to bring it in line with Dorset.

Healthwatch Wiltshire

The Chairman drew attention to the attached paper which promoted the new website. link: http://www.yourcareyoursupportwiltshire.org.uk/home/

Working in partnership with Wiltshire Council to manage and develop ‘Your Care Your Support Wiltshire’, the new health and social care information website for the county.

As part of this work, Healthwatch Wiltshire had regularly engaged with local people to make sure that the website reflects their need for good quality, comprehensive, and accessible health and care information. The website went live on April 1^st 2015 and is still evolving. This is really exciting as it means that Wiltshire people have a chance to be part of its future growth.

Southern Wiltshire Issues System – Note the update.

Alternative Activities

Tom circulated a list of positive activities planned for the coming year. If anyone had any ideas or requests then they should contact the Community Youth Officer, Emma Drage. Emma.drage@wiltshire.gov.uk

Community Area Transport Group (CATG) update

The new guidance for the CATG was that only projects endorsed by Town and Parish Councils should be considered. If anyone was thinking of submitting a project, they should first contact the parish council to get them on board.

Comments:

Cllr Devine noted that the request for a replacement bus shelter at Clarendon Park had been on the list for a long time.

Housing Panel – Kate Darbyshire

Meeting dates had been scheduled for 2016 – for council housing tenants. Kate had been working with several Cllrs in her patch to look at historic issues to work out how to move things forward. Kate was happy with the level of engagement she had with the local residents.