4.
Round Robin
Pete Lynn – Environment Forum:
The Environment group has seen a reduction in numbers
recently and now stands at only 3. A re launch is
proposed for after the summer in the hope that community
members will be encouraged to join the forum. The
forum recognised that meetings needed to be held
in public venues rather than member’s houses
to ensure that meetings were more accessible to new
members.
External speakers had been invited to recent meetings
and all offered support in helping with carbon reduction
and conservation improvements for Wells and the surrounding
area.
The Forum have offered to look after the railway cutting – Wells
Town Council to update with progress
Helen Millward – Children and Families:
The new Sure Start Children’s Centre is now open
and the mobile toy library is already a great success.
Funding has been agreed up until 2012 and many projects
are planned for the coming months. They include new parent
toddler groups for Burnham Market and Langham and a baby
health care service is due to start in September. The
aim of the Children’s Centre is to fill the gaps
in current provision by providing services and facilities
across the spectrum such as improving adult literacy,
support for teenage mums, smoking cessation and sexual
health advice.
John Stannard - Workers Education association
The Workers Education Association has a branch in Wells
and they are currently running 8 week courses on astronomy
for beginners and the history of opera. Courses are
very ‘member led’ with the association
mainly responding to requests for courses in specific
subjects. Members tend to be older people but there
could be an opportunity to branch into informal adult
education to provide an alternative structure for improving
skills in the area.
Peter Rainsford – Health
Hospital Project – After some discussion with the
Transport Department at NCC the bus route will not be
altered to include a pick up and drop off point near
the hospital.
The Hospital is in dialogue with Norfolk County Council’s
Social Services and the PCT about becoming a health Care
provider.
The Hospital now has two fully equipped meeting rooms
holding from between 20 and 60 people.
Stiffkey garden opera – tickets available through
the hospital
Nula Cooper – Youth Service
Young people from Wells have recently been involved in
a missing persons training day for the police and are
likely to continue to be involved in training sessions
throughout the year. We are in the process of
training youth volunteers around issues such as child
safety and relationship building in order to improve
their work with young people.
Three volunteers are working with the Youth service
to set up a facility for young people in Burnham Market.
The Youth service will be providing detached youth work
over the summer period targeting specific young people
and groups in Wells. In addition to this a summer Road
Show will be providing 20 x 3hr sessions across the locality.
The road show will provide sporting equipment, cards,
safety information and outreach youth work to suit the
needs of each area. It is hoped this approach will help
promote a positive image of young people to other community
members throughout summer.
Elaine Kelly – Extended Schools Programme:
Wells Community hospital is currently displaying an art
exhibition from Wells High School. The exhibition includes
work from both A Level and G.C.S.E level students and
is being received very well.
The extended school programme is now being offered four
days a week and there is to be a Parent Support Adviser
based at the school from September.
Due to the schools sports specialist status, more community
facilities are to be provided over the next few years,
especially after the success of the Olympeel Games Day
that was recently held. |
