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Minutes
Wells Area Partnership Annual General Meeting
The Maltings, Wells
Tue 21st October, 7.30pm
Present
WAP Members
Chris Rose WAP
Trustee & Chairman
Peter Rainsford WAP
Trustee
Do Powell Wells
Town Bowls Club
Peter Lynn WAP
Board Member - Environment
Pat Western Wells
Carnival Committee
John Stanard WAP
Board Member – Children and Young People
Elaine Kelly WAP
Board Member – Learning and Skills
Pauline Chamberlain Fakenham
Area Partnership
Cheryl Crawford WAP
Trustee
In Attendance
Sue Fielding Friends
of the Beach Rd Playing Field
Ray Hewitt Friends
of the Beach Rd Playing Field
Kate Parker WAP
Co-ordinator
Sara Phillips The
Quay
Apologies
Anthony Smith, Nula Cooper and Colin Rattee,
- Welcome
WAP Chairman Chris Rose opened the meeting and welcomed members
to the AGM
- Chairman’s Report
The Chairman presented the annual report which outlined the
activity of Wells Area Partnership for the financial year 2007/08.
The Chairman made particular reference to the hard work and
commitment that Fiona MacCallum had shown to WAP over the past
year and welcomed Kate Parker to the organisation. The Chairman
introduced Kate Parker as the new WAP Co-odinator, Kate will
be in post for the next 12 months to cover Fiona MacCallum’s
period of maternity leave. He noted that Peter Lynn had kindly
agreed to take over Chairing the WAP Board, after 18 November’s
meeting.
- Financial Report and Accounts
Peter Rainsford presented the WAP annual accounts for the
financial year 2007/08. The accounts were adopted by Members.
Peter Rainsford reported that copies of the audited accounts
would be available for members to view in detail at the WAP
Office and that they would also be published on the WAP website
in the near future.
- Questions and Answers
Sue Fielding asked if WAP could provide details of its future
projects and activity. Kate Parker explained that following
on from the Community Survey carried out in early 2008, WAP
had identified two priority areas to focus projects on. These
were to increase the amount of affordable housing for local
people and to increase provision of youth facilities and services
across the area. Kate reported that over the next 12 months
WAP intended to try and help roll out the successful model
of Homes for Wells throughout the Burnhams and that she was
currently working with NNDC, the Safer Neighbourhood Team and
the Youth Service to try and secure funding for youth projects
in both Wells and Walsingham.
A review of the District Council owned assets in Wells and
other opportunities for the town is currently being carried
out by Blue Fish Regeneration, working to the North Norfolk
Community Partnership. Concerns were raised by Ray Hewitt,
about the nature of the consultations involved to date. These
concerns were acknowledged by WAP Members and Kate Parker agreed
to pass on contact details for the project lead officer at
NNDC to enable further clarification to be sought but in so
far as they related to communications within Wells Town Council,
this was not the remit of WAP.
Sara Phillips asked for more regular updates on WAP activity
for publication in the Quay. Members agreed that WAP needed
to increase its PR and marketing to ensure that everyone in
the area was aware of its role and the benefits it offered
to the community. Kate Parker agreed to contact Sara outside
of the AGM to discuss this further.
- Any Other Business
There was no other business raised
- Date of Next AGM and Close of Meeting
The date of the next meeting was set for Tuesday 19th October
2009. The Chairman thanked everybody for attending the meeting
and invited people to join WAP either as Trustees, Board Members
or general members.
The meeting was closed at 8.25pm
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