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Page last update on 19 November 2009
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VILLAGE HALL report August 2009 |
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HOLLAND SPORTS CLUB & PROJECT REPORT NovEMBER 2009 |
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PLAY EQUIPMENT AT COLLINSON ROAD – November 2009 |
VILLAGE HALL report August 2009
The Village Hall has been undergoing refurbishment of the kitchen and new flooring in Hall 2 during the quiet month of August.
I am pleased to report that both the kitchen works and the new floor in Hall 2 will be completed by the 5th. September in time for the new term to begin .
Both projects have been made possible by Grants and our local County Councillor Timothy Corbett along with representatives of Staffordshire County Council will attend an evening in October (date to be confirmed) so that plaques recording the grants made to the Hall will be installed .
Parish Councillors and users /hirers of the Hall will also be invited and invitations will be issued when the date is known.
Pauline Fisher
28th. August 2009
HOLLAND SPORTS CLUB & PROJECT REPORT NOVEMBER 2009
Changing Rooms Project
The Club Project Team are now submitting a new bid for grant aid to Sport England under their ‘Sustainability’ funding round in which £10 million is available. Applications must be in by 21 December.
Applications are also being advanced to the four major National Governing Bodies of Sport. Ahead of this the Club is seeking to host a presentation on the project to Regional representatives of all those and other smaller sporting bodies. This is targeted for 27th November.
As a fall-back position the Club is interviewing professional fund raisers to see if there is merit & it is economically possible to use them to promote bids to the Sporting bodies as well as to non-sporting organisations with funds whose objectives might fit our project.
Future meetings of the Project team are arranged for 7.30 p.m. on 19th. & 30th. November.
Members are asked to note the content of this Report.
Adrian Wedgwood
4th. November 2009
PLAY EQUIPMENT AT COLLINSON ROAD – 5th November 2009
The report to the October meeting detailed the information gathering and consultation being carried out to finalise a scheme to provide improved play equipment on the park. This process continued in to early October with:
(a) A consultation morning held for the village on Saturday 3rd October. Over 100 people attended and of those commenting: 92% thought better use should be made of the site, 100% said the previous scheme for the kiddies had been a big improvement, and 89% said it would be right to introduce facilities for older children. Many individual comments were received and there was greatest support for updating the old wooden item (27), draining wet areas(26) and providing seats and picnic tables(25). There was less support for landscaping(21), shrubs(15) and more paths(11).
(b) A consultation evening on 13th October with children and young people in the 8-13 age group. There was an excellent attendance of over 30 and we gained a lot from the youngsters, particularly in the workshop sessions. It was an opportunity to show them what can be achieved and getting them thinking about the issues; neighbours, noise, litter, suitable things for the site, etc.
(c) 337 survey questionnaires were collected and analysed. The results will be available at the meeting
Many thanks to all the Councillors who supported the events.
The Parish Council’s decision to make a ‘Playbuilder’ application was taken at the August meeting; this meant we had only three months to consult and produce a scheme (and all the youth organisations could not be involved because they were on holiday). Consultation is a vital part of Playbuilder and needs to be done before a scheme can be finalised. Manufacturers require 2-4 weeks to produce plans of final proposals, and they are not able to produce landscaping proposals within that time.
Various discussions have been held with the Staffordshire coordinator of the Playbuilder fund and our application is now substantially complete, as far as possible in the limited time. She has indicated that our current submission for grant can be amended and developed over the coming months ready for work to be carried out in 2010/11. Members will be asked to consider the following key elements at the meeting:
(i) Drawing 23305rev1/STA from Playdale showing a proposed scheme with two options for either a 6m or a 4m high pyramid climbing net. It Includes the Youth of Barton bid and the Playbuilder element is initially quoted at £47,556.
(ii) A sketch drawing kindly produced by Councillor Ed. Sharkey to reshape and landscape the park with earth mounding, tree planting, rocks and more formal seating. Landscaping and using local people are important issues for Playbuilder and it is hoped that having Ed, Vernon Wright and other local contractors involved with our bid will give strength to our efforts. Vernon and Ed estimate the landscaping and seating element will cost no more than £15,000. The Council’s views are sought on the nature and extent of these initial landscaping proposals which have been produced primarily to indicate to the Playbuilder grants panel that we take their landscaping objectives seriously, we have local expertise on board, and a local contractor to deliver an exciting and attractive final scheme.
(iii) The total cost of the bid we have prepared is therefore £62,556. It is proposed to seek the maximum grant of £50,000. Although, we have some good indications that other grants will be available, nothing can be certain at this time. However, to assure Playbuilder that providing they support us with £50k the scheme can go ahead, we will need to consider saying the Council undertakes to provide the £12,556 shortfall. Past experience indicates our ability to raise this sort of figure, and therefore the target will be to avoid any cash payment by the Parish Council.
(iv) As reported elsewhere, the increase in our responsibility to maintain play equipment would increase dramatically and a figure of £1,500 p.a. is suggested to set aside in future year budgets. As the equipment gets older, or if vandalism took place, this figure could increase
The Parish Council’s Approval is sought to:
A. Indicate in the application that the Parish Council will provide (or raise) up to £12,600.
B. Setting aside an additional £1500 p.a. for play equipment maintenance.
C. Making a planning application for a pyramid climbing net six metres high, at an anticipated cost of £85
Vic Trigwell 4 th November 2009
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