NORTH WEST CHILTERNS LOCAL AREA FORUM DATE: 25 March 2015 TIME: 7.00 pm Hughenden Parish Council LOCATION: Council Offices The Common Great Kingshill HP15 6EN AGENDA Item Page No 1 Apologies for Absence / Changes in Membership 2 Declarations of Interest To disclose any Personal or Disclosable Pecuniary Interests 3 Action Notes 3 - 8 To confirm the notes of the meeting held on 19 November 2014 4 Question Time 9 - 12 There will be a 20 minute period for public questions. Members of the public are encouraged to submit their questions in advance of the meeting to facilitate a full answer on the day of the meeting. Questions sent in advance will be dealt with first and verbal questions after. Question from Mr. S E McCabe regarding installation of speed awareness measure on Main Road, Lacey Green. Attached is the question from Mr McCabe, together with the officer response. 5 Petitions None received 6 Social Isolation and Loneliness Amongst Vulnerable Adults Report from Kyle Banks, Community Links Officer 7 Active Bucks 13 - 16 A briefing paper is attached. Jenny Caprio will provide any updates at the meeting. 8 Update from Thames Valley Police 9 Update from TfB 17 - 22 Attached is the TfB Update. 10 Local Priorities Report 23 - 26 Report from Madeleine Howe, Locality Manager Visit democracy.buckscc.gov.uk for councillor information and email alerts for meetings, and decisions affecting your local area. 11 Update from Wycombe District Council 27 - 28 Please find attached, for information, an update from Wycombe District Council. 12 Date of Next and Future Meetings The next meeting of the Local Area Forum will be held at 7.00pm on Wednesday 17 June 2015 in Bledlow Village Hall, Chinnor Road, Bledlow, Princes Risborough, Bucks HP27 9QJ. Dates of future meetings: 9 September 2 December Members Carl Etholen, Buckinghamshire County Council Bill Bendyshe-Brown, Buckinghamshire County Council David Carroll, Buckinghamshire County Council Gary Hall, Wycombe District Council Alan Turner, Wycombe District Council Marcus Angell, Wycombe District Council Dory Morgan, Wycombe District Council Mel Foster, Wycombe District Council Audrey Jones, Wycombe District Council Steve Lacey, Wycombe District Council Simon Breese, Bledlow-cum-Saunderton Parish Council Ken Hale, Bradenham Parish Council Peter Tilbury, Ellesborough Parish Council David Williams, Gt and Lt Kimble Parish Council Cathryn Davies, Lacey Green Parish Council John Sherlock, Lacey Green Parish Council Jane Rogers, Longwick-cum-Ilmer Parish Council James Perkins, Hughenden Parish Council Paul Nicholls, Hughenden Parish Council Brian Swain, Hughenden Parish Council Frances Smith, Great and Little Hampden Parish Council Ian Hollenden, Great and Little Hampden Parish Council Margaret West, Princes Risborough Town Council Richard Clayton, Risborough Area Partnership Democratic Services Contact : Maureen Keyworth, Tel 01296 383603, Email [email protected] If you would like to attend a meeting, but need extra help to do so, for example because of a disability, please contact us as early as possible, so that we can try to put the right support in place. Agencies : Buckinghamshire County Council, Wycombe District Council, Bledlow-cum Saunderton Parish Council, Bradenham Parish Council, Ellesborough Parish Council, Great and Little Hampden Parish Council, Great and Little Kimble Parish Council, Hughenden Parish Council, Lacey Green Parish Council, Longwick-cum-Ilmer Parish Council, Princes Risborough Town Council, Thames Valley Police, Bucks Fire and Rescue, Buckinghamshire PCT, Voluntary Sector representatives Agenda Item 3 ACTION NOTES MEETING: North West Chilterns Local Area Forum DATE: 19 November 2014 7.00 pm to 9.10 pm Upper Hall, Princes Risborough Baptist LOCATION Church, 42 Bell Street, Princes Risborough HP27 0A Carl Etholen (Buckinghamshire County Council), Bill Bendyshe-Brown (Buckinghamshire County Council), Mel Foster (Wycombe District Council), Simon Breese (Bledlow-cum- Saunderton Parish Council), Cathryn Davies (Lacey Green Parish Council), John Present: Sherlock (Lacey Green Parish Council), Jane Rogers (Longwick-cum-Ilmer Parish Council), James Perkins (Hughenden Parish Council), Paul Nicholls (Hughenden Parish Council) and Brian Swain (Hughenden Parish Council) Maureen Keyworth, Madeleine Howe, James Tunnard, Jenny Caprio, Wayne Pickford, In Attendance: Karen Fisher and Lee Turnham Item ISSUES RAISED 1 Apologies for Absence / Changes in Membership Apologies were received from David Carroll and Steve Lacey. 