brierley hill community first panel minutes - 19th march 2013

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MinutesofthemeetingoftheCommunityFirstBrierleyHillPanel

heldatStMichaelsChurchon19thMarch2013commencingat

7pm

Present

PanelMembers

Peter Plant, John Rogers, Tim Sunter

NB As only three panel members were present this meant that the

meeting was inquorate. It was agreed that any decisions taken by the

meeting would be ratified via email with all panel members.

Others

Gary Colwell, Ray Gibbs, Steven Martin, Tom McCormack, Sensei

Ross-Jones, Chris Sygowski

Apologies

Rachel Harris, David Hoskin, Graham Hudson, Andrew Mann-Ray,

Gary Wright

Minutesofthepreviousmeeting

The notes of the previous meeting were read and agreed.

MattersArising

There were no matters arising which weren't already covered elsewhere

on the agenda.

CommunityFirstPlan

TS gave an update on the production of the Community First Plan,

discussion of which had taken place at previous meetings of the panel.

The following structure for the plan had been adopted:

1. A description of Brierley Hill and the issues and challenges it faces

2. A description of how the plan has been created

3. A review of documentation relation to Brierley Hill and previous

surveys - so as not to reinvent the wheel.


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4. Community First Survey - the survey was shared with the meeting.

Initial feedback from groups who had attended the recent Community Forum

meeting was given. The survey would be further conducted online with key

community activists asked to contribute. The list of potential contributors was

circulated to the meeting and the meeting made suggestions for additions and

updated the data.

5. Identification of priorities emerging from the research.

6. A summary of community assets and resources - this would be compiled

using Google Maps so it could be continually updated online.

7. A list of grants awarded to date together with a brief description of each

project which had received funding.

8. The Action PlanThe meeting agreed to the methodology and the structure of the plan. TS

was asked to complete the work and to get sign off via email.

GrantsAwardedtoDate

The following table was shared with the meeting. It illustrated the status

of grants awarded to date:

Funded Group RecommendedAmount

Paid Amount

United Kids and YouthOutreach

1,140.33 1,140.00

St Paul's CommunityLearning Centre

750.00 750.00

South Street Baptist Church 2,500.00 2,500.00

Hawbush CommunityGardens

945.97 945.97

Brierley Hill Project 1,500.00 1,500.00

Brierley Hill Easy Keep FitClass

500.00 500.00

Brier-Lea over 50s Club 250.00 250.00

Bushfields CommunityAssociation

500.00 500.00

3rd Brierley Hill (St 500.00 500.00


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Michael's) Scout Group

Alzheimer's Support Group 700.00 700.00

St Paul's Community

Learning Centre

700.00 700.00

Steppup Puppets 750.00 750.00

Amblecote Christian Centre 810.00 810.00

Crusaders After-SchoolsClub

790.00 790.00

Dudley Strategic CampaignsTeam

900.00 900.00

Young Leaders 2,400.00 0.00Brierley Hill Team Outreach 526.00 526.00

BLACK COUNTRYREBELS DANCE GROUP

2,110.00 2,110.00

Nine Locks Shotokan KarateClub

2,465.74 0.00

Grand Total 20,738.04 15,871.97

GrantApplications

Grants applications had been received from The Lion's Boxing Club for

1,437.50 and from Brierley Hill Civic Society for 660. The applications

were approved subject to the panel agreeing via email.

This meant that there was some potential funding available to the panel

which might be lost unless applications could be approved before the end of

March. Two potential schemes could take up this funding.

Firstly was the Brierley Hill at Christmas Project which was aiming to

create a community celebration based around the switching on of the

Christmas lights in the town. It was felt that giving this scheme a budget

would enable an even better event to take place. It was agreed to 'allocate'

2,500 towards this project.

Secondly a feasibility study had been carried out in 2011 regarding the

potential for a Brierley Hill in Bloom scheme to be developed. Copies of the

key sections of the report were circulated to those present. This had a greatpotential for community participation and would contribute towards the


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regeneration of the area. Brierley Hill High Street Traders Association had

indicated that they would contribute 2,500 towards the project if the

Community First scheme funded 2,500. It was agreed that this was

potentially a very exciting project and that the panel would support it.

It should be noted that TS declared an interest in the Civic Society and

Bloom projects.

It was agreed that applications should be worked up, agreed by panel

members via email, and submitted to the Community First website before the

deadline of 31st March. TS to action.

AnyOtherBusiness

There was no other business

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