Local Joint Committee 2 Ellesmere

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Future meeting dates for this Local Joint Committee

Monday 23rd March - Criftins Parish Hall, Dudleston Heath
Deadline for applications 9th April 2010
Wednesday 19th May
All details to be confirmed
All meetings start at 7pm. We would be delighted to see you there!

Residents of the Ellesmere area are warmly invited to attend the next meeting on the 23rd March at Criftins Parish Hall.

Items on the agenda will include the chance to discuss elderly and older people services. Further details of the meeting will follow in due course.

We will also be receiving feedback from Shropshire Council’s highways manager Hugh Dannatt following the consultation we carried out about speeding and parking at our January meeting.

The committee will make decisions on funding applications received and approve details for the spend of the remaining £9000 left from the years budget.

Ann Hartley Chair of Ellesmere LJC said " this is a great opportunity for local people to bring local issues to the fore and we would encourage all members of the community to come along."

All local people are welcome to attend and we very much hope you can join us at this meeting!

Meeting 1: 9 July 2009
Shropshire Council hosted the first meeting of the Ellesmere area Local Joint Committee (LJC) on 9 July at Ellesmere Town Hall bringing members of the local community together to improve the quality of life in their local area. At this inaugural meeting, which was attended by approximately 40 local residents, members determined that Councillor Ann Hartley from Shropshire Council would be Chairman and Councillor Pat McLaughlin, from Ellesmere Town Council was voted as Vice-Chairman.

During the meeting, members detailed the issues surrounding their local areas and residents were informed that the Committee will have a total budget of £28,000 for this financial year. This funding is to be used to support local community and voluntary activity in the Ellesmere area.

Sgt Julian Hinds, from West Mercia Police stressed how important working in partnership will be to guarantee the success of the LJC and that by doing so; the Committee can carry out many activities that go beyond the remit of one single organisation.

Meeting 2: 30 September 2009
At the second meeting of the LJC held on the 30 September the committee agreed to split the funding into three tranches. Following this decision more than £6000 was awarded to community groups and projects in the Ellesmere Area. The successful applications included:-

• Cockshutt Millennium Hall - £2,500 for a new fire safety alarm to be installed.
• Cockshutt Primary School - £1,512 towards forest school activities
• British Red Cross Young Carers - £100 for young carers to attend support meetings.
• Lakelands School- £ 2,500 towards three year extended school art project.

For more information follow the link entitled 'Funding awarded to north Shropshire groups', which will take you to a press release issued about this meeting.

Meeting 3: 7 January 2010
At the third meeting of the LJC held on the 7th January the committee discussed speeding and parking in the area and received update from Shropshire Council Portfolio holder for Strategic Planning and Transport Martin Taylor Smith and Shropshire Council officer Hugh Dannatt. The committee received 15 applications of interest and agreed to approve recommendations for 10 of the applications. The successful applications included:-

• Welsh Frankton Village Hall- £1,000 towards new tables and chairs.
• Frankton Cricket Club- £500 towards refurbishment of cricket club.
• Shropshire Sailing Club- £1,400 towards reroofing of the boat house.
• Girlguiding Ellesmere- £465 towards costs of girlguides attending Shropshire Centenary World Thinking Day Event.
• St Matthews Church Criftins- £1,500 towards Widening Community Use Project.
• Ellesmere Youth Project- £2000 towards equipment and rent for the youth club.
• Welshampton Parish Hall- £1500 towards refurbishment scheme for the hall.
• Welshampton Primary School- £1,500 towards outdoor classroom activity.
• St Andrews Church- £1, 500 towards Access for All Project.
• Welshampton Parish Council- £500 towards Welshampton Community Green Day.

Please note in the case of urgency, decisions taken by Local Joint Committees will not be actioned until a period of seven working days has elapsed from the date of the meeting, to allow time for publication and potential call-in by Shropshire Council of these decisions

Future funding applications
Up to £9000 will be available for groups to apply for consideration at the next meeting to be held on the 23rd March. Applications must be received by the 12 of February in order to be considered by the committee.

About the LJC meetings
The meetings are open to anyone who would like to attend from the area. The LJC depends on pubic participation and appreciates the input from the local community in identifying the matters that are most important for the area.

Please feel free to come along and bring any issues or thoughts that you would like to raise to help improve the area in which you live. We would particularly like to see young people at the meetings to hear their ideas too.

Meetings will include the local PACT meeting ( Partners and Communities Together) for which a member of the local Police team will be in attendance to hear any concerns or issues you may wish to raise in conjunction with crime and safety.

Future meetings will see further discussions into local issues, priorities and allocation of funding applications. Relevant representatives from services and agencies will be invited, so it will be your opportunity to raise issues that you feel are important.

Shropshire Councillors for this Local Joint Committee

Ann Hartley - Chair
Steve Davenport
Brian Williams

Parishes in this Local Joint Committee

Ellesmere Town Council - Pat McLaughlin Vice Chair
Ellesmere Rural
Welshampton and Lyneal
Cockshutt-cum Petton

Officers leading on this Local Joint Committee

Lead Officer - John Rowley
Support Lead Officer - John Skelton
Committee Officer - Sion Stedman
Community Working Officer - Corrie Davies

Budget for 2009/10

£28,000

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