ACTION

1.     Welcome and Apologies

Peter Cansfield introduced the meeting and welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Apologies were received.

2.     Minutes of the meeting held on 16 June 2005

These were agreed subject to the following amendments:

·         Page 5 (g) – Junction Arts should read Involve.

·         Richard Colgrove should read Richard Colgrave.

3.     Matters arising

       a)    Update on action on smoking

              As Dr Beales was not present, this was deferred until a future meeting when he would be able to attend.  In the meantime Mandy would contact him for an update.

MC

       b)    Information leaflet for LSP

              The final proof had been sent to Tina Wilkinson for checking.  Some minor amendments were to be made and she was pleased with the outcome.  This had been a very worthwhile exercise and, by the next meeting, copies should be available for distribution.  The purpose of the leaflet was to give people an idea of how NRF was being used. 

              It was agreed that Richard Colgrave took the lead on the distribution.  Any suggestions for distribution should be forwarded to Richard.

RC

       c)     Feedback on Youth Council

              Janice Cooper had been in touch with the relevant people and a meeting had been arranged to take place on 10 August to discuss the set up.  SNAP Development Project were happy to be involved with this.

JC

       d)    Community Empowerment Network

              Jim Neeve informed the group that digital cameras and camcorders were being purchased so that pictorial evidence of good and bad events could be presented to the LSP.  Chairs of all the LSP groups would be given a tour of the area with a brief outline of the community, identifying hotspots/bad spots.  Parish Councillors had also been invited to take part.

              Concern was raised by the group and the implications were discussed.  Involve had experience of undertaking a similar project and it was thought to be innovative.  Answering a question on how an incident would be reported, Jim confirmed that this would be the responsibility of the Community Empowerment Network.

              Richard stated that Plymouth Council were doing something similar to this and he would pass on the contact details to Jim.

RC

              In general, the group supported this and thought it was a positive step forward and was representative of what was happening in the area and engaged with the other mechanisms that were in place.

       e)    Bolsover Local Development Framework

              Two leaflets had been produced – Guide to the Local Development Framework and a version of how the local community were being involved.

              The timetable for these would be:-

–        Consultations during the summer.

–        A draft options document would be produced around October and taken to the October ESG.

–        Main document would be produce for March 2006.

f)     Improving two-way communication

       The deadline for the partnership newsletter is 1 October 2005.  Peter suggested that a feature should be included on current projects this group was involved in.  Richard to note. 

RC

g)    Regeneration paper

Jim Clifton confirmed that this was in its early stages.  He had received news that the Council would receive £80k from GOEM for locally enterprised initiatives.  This may lead to more training and jobs in the district.

Mandy Chambers confirmed that this would be presented to the next LSP Board for ratification.  An extra seat on the LSP Board would be held by Chesterfield College.

Peter thought that this was a good idea and would not be a problem for PCTs to sign up to.

4.     Progress on Projects approved at last meeting

Mandy updated the group on progress and circulated a paper.  If all projects were approved £400k would have been spent.  If all the groups were not spending all the money it had been calculated that there would be a surplus of £300k. 

Mandy asked if there were any projects being funded and hitting targets which needed extra money or if there were other projects which needed funding.  If so, all relevant paperwork would need to be completed.

The group discussed the updated list of projects in detail.

All projects were going well.  Spearhead Public Health Coordinator, Carers Sitting Service, Derbyshire Carers, Release and Young Mums and Bumps were up and running. 

Affordable Warmth had encountered problems.  There was no need for this to go out to tender as it was not clear how to monitor progress.  Steve Bidwell would be expecting an offer in a few days.

Smoking walk-in clinics – this could begin at short notice.

Community Sports Officer – Kath Weston and Sue Pond were not at the meeting so no information was available.