Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Cllr B Chapple.

The following points were raised:

• Item 5 – The amount carried over from the previous year would be amended from £5110 to £511,000. ACTION A Kenward
• Item 7 – Regarding comment “The Chairman felt that the HASC were in a better placed to put pressure on the CCG but recommended a small number of members met to discuss local issues and make sure the HASC was kept aware of them.”. No further action had been taken; Ms Parker would take this forward to see if still necessary. ACTION Ms Parker.

RESOVLED

Pending the above change the minutes of the meeting held 30 July 2021 were AGREED as an accurate record.

And discussion / agreement on projects to focus on.

To be presented by Tiffany Birch.

Questions to be submitted in advance to: wendoverandvillages@buckinghamshire.gov.uk.

Tiffany Burch, Public Health, gave a presentation on the Community Board Profile, a copy of which was circulated with the agenda. The profile had been used to provide recommendations of areas the Board may wish to focus on and welcomed input from local residents.

Following questions from members of the Board the following points were discussed:

• Regarding NHS health checks GPs should be sending reminders every 5 years from the age of 55. Members of the board felt this was not happening locally and difficulties making GP appointments would likely account for low uptake. Ms Burch noted that the checks had been available since 2009 and that uptake had been low both nationally and across Buckinghamshire.
• Ongoing issues with service provision including difficulty making appointments, delays with routine checks and future provision was raised. It was stated that such issues were a matter for the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) rather than Public Health. The Chairman stated that the Buckinghamshire Council Health and Adult Social Care Committee (HASC) continued to address such issues with the CCG.
• The data quoted was from 2020 which was recognised as an exceptional year. Hospitalisation figures referred to local residents regardless of where they were hospitalised.
• There were no specific recommendations regarding obesity, but this was linked to the recommendation regarding cardiovascular health.
• The public health programme, with services such as smoking cessation, had existed under the county council since 2013. However, the cardiovascular programme was new for 2021.

It was recommended the Board focused on the following areas:

• Preventing diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
• Supporting residents to stop smoking.
• Improving mental health, tackling social isolation and reducing stigma.

To support those areas, it was recommended to Board that they:

• Fund the Active Communities programme across a group of settings in Wendover.
• Fund one or more community gardens as part of the Grow it, Cook it, Eat it programme.
• Set up a local Grow to Give scheme.
• Make your parks and playgrounds smoke free.
• Enhance Healthy Ageing projects with community board funds.
• Support schools to organise wellbeing service days.

RESOLVED

Members of the board AGREED to adopt the recommendations outlined above.

Ms Parker would invite members of the board to join the next meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Action Group to discuss the next steps. ACTION Ms Parker.

To be presented by action group chairs.

Highways and Transportation

Cllr C Paternoster gave an overview of applications that had been approved ahead of the 30 September 2021 deadline for highways projects. A report outlining the schemes would be appended to these minutes.

The next step was for Ms Parker to finalise the paperwork to be passed on to Transport for Bucks (TfB) who would create project initiation documents for each scheme. Once these were received the action group would meet again to arrange next steps. Delivery of the schemes would need to be planned into the TfB schedule of works and may not take place until 2023/24.

Ms Parker gave an update on the following action groups. The slides would be appended to these minutes.

• Environment.
• Economic Regeneration.
• Health and Wellbeing.

Ms Parker proposed the following going forward:

• Ms Parker to attend each parish council to:
  • Discuss opportunity with the area where the Board could support.
  • Brainstorming areas of local focus and how to deliver projects again these priorities.
• Parishes providing key contacts with their local community who could be useful supporting projects.
• Parishes to let the Board know of any events they are holding to enable collaborative work that supports local needs.

RESOLVED

Members of the Board AGREED the proposals outlined above.

To be presented Michelle Parker, Buckinghamshire Council.

Ms Parker referred to a report showing the funding allocated for the year to date. A copy of the report would be appended to these minutes.

The Chairman noted that unallocated funding could not be carried over into the 2022/23 year and encouraged members of the Board to come forward with requests for funding.  The cut off date for applications would be the end of January.

To be presented by Graham Horton.

Inspector G Horton, Thames Valley Police Neighbourhood Team, gave an update on the local area.

The following points were discussed as a result of questions from members of the board:

• Figures quoted were for the wider Aylesbury Vale area. Inspector Horton would send Ms Parker a copy of the statistics specific to the Board area for circulation. ACTION Inspector Horton/Ms Parker.
• Quarterly face to face meetings with the local neighbourhood police team would be arrange. ACTION Ms Parker
• It was confirmed that future needs, including rapid housing growth, was being considered at an overall force level with input from local teams. Inspector Horton noted that a large uplift was not expected for the local area.

RESOLVED

Members of the Board thanked Inspector Horton for his time.

To be presented by Mike Collins.

The Chairman encouraged and welcomed ideas to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee particularly over the extended bank holiday weekend.

• It was confirmed that Board funds from the 2021/22 budget could be earmarked for the Jubilee, and other projects into 2022/23, providing applications were approved by the end of January 2022.
• Mr Strachan confirmed there was a Buckinghamshire Council countywide group leading on Jubilee actions and the Board would need to be aware of cross working.
• Concerns were raised about the application process being unnecessarily complex particularly for small groups of volunteers who may be put off applying. It was acknowledged that this had been raised before and Cllr Bowles confirmed that there was a review taking place looking to streamline the process. Ms Wager added that in the meantime Ms Parker, the localism team and Community Impact Bucks were available to support those making applications.

To be presented by Mike Collins.

Ms Parker shared slides outlining the categories and processes involved in the Proud of Bucks Awards. A copy of the information would be appended to these minutes.

Nominations could be made by anyone, not just the parish councils. Ms Parker asked for volunteers to join the judging panel.

To be presented by Michelle Parker, Buckinghamshire Council.

Ms Parker shared a document outlining upcoming consultations, approaching events, social media handles and support contacts. A copy would be appended to these minutes.

22 February 2022.

Nonday 22 February 2022, 7pm