enhancing our communitymeeting notes |
||
|
|
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE STEERING GROUP
SATURDAY 21
JULY 2007 AT 10.00 AM IN THE VILLAGE HALL
PRESENT: James Lilwall, (Chairman), Jane Bown (JB), Janet
Cockburn (JC), Alex Kirby(AK), John Mallen (JM) APOLOGIES: Nicholas Ward IN ATTENDANCE: David Cockburn MINUTES
OF THE LAST MEETING
The Minutes of the last meeting
were taken as read and agreed. MATTERS ARISING ·
The Chairman has the name of someone who could work on the drainage of
the field but a survey has to be undertaken before we can seek funding and
that will cost about £500. DC said
that unless Anglia Water do something about the pumping system, drainage will
not be as effective as it should be on the field. ·
The new benches and bins are in place and look very smart. ·
The Chairman is still looking for someone to take over the job of
seeking funding grants. WORK
STREAM UPDATES
Field
Sub-Group
The
Chairman will speak to Steve Knight. Action: JL Hall
and Access Sub-Group
AK
reported that the letter mentioned in the last minutes was late going into to
Breckland because the architect’s office had been flooded recently so there
was nothing further to report. Activities
Sub-Group
JC reported that the biggest
news is that we have received £500 from Breckland Council and will receive an
offer letter for £831 from the The school holiday activities
group is to start on Monday afternoon.
On Tuesday 2 representives are coming from Gratitude was expressed to
villagers for their various donations of equipment and money. Available will be a multi-games table, a
table tennis table and a snooker table. DC said there is a need for more
storage space and he is looking for a grant to fund a re-conditioned
container or similar. DC reported that Breckland have publicised
our scheme in their magazine and he has had calls from interested people in
Dereham. Children’s
Play Area DC reported that he and GS are
looking at the Basket Ball court and thinking of turning it into a MUGA, but
need definitive ideas from the young people on what they would prefer to
have. The Norfolk Youth Group
representatives plan to speak to young people when they visit. Heath,
Environment and Heritage
JM
has spoken with AC, and JL will also speak to him. Karl Beam is interested in the Heritage
side and it was suggested that perhaps he and AC could meet and explore
common ground. JB said that as far as
the Government is concerned Environment and Heritage are linked. JB offered to seek some informationl. Action:
Jane Bown Funding
Plan
JM reported that he looked at
sites and there has not been anything new in the last month. DC suggested looking at ‘Grant Finder’. ANY OTHER BUSINESS·
School Quiz – MM reported that she had been asked to ascertain if
Project Bawdeswell, as the winners of last year’s quiz, would be willing to
undertake the questioning at this year’s quiz, which is due to be held on 6
October. Unfortunately this date
clashes with the Friends of the Church Ceilidh. It was agreed that we would be happy to
prepare the questions but the date would have to be changed. DC said the hall is available on the 10th
November. Action: MM ·
JL reported that we have been asked to give an update to the Parish
Council at their meeting on 1st October (at 7.45 pm). The Chairman asked that all the Committee
attend to take part in the presentation.
There was also discussion on who should be invited to attend and MM,
JC and AK will contact various people.
JL and JM to be copied on all correspondence. Action: ·
JC said she thought we should be considering preparing our Business
Plan and MM reported that Laura Abbs-Green of Breckland Council recommended
that we do so. It was suggested that
another sub–group be set up to focus on this.
AK said it isn’t hard and she will forward a framework to JL. Action:
AK, JL It
was agreed to cancel the meeting planned for the 11th
August, so the next meeting will be held on Saturday 8 September 2007 at
10.00am in the village hall. |
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
