Getting Together. Getting Things Done. Growing our Village.

Minutes of GVP Formal Meeting 7pm – 8.15pm 21st April 2015 Elm Road URC

Present: David Bailey – Chair Andy McKnight – Treasurer Victoria Holmes – Secretary

Name Organisation / Resident Mark Shaw Greater Police Graham Greenhalgh Resident Gina Gibson Elm Road URC Ann Gregory Homebeck / Gatley Rotary Mel Edge Gatley Rotary Clare Forrest Gatley Village Partnership John Bodicoat Resident Ruth Davies Resident Iain Roberts Local Councillor Peter Owen Gatley Carrs Carol Kilmister Brookside Preschool & Baxter Park Tennis Club Chris Parker Orgono Go Ltd Kate Barrow Kate Barrow Bahman Rashidi Piccolo Kelly Kearney Piccolo B. McKnight Gatley Village Partnership Pam Rowley Best Friends Pets & Resident Mark Lees School & Cheadle Rotary Neil Kellett Gatley Rotary R Hussain Cheadle Islamic Centre S. Malik Cheadle Islamic Centre

1. Chair's Welcome  Thank you to Gina Gibson and Elm Road URC for hosting the meeting.  Upcoming Bike Fest event at the weekend – we need your support to make this a success.  Since last meeting have met with Gatley Rotary Club and Gatley Islamic Centre and hope to continue building those relationships and working together within the community.  Have been looking into developing a new website – details to come in the meeting.

2. Apologies Geoff Belton, Ben Greenwood, Cllr June Somekh, Sally Keep, Andrea Sargeant, David Fernandez, Ange Hague, Andy Forrest, Julia Nicholson, Colin Owen

3. Minutes / Actions of last meeting 5.1 Mark Shaw advised that more people trained regarding twitter updates and should now be happening more frequently. 5.2 - Mark Shaw updated that no specific places for ASB – broadly across areas. May change as warmer weather comes in but nothing to report for now. Getting Together. Getting Things Done. Growing our Village.

- Mark Shaw advised that no reports regarding problems on Scholes Field following number of issues raised on Gatley Facebook. Clare Forrest requested that Admins for Gatley Facebook page encourage residents to report to 101 when issues raised. Iain Roberts reiterated this. - Bahman Rashidi raised incident that happened in the Village on 14.04.15 involving a large number of young people. Need to find something for young people to do to relieve boredom. Enquired about option of taking over the former park keepers hut in the park and renovating it to creating somewhere for young people to meet eg ice cream/drinks sales / disco area. Iain Roberts to look into what needs to be done asap. 6.1 Iain Roberts advised that officers are looking into and working up a plan to slightly adjust the lane markings on Gatley Road at Kingsway Junction (heading from Gatley to Cheadle). Iain Roberts to give further update when available. 12 Racist graffit/leaflets – keep reporting to 101 and will be logged as race-hate incident. Report to Council who will come and remove/clean the area.

4. Elections  David Bailey nominated to re-stand as Chair – seconded by Andy McKnight  Andy McKnight nominated to re-stand as Treasurer – seconded by Clare Forrest.

5. Police Reports  Aware of 12 incidents of rowdy behaviour in the last month  10 Burglaries in last month – 4 houses, 4 sheds, 2 garages. Advice is to make sure properties are secure and to close/lock windows/doors if go out or in the garden.  PCSO Ryan will be holding a surgery 11am – 1pm on 21st May in Coffee Fix.

Questions from floor 5.1 Clare Forrest asked if figures indicate an increase in burglaries? Mark Shaw advised that these are nothing out of the ordinary. 5.2 Andrew McKnight asked if will be increase in patrols over summer. Mark Shaw advised that as aware there are more problems patrols will be planned accordingly. Operation in place to visit problem areas durin 5pm – 3am shift.

6. Councillors' Report  Tatton – aware that owners have cleared round the back of the Tatton building and that owners are still progressing planning application but is progressing more slowly than the owners would like. CPO process is still moving alongside of this.  No questions from the floor.

7. Treasurer’s Report  £200 donation given to Wish Upon a Star charity  Latest transactions were: insurance for Bike Fest, purchase of portable PA system to support Bike Fest & future events, Banners to promote Gatley Village Partnership.  Over £1,400 in the bank – expect Bike Fest to make some profit.  PA system will be available to hire – contact Gatley Village Partnership for further information and hire price.