2 Declarations of Interest None. 3 Action Notes The Action Notes for the meeting held on 24 September were agreed, subject to the following: Apologies noted from Mel Foster. The following was noted: Item 7 – Local Priorities Budget Information on the breakdown of costs in relation to the Parking Review at Princes Risborough, and value for money with regard to a feasibility study had not yet been forthcoming and Madeleine Howe agreed to chase this. Action: Madeleine Howe Madeleine Howe said that John Shaw had not yet provided information on how the work with the Forest School tied in with the work of Chiltern Rangers. However, it was noted that the level of reward to volunteers from Chiltern Rangers was £150. Madeleine agreed to chase John Shaw. Action: Madeleine Howe Item 9 Update from TfB James Tunnard will pursue whether signs could be put on entrance gates to villages stating that the village was a Speedwatch village. Action: James Tunnard 3 4 Question Time Request for funding towards the supply of defibrillators in the Risborough Area. The Chairman welcomed to the meeting Paul Rogerson, Mark Tubbs and Chris Simonson who put forward a request for funding towards Community Defibrillators for the LAF area. Chris Simonson said they were a small group who formed three months ago. She informed members that all three of them had had or knew of incidents where defibrillators could have helped the person involved. Statistics show that one in ten people may survive cardiac arrest with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but this reduces to one in four with the use of a defibrillator. In a rural situation, it is possible that an ambulance may not be able to attend an incident within eight minutes and the group wished to promote the need for defibrillators to be made available in rural communities. Mark Tubbs informed members that his family had been running Princes Risborough Golf Club for 30 years, with many older members and there had been instances of people dying on the course. If a defibrillator had been available people may have had a better chance of survival. He said he would like to see defibrillators on the outside of buildings so that ambulance crews can use them for the community. Mark also said that they would be raising money from communities in the LAF area in order to have the equipment in strategic locations Mark said they had discussed with the Ambulance Service which equipment to invest, and decided on one which is used by the Service itself. Ambulance crews will generally try to ascertain whether there is access to a defibrillator near the patient they are being called out to and will talk through the process with the person on site whilst they are driving to the scene. The Service will also train people on how to use the equipment. Defibrillators will be housed in secure boxes on walls and the Ambulance Service has the codes for accessing the equipment. Paul Rogerson said they were looking for funding for equipment to be placed in areas south of Princes Risborough and were also looking at placing equipment in villages such as Bledlow. With regard to funds Paul said they would have a community account for administration and had identified further funding areas such as the Golf Club, Local Government Community Projects and Speen Fete was also willing to make a donation. They were also looking for public donations. Paul said they were asking the LAF for a contribution towards this project and would be happy to attend the meetings to provide regular updates on their work which could come under the heading of Community and Health Projects. It was noted that the group had not sought funding from the NHS, Parish Councils, or SCAS (South Central Ambulance Service) but were looking for communities for funding. Paul Rogerson said the Princes Risborough area was of most concern and the Chairman agreed, stating that with a growing population and more traffic, the situation could get worse. Members discussed first responders and whether they should be included in any scheme. However, this would not negate the need for more volunteers but would promote joint working. It was noted that SCAS will train volunteers and anyone living close to the site of a defibrillator can also receive training. As already mentioned the ambulance crew will talk the caller through how to operate the equipment. Bill Bendyshe-Brown stated that there were four first responders in Princes Risborough who had transport, and they were hoping to increase this number. He suggested that the group gets in touch with Geoff Clark. It was also noted that RAF High Wycombe has volunteers and transport. The need to understand ongoing costs was also raised, such as maintenance. Mark Tubbs stated that they were putting aside £200 - £300 per annum to cover this and it will include battery replacement. He said that faults could develop, but the machines had the technology capability to automatically report faults. Mel Foster said it was not just the technical side, but the business side and whilst he agreed that this was a worthwhile project, he expressed caution with regard to revenue implications. Mel also reiterated the need for joint working, particularly with the NHS who would be better placed to know where defibrillators could be accessed, in order to make better use of those already in place. 4 Cathryn Davies said that the nearest first responder to Lacey Green is based in Prestwood and having a defibrillator close by would benefit Lacey Green.