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Cudworth – held on 29^th February 2016 and 11^th April 2016.

Monk Bretton – held on 22^nd April 2016.

North East – held on 16^th March 2016.

Royston – held on 25^th April 2016 and 23^rd May 2016.

The meeting received notes from the Cudworth, Monk Bretton, North East and Royston Ward Alliances held in recent months.  The following updates were noted:-

Cudworth – The Academic Achievement Awards will take place on 14^th June, involving three local primary schools.  Summer Holiday Activities are being planned together with a Winter Health Fayre in November.  Bird boxes have been installed in Cudworth Park, which the Barnsley in Bloom judges will be visiting on 7^th July.  An open day will be held at Robert Street allotments on 29^th June, which has received funding from the Ward Alliance and donations of materials from AMCO. 

Monk Bretton – The Summer Gala is planned for 6^th August.  The Area Team and Tom Sheard were thanked for their hard work organising this.  Five new planters have been purchased and installed in the Ward.  Local schools will be planting Summer Bedding at the War Memorial on 23^rd June.  The Awards Event at the Town Hall was a great success.  It was highlighted that a Child suggested that a Child Poverty Sub-Group be formed to help to address child poverty in the area. 

North East – The Queen’s 90^th Birthday Celebration Event will be held on 10^th June at St. Lukes.  The defibrillator has been installed outside the Welfare Hall at a cost of £990.  Training is being taken up and a demonstration will take place at the school after September.  Figures indicate an 80% survival rate when a defibrillator is used.  The EDF Community Grant Scheme was approached for help towards the cost but the process was not user friendly.  The recent litter pick at Grimethorpe was very successful.   

Royston – The Love Where You Live Celebration Event will take place on 14^th June involving three local schools, Libraries Staff and a number of volunteers who will be planting summer bedding, undertaking a biodiversity hunt and listening to the Hogwarts Hedgehog Hospital speaker in Royston Park.  The Community Orchard is taking shape.  The Gala is planned for 19^th June and will involve Royston Dynamos, a Brass Band etc and there has been an unprecedented interest in stalls at the event.  Preparations are underway for Yorkshire in Bloom.  Seven new planters have been ordered under the ‘Adopt a Planter’ scheme and these will be installed next week.  A new notice board has been installed at the park entrance.  Forty new allotments will soon become available.  The DIAL and CAB project will now continue until March 2017 as it is a proven success.  The Summer Holiday Activity Programme has been approved. 

RESOLVED that the notes from the Ward Alliances be received.