Shevington & District Community Association

SHEVINGTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Registered Charity No. 513784

Committee Meeting Tuesday, 31st October, 2006, 7.30 pm Shevington Methodist Church PRESENT: Darren Barton (Township) Hilda Green John O’Neill Alan Baybutt Maurice Hilton Ed Powell Angie Bland Alan Kelman Simon Richards (treasurer) Dave Brown (chair) Brian Lowe Martin Saxon Mike Crosby (vice chair) Jim Maloney Ira Whiteley Gareth Dickinson Andrew Meadows (Township) John Whiteley (secretary) Andy Furnival(CSO GMP) Carole Miles APOLOGIES Tony Bostock Brian Hewitt Alan Sudworth Louise Brown Sandra Makin Lorna Ellis Veronica Maloney 1. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING ‘That the Minutes of the Meeting of 26th September be approved as true and correct records.’ Proposed: Ira Whiteley Seconded Carole Miles Agreed. 2. MATTERS ARISING from the meeting of 26th September. Shevington Projects John O’Neill noted that Shevington High School was now a more community minded school and that links with the school would benefit the community as a whole. Jim Maloney said that we would be applying for grant money piece by piece, but always with reference to the benefits to the area as a whole. Christmas Trees need to be ordered now (Andrew Meadows). 13/14 have been ordered up to now for Shevington, Lower Ground and Crooke. It may be necessary to find an extra £10/£12 for each business for the holders. £666 is available for each ward. Andrew will confirm final numbers with Dave Brown via e-mail. The newsletter should include the CA logo. (It will.) Members chose delivery rounds. 11 of the 25 available were taken. 3. TOWNSHIP MATTERS Darren Barton said that the Township forum and its associated sub-groups were being re-organised. Up to now there have been the Forum itself and five sub-groups (Transport and Environment, Planning and Economy, Young People and Education, Leisure and Health, and Community Safety). It is proposed that the first four subgroups be abolished. Community Safety will continue. The township, (apparently the largest in the Borough – sec.) does not quite have the homogeneity that other parts of Wigan enjoy. (The Township includes Aspull, Appley Bridge, Crooke Village, Haigh, New Springs, Shevington, Shevington Vale, Shevington Moor, Standish, Whelley, Worthington.) Forum meetings are in Standish and are reasonably well attended but mainly by Standish residents. The other two wards have not had the same input. Standish Community Forum (their equivalent of the CA) have decided to make one meeting each quarter a township meeting where township rather than local issues would be discussed. Darren is inviting the CA to consider doing something similar – a quarterly meeting? with council officers? location? The newsletter would be important in publicising our discussions to the community. The Township Police Inspector would be able to have an input to these meetings and could provide feedback to and from the community. Guard rails / bollards. Andrew Meadows will be responsible for arranging an engineer’s visit to ascertain the best placement / best equipment. WMBC vehicles will soon have a “how’s my driving?” strip on. 4. COMMUNITY PROJECTS What are they? Recreation Ground – at least four items: car park, landscaping, drainage, m.u.g.a. Youth Club – upgrading, redeveloping Old School – refurbishing, redeveloping High School – three items: drainage of pitches, Astroturf, Healthy Living Project (based on the Sports Hall) Youth Club Ira Whiteley reported that she was applying to the Tudor Trust for funding. The Trust has moved the application to the second stage and would be arranging a site visit. John O’Neill said there was a lot going on. Can we get the major players together and publish it in the next newsletter and through the Churches; can it be written down on a sheet of A4? (A meeting for the business plan will take place on December 6th, 2.00.p.m., Shevington H.S.) Jim Maloney said than an application will be submitted by the CA for the landscaping part of the Recreation Ground Project to Breathing Spaces, a project sponsored by the BBC. Jim also reported that a bid is to be submitted to English Heritage for the Old School on Miles Lane. 5. COMMUNITY SAFETY CSO Andy Furnival attended the meeting. He reported that the area Inspector (Insp. Jones) goes through the log and is always aware of drinking in public, or vandalism. There are 20 Good Behaviour Agreements in force in Shevington at the moment. CSO Furnival urged people to ring in and report problems. Alan Baybutt said that it was important to generate log numbers. People are coming from other areas, and deterrence was necessary. Was there any possibility of CCTV? Brian Lowe said that all First Bus vehicles carried 9 video cameras, at least two of which were pointed out from the vehicle. Martin Saxon said that much of the anti-social behaviour stemmed from alcohol abuse. Dave Brown said he would contact Trading Standards to see if there could be more test purchases, though it was the case that much of the alcohol was bought by over-18’s anyway, and shared or resold. He would contact the Risk Management group about CCTV. 6. CALENDAR There would be slightly fewer than 500 copies to sell, at £4 each. Advertisers would receive a complimentary copy. 7. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Maurice Hilton was presented with a certificate from the Lancashire Association of Clubs for Young People for 20 years service to Shevington Youth Club, and a special LACYP award as “Volunteer of the Year, 2006”. Hilda Green received a similar certificate for 30 years service. We resoled to send £50 to the Royal British Legion for Remembrance Day. Hilda to obtain the wreath. 8. DATE OF NEXT MEETING Tuesday, November 28th, 7.30.p.m., Shevington Methodist Church. The meeting closed at 9.00.p.m.

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