frome town council meeting 26th january 2011 v4f update brief charles wood chairman
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MAIN ROLES
Promoting Community Plan - Monitoring, Maintaining, revising, assisting and lobbying to achieve objectives
Networking with Town Groups and Local Authorities - to help to:
- Relate plan objectives with town issues
- Assist community groups to meet Plan's objectives (e.g. inputting to fund
generation and business cases)
Facilitating and Promoting Community Consultations - to reach all parts of
the Frome community
Working with Other Somerset and Mendip Community Organisations - E.G.
as member of the Somerset Market Towns Forum (SMTF), Mendip Strategic
Partnership Board Member (MSP), and Mendip Community Support – also with
Community Council for Somerset.
Update – since January 2009
Slow but steady progress
Cultivating a useful presence in the town
Concentrated on building good links and networking
The Plan's projects a constant point of reference
Plan Maintenance and Development
Limited activity - “Mapping” of town groups' objectives and activities to the Plan's projects a necessary start
Will include new projects
Refresh around 5 years after issue
Promoting the Plan's Projects
Support other groups – funding applications (e.g. FROGS riverside project)
Free car parks
Westway seating
Gorehedge junction – pedestrian needs
Saxonvale – some 44 of the Plan's projects could be relevant to this development
Town tourism and marketing
NETWORKING AND LINKS (1)
Town Council- Working Group and Forum on Town
information
- Car Park Purchase solution
- Gorehedge traffic arrangements
District Council and EMCP- Consultation on town centres, future economy
- MSP – Sustainable Community Strategy
- Year 09/10 Budget priorities consultation
- Car park charges discussion, consultation event and permit solution
NETWORKING AND LINKS (2)County Council
- Transport Plan
Town Groups
- Direct liaison and assistance with CoC, cFrome, Sustainable Frome, Civic Society, FoRF, FROGS
Somerset Market Town Forum (SMTF)
- Newsletters
- Network events
- Information feedback
Community Council for Somerset (CCS)
– Tracking and advising on Community Plan projects
For V4FContinue to build momentum – use our funds
to raise capacity. “Mapping” task, and admin and website support.
Seek to strengthen cooperative links with and between the Council, other town groups, with town “partnership” approach in mind.
Build membership and contacts, to raise capacity, and to make a possible social enterprise approach viable.
Town's Hot Issues Include
Town and Tourist information Provision
Car parking (V4F, EMCP, CoC, SF, FTC)
Cheese and Grain
Saxonvale
- Traffic
- Supermarket (Various initiatives, Blog, media etc)
County and District Cuts - e.g:
- Arts
- Libraries
Handling Town IssuesSome Food for thought
- More and more the Town could have to address its own needs as the cuts bite
- Localism Bill, Right to Build, and community empowerment will call for differences in how we collectively do business.
- The Town Council will/should presumably have a lead role in this.
- The Community Plan should continue to encompass what the community wish to see in Frome
• Long and short term view (to 2028), informing the Council's Strategic Plan (3 year view) and the LDF
• Owned by the Community (e.g via V4F or a Town partnership) – a refresh will be needed
• A Town coordinator should have a key role
District Council
Project Deliveries
S Frome
Services
The many Other Town Groups (e.g.
FoRF, FROGS)
V4F(Owns Plan)
SMTF
How Things Could/Should? Work (1) (Partnership Approach)
FROME COMMUNITY
Executive/Action Links
cFrome
Civic Society
CoC
Town Council
Community involvement
Partnership“with Variable subgroups
according to need”
Networking &/orCooperation
Town Environment and Activities
County Council
Other Somerset Groups – MCS,
CCS, etc
MSP
District Council
Project Deliveries
S Frome
Services
The many Other Town Groups (e.g.
FoRF, FROGS)
SMTF
How Things Could/Should? Work (2) (Partnership Approach)
FROME COMMUNITY
Executive/Action Links
cFrome
Civic Society
CoC
Town Council
Community involvement
Partnership“with Variable subgroups
according to need”
Networking &/orCooperation
Town Environment and Activities
County Council
Other Somerset Groups – MCS, MSP, CCS, etc
Coordinator
Community Plan
Owned by Partnership
Management Team/Trust etc/ex-V4F