Agenda item

  a)  Cudworth, held on 23^rd November 2020

  b)    Monk Bretton, held on 18^th December 2020

  c)    North East, held on 19^th November 2020

  d)    Royston, held on 30th November 2020

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

Cudworth - Following the meeting on Monday Robert Street allotments was granted £500 agreed.  The CCTV installation, part of the Principal Towns project, is now up and running.  All Ward Alliance Members were thanked for their generous gifts to the children's fund over the Christmas.  Special thanks were given to Steve Green for his hard work and John Marshall at Priory Campus.  Priorities will be reviewed at the next meeting.  New members are needed and opportunities will be advertised.

Monk Bretton - An application has been received from Carlton Bowling Club.    Hanging baskets will be funded for the summer.  The Ward Alliance is looking to set up a Facebook group.  Cllr Green thanked everyone for their contributions to the Christmas fund, with in excess of 4000 presents received.  This will be repeated next year.  The Christmas lights were filmed and put on Facebook along with a message from Father Christmas.

North East  - The Ward Alliance took part in distributing the winter warm packs.  Some applications have been received, including some for hanging baskets.  An application has been received from Great Houghton youth group, who do a lot of work in the ward.  The defibrillator is awaited at Options but this is on hold at the moment due to the lockdown.  Louise Hunt gave an overview of her role at the last meeting.  Priorities are being set for next year.   

Royston - The November meeting was attended by members of the Youth Participation Team to talk about the Make Your Mark engagement exercise.  Over 7500 responses were received from Barnsley, which was the best response in the Yorkshire and Humber region.  Priorities will be set from this exercise.  Diversity and equality in school was the top for Royston, alongside transport and drugs.  There is still a need to penetrate Area Council and Ward Alliances with youth engagement and Members were urged to keep youth engagement at the forefront of their plans. 

The memorial bench has now installed at the entrance to St John's Church with help from Barnsley Community Build and Help4Homeless Veterans.  Section 106 meetings continue to be well attended. Access steps at Rabbit Ings have been matched funded from this alongside Football Foundation money.  Principal Towns Phase I is now complete and the centre of Royston is looking good.  The last defibrillator has now been fitted free of charge by a local electrical company at the Grove on Station Road. Thanks were expressed to Steve Green for doing a fantastic job with the Christmas toy appeal.  All those involved got a Spirit of Barnsley award.  The new Christmas lights looked great and will be built on next year. Hanging baskets planned for the summer.

RESOLVED that the notes from the Ward Alliances be received and Steve Green be thanked, on behalf of the children of the Borough, for his hard work with the Christmas toy appeal.