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===September 2025 === | ===September 2025 === | ||
{{ | {{Minute-ext|<!--- 1. Meeting Date --->25th September 2025|<!--- 2. Council or Committee meeting --->Parish Council meeting|<!--- 3. Item Number --->17|<!--- 4. Agenda --->To receive an update from the Health, Leisure and Wellbeing Group.|<!--- 5. Content --->This was also discussed along with Item 20. | ||
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EBC has invited local community organisations to bids for the lease to run its six Community Centres including the Claygate Centre. Applications must be submitted by 14 November and a decision will be announced before Christmas with the aim of transferring the management of the Centre to the successful bidder by 1st April 2026. | |||
There was a proposal for Cllr Holt and Cllr French to organise an event at the Community Centre on Wednesday 15th October at 7:30pm. | |||
{{box|There was also a proposal to leave Item 20 on this agenda as a standing item on all agendas moving forward.<br>Proposed by Cllr Holt and seconded by Cllr Moon.<br>Cllr Herbert abstained.<br>All other Councillors approved.}} | |||
{{hi|ACTION – Cllr Holt, Cllr French and Clerk to organise an event to showcase the Community Centre bids at the Community Centre on Wednesday 15th October at 7:30pm. '''[[C㉕059]]'''}} | |||
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=== July 2025 === | === July 2025 === | ||
{{Minute-ext|<!--- 1. Meeting Date --->24th July 2025|<!--- 2. Council or Committee meeting --->Parish Council meeting|<!--- 3. Item Number --->27|<!--- 4. Agenda --->To discuss EBC’s announcements re ''Community Service Transformation'' and any action required.|<!--- 5. Content --->This was discussed at some length with EBCllr Rollings, EBCllr Marshall and a member of the public. <br>EBCllr Rollings opened the discussion. He was mainly concerned to say that EBC has no plan or intention to close the centre at Claygate or elsewhere, as had been mooted. Rather, EBC’s intention is to spread its limited resources across a larger proportion of the in-need community, with the hope that local, voluntary, groups will come forward to assume control and management of the local centres.<br>EBCllr Marshall felt that the initiative is potentially good, but impractical. She believes that the 18 months available before EBC is wound up, is wholly insufficient for voluntary groups to do all that is necessary. This view was echoed by Cllr French, who noted that it had taken four years for a group to assume control of the Lower Green Road centre.<br>John Bamford asked the Parish Council to:<br>A – support anyone that is prepared to bid.<br>B – be proactive in encouraging people to come forward to take on the challenge of running the Centre.<br>C – to hold a public meeting for the village.<br>D – make the matter a Standing Item for the next several PC meetings. {{box|Cllr Bray proposed that the Council adopt these four requests.<br>Cllr Bingham seconded this, and it was carried unanimously.}} {{hi|ACTION – Clerk to contact EBCllr Rollings to find out about holding a meeting at the Day Centre. '''[[C㉕049]]'''}} {{box|Proposed by Cllr Holt and seconded by Cllr Bray.<br>Carried unanimously.}} | {{Minute-ext|<!--- 1. Meeting Date --->24th July 2025|<!--- 2. Council or Committee meeting --->Parish Council meeting|<!--- 3. Item Number --->27|<!--- 4. Agenda --->To discuss EBC’s announcements re ''Community Service Transformation'' and any action required.|<!--- 5. Content --->This was discussed at some length with EBCllr Rollings, EBCllr Marshall and a member of the public. <br>EBCllr Rollings opened the discussion. He was mainly concerned to say that EBC has no plan or intention to close the centre at Claygate or elsewhere, as had been mooted. Rather, EBC’s intention is to spread its limited resources across a larger proportion of the in-need community, with the hope that local, voluntary, groups will come forward to assume control and management of the local centres.<br>EBCllr Marshall felt that the initiative is potentially good, but impractical. She believes that the 18 months available before EBC is wound up, is wholly insufficient for voluntary groups to do all that is necessary. This view was echoed by Cllr French, who noted that it had taken four years for a group to assume control of the Lower Green Road centre.<br>John Bamford asked the Parish Council to:<br>A – support anyone that is prepared to bid.<br>B – be proactive in encouraging people to come forward to take on the challenge of running the Centre.<br>C – to hold a public meeting for the village.<br>D – make the matter a Standing Item for the next several PC meetings. {{box|Cllr Bray proposed that the Council adopt these four requests.<br>Cllr Bingham seconded this, and it was carried unanimously.}} {{hi|ACTION – Clerk to contact EBCllr Rollings to find out about holding a meeting at the Day Centre. '''[[C㉕049]]'''}} {{box|Proposed by Cllr Holt and seconded by Cllr Bray.<br>Carried unanimously.}} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:56, 25 October 2025
September 2025
| To receive an update from the Health, Leisure and Wellbeing Group. | |
| This was also discussed along with Item 20.
EBC has invited local community organisations to bids for the lease to run its six Community Centres including the Claygate Centre. Applications must be submitted by 14 November and a decision will be announced before Christmas with the aim of transferring the management of the Centre to the successful bidder by 1st April 2026. There was a proposal for Cllr Holt and Cllr French to organise an event at the Community Centre on Wednesday 15th October at 7:30pm.
ACTION – Cllr Holt, Cllr French and Clerk to organise an event to showcase the Community Centre bids at the Community Centre on Wednesday 15th October at 7:30pm. C㉕059 | |
| (extract from Parish Council meeting, 25th September 2025, item 17) |
July 2025
| To discuss EBC’s announcements re Community Service Transformation and any action required. | |||
| This was discussed at some length with EBCllr Rollings, EBCllr Marshall and a member of the public. EBCllr Rollings opened the discussion. He was mainly concerned to say that EBC has no plan or intention to close the centre at Claygate or elsewhere, as had been mooted. Rather, EBC’s intention is to spread its limited resources across a larger proportion of the in-need community, with the hope that local, voluntary, groups will come forward to assume control and management of the local centres. EBCllr Marshall felt that the initiative is potentially good, but impractical. She believes that the 18 months available before EBC is wound up, is wholly insufficient for voluntary groups to do all that is necessary. This view was echoed by Cllr French, who noted that it had taken four years for a group to assume control of the Lower Green Road centre. John Bamford asked the Parish Council to: A – support anyone that is prepared to bid. B – be proactive in encouraging people to come forward to take on the challenge of running the Centre. C – to hold a public meeting for the village. D – make the matter a Standing Item for the next several PC meetings.
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| (extract from Parish Council meeting, 24th July 2025, item 27) |
| Action № | Date Created | Description | By | Status | |
| C㉕049 | 27 | 24-JUL-25 | Clerk | To contact EBCllr Mike Rollings about using the Day Centre for a community meeting. | COMPLETED by 25-SEP-25 |
February 2025
Claygate Parish Council Achievements November 2024 to February 2025
- Attended consultation on EBC's Community Support Services at Claygate Centre and provided feedback.
