Verbal report of the South East Community Assembly Manager
Minutes:
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9.1 |
Dave Luck, Assembly Manager, and Steve Edmonds from Beighton Villages Development Trust (BVDT) delivered a report upon the Beighton Ward. |
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9.2 |
Mr. Luck provided some statistics upon the Ward and its employment figures, and added that the Owlthorpe area had recently won a Gold Award for its Britain in Bloom efforts. |
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Mr. Edmonds then outlined the work of the BVDT, stating that the Trust had been founded in 2002, and had run smoothly until 2010, whereupon it had encountered funding issues, and, after a comprehensive review, it had been found that the Trust was not operating very efficiently. |
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A Finance Committee had then been established in July 2010, and several redundancies had been made across the Trust. Thanks to the findings of this review, and the work of the Committee, the Trust was now in a very healthy position financially, and was completely self-funding. |
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The Trust made a surplus of approximately £3,000 per month, and had recently set up a small grants scheme for local businesses and projects, in order to distribute this money to worthwhile projects. Mr. Edmonds encouraged local groups to apply for these funds (of up to £500 a time). The projects had to be based in Beighton or Sothall. |
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The Trust also ran free courses for adults and operated a Learning Champions project. It hired out rooms and provided support for local businesses. There was also a café operating daily at the Lifestyle Centre, from 10 am til 2 pm. |
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9.7 |
A member of the Limes Community Centre extended an invite for Mr. Edmonds and the Trust to get in touch with him, stating that it was disappointing that no one from BVDT had contacted Limes previously. |