8. Working Group One – Supporting Local Business – David Bailey  Meeting was very positive with ideas being brought forward. Still need more to attend and get involved.  Discussed keeping identity of Gatley Village – Tanya Vare looking into funding that may Getting Together. Getting Things Done. Growing our Village.

be available to provide plants and possibly go towards pennants. Tanya currently looking into Ward Flexible Funding and Gina Gibson suggested funding available through . Tanya Vare advise that no joy from either Co-Op Bank or Tesco.  Pennants – Andy McKnight – will find out price to see how many can get but still need permission to install. Iain Roberts advised that as long as money is there and lamp-posts are physically able to hold up the pennants then it shouldn't be a problem.  Discussed supporting a local charity for a year. Mel Edge said Gatley Rotary want to do this to. Following discussion charities were suggested as have connection to Gatley - The End of Treatment Bells - Independent Options - Genie Networks Suggested that have Facebook Poll to decide.  The group also want to progress holding a Food & Drink Festival in the Autumn  Next meeting of this group is 7pm Tuesday 19th May at Elm Road URC – attendees to 'bring a friend'.

8.1 Website

 Looking into creating a new website. Gatley Village Partnership provide some initial funding with traders/businesses being part of it for an annual fee.  Clare Forrest presented mock up of proposal for new website designed by Ben Greenwood. Domain name gatleyvillage.co.uk. All businesses would have a free basic listing but could pay a fee of approx £50 to have a featured listing.  Iain Roberts commented that although new website may be worth trying it more take more time and effort than would generate in use. Iain Roberts also suggested that there are a number of other websites that can link into which would like 'community champions' to feed information to them about local events/activities. - Rachel Wallace at We Are [email protected] - Helen White at Marketing Stockport [email protected]  There was a lot of positive thoughts around creating a new website and would ask Ben Greenwood to look at other sites suggested by Iain Roberts to see how can work together. Comments as well with regard to the proposal being good value and cost effective.  It was agreed that Gatley Village Partnership would continue to explore setting up this new website.

9. Working Group Two – Improving our Community – Victoria Holmes  Successful Litter Pick held on 29th March. Two futher litter picks planned as part of Bike Fest – volunteers required between 11am-12noon and 4pm-5pm.  Will also be a litter pick on Sunday 28th June as part of Gatley Festival – time to be advised.  Contacted Council to discuss/request more bins and signage about litter. Council Officer Iain Bate not very positive about these ideas: signs may cause more problems and is a cost implication in providing more bins. Will invite to next meeting so further discussion can take place.  Iain Roberts advised that there are 2 new bins on Foxland Road to replace older style bins which should help litter problem in that area.

10. Working Group Three – Bringing People Together – Clare Forrest / Getting Together. Getting Things Done. Growing our Village.

David Bailey  Bike Fest takes place weekend of 24th April. Starting with quiz at Coffee Fix on Friday night. Rides are almost fully booked. Hoping this will be an annual event.  Planning for Gatley Festival is well under way. Theme is Circus. Anyone who wants to get involved to contact the festival committee.

11. Any Other Business  Gatley Carrs and Baxter Park Tennis Club both have events and distributed posters for display.

12. Date and Time of Next Meeting  Next meeting: 7pm Tuesday 21st July 2015 – venue to be confirmed  Future meeting dates: Tuesday 20th October 2015, Tuesday 19th January 2016 . All meetings will start at 7pm, venues to be confirmed.

Action Points

Item Action Responsible 3 Admin on Gatley Facebook page to encourage reporting John Bodicoat of issues to Police via 101 3 Look into Piccolo's taking over and renovating park Iain Roberts keeps hut in Gatley Rec 8  Progress funding options Tanya Vare

 Providing pricing/budget for pennants Andy McKnight

 Set up Facebook Poll to decide local charity Clare Forrest, John Bodicoat, Mel Edge

8.1  Look at how website would work together with Ben Greenwood 'We are Stockport' and 'Vision Stockport'  Continue to explore setting up new website. GVP 9 Invite Iain Bate to next full meeting Victoria Holmes / Clare Forrest