Dear Councillor,
Members are summoned to attend the Community Engagement Committee meeting to be held on Thursday 12th September 2024 at 7.30pm at Hurstpierpoint Village Centre. Members of the public have a right to and are invited to attend the meeting.
Sarah Groom, Clerk to the Council Friday 6th September 2024
Committee Membership: Cllr Claire Majsai (Chair), Cllr Bob Sampson (Vice Chair), Cllr Mike Avery, Cllr Helen Bedford, Cllr Duncan Ranger, Cllr Lindsay Thompson, Cllr Susan Dyke, Cllr Sarah Baldey and Cllr Annette Street
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence: To receive and accept apologies for absence.
2. Declarations of interest: To receive and record any declarations of interest.
3. Minutes of the Previous Meeting of the Community Engagement Committee: To receive and adopt the minutes of the 13 June 2024 Community Engagement Committee meeting.
4. Adjournment for Questions from the Public: To consider adjourning the meeting to receive questions from members of the public in accordance with Standing Orders.
5. Review of Action Plan: To agree and update Version 2 of the 2024/25 Action plan
6. Budget Monitoring:
7. To review the budget monitoring report for the Committee including:
a) The Nominal Ledger (year to Date)
b) Detailed Income & Expenditure at 31st August 2024
8. Parish Council Grant Applications:
9.1. New Small Grant applications to be considered 2024/25: To consider grant applications:
Grant Budget 2024/25: £4,500. Budget Remaining £4,150
| Organisation | Grant Request For | Amount Requested | Amount awarded 2023 |
| KSSAA | Towards the operating costs of HEMS – helicopters, rapid-response vehicles, medical equipment, fuel, highly-trained crews. | £350 | £300 |
| Befriended Choir | Towards the running costs for the new Choir in Hurstpierpoint | £500 | N/A |
| Hurst Colts | To purchase training equipment for the new under 5 and under 6 boys/mixed and girl teams | £499.60 | N/A |
9.2. Community Events Grant applications to be considered 2024/25 To consider three grant applications:
Grant Budget 2024/25: £4,000. Budget Remaining £33
There were no Community Events Grant applications received.
9.3. Health & Wellbeing Grants applications to be considered.
Grant Budget 2024/25: £1,000. Budget Remaining £1,000
| Organisation | Grant Request For | Amount Requested | Amount awarded 2023 |
| Age UK WSBH | To support their Memory café at Court Bushes | £1000 | N/A |
9.4. Sustainable Communities Grants applications to be considered.
Grant Budget 2024/2025 £1,500. Budget remaining £1,500
There were no Sustainable Communities Grant applications.
9.5 Health and Wellbeing Project applications to be considered.
Health and Wellbeing Projects Budget 2024/25 £1,000. Budget remaining £748
There were no Health and Wellbeing Projects applications received.
10. Road Signs: To discuss briefing note regarding research into the purchase of a set of smaller more portable road closure and diversion signs.
11. High Street Traders Parking Survey: To consider the briefing note detailing the results of the High Street Traders Parking Survey and make recommendations to Council for 26th September 2024.
12. Christmas Tree Sayers Common: To discuss briefing note regarding progress.
13. Information Items, Correspondence Received and Requests:
13.1 Events Working Group update: To NOTE the review of the St Lawrence Fair, and that dates have been set for the Community Groups Forum of 29th January at Court Bushes and the 2025 Wassail of 11th January with a singing workshop in the Village Centre followed by the evening Wassail.
13.2 High Street Update: To receive averbal update from Cllr Bedford and Cllr Thompson. To note the Hurstpierpoint Society’s High Street “now and then” web page is now live, and a page linking to it has been created on the Council website.
13.3 Communications Update: To receive a verbal update from Cllr Majsai and Assistant Clerk Aloy on communication.ng attended by Cllr Majsai and Assistant Clerk Aloy.