Minutes of
Meeting for Crofton Children’s Play Area Association on 8th 2002
Attendees: Paula Baker, Robert Baker, Joan Helme, Marie Binns, Helen Tate, Sharon Gallagher, Jean Gibson, Christine Sinclair, Bev Schofield, Arthur Ripley, David Grundy, Cllr Paul Beckett
1.
The
minutes of the last meeting were agreed to be a true and accurate record of the
last meeting. Arthur Ripley requested
his name be amended.
2.
Paula
Baker advised a club and societies account has been opened with the Alliance
& Leicester.
Rob Baker advised he had a conversation with Trish Richardson with regard the
possibility of using the playing field on the Springhill Estate. Trish informed him Wakefield MDC were
unwilling to allow this to happen, but have earmarked Crofton’s existing playarea
at Hare Park Lane for renovation. From
this Arthur Ripley suggested we write to Alan Smith at Wakefield MDC and invite
him to the next meeting. This would
allow him to tell us the reasoning behind the council’s decision, and give us
the chance to put forward our arguments.
It was decided Paul Beckett would write to Denise Jeffrey (Cabinet
Member of Wakefield MDC) and request a meeting with her, Alan Smith and a
couple of representatives of the group.
3.
The
amended Action Plan and Constitution were agreed and adopted.
4.
Several
methods of publicity were agreed. The
Wakefield Express will be contacted in the future requesting a feature to be
done on the project, but we will have regular updates in the ‘Crofton Column’
of the newspaper. Posters are to be
displayed in the Schools, Library, Health Centre, Community Centre, as well as
the local take-aways. A monthly article
is to be placed in The Crofton Smoke Signal.
A stall will be taken at the Crofton Gala on the 22nd June
2002. Bev Schofield has agreed to
feedback any information from the Gala meetings. The Questionnaire to be sent out was also seen as a form of
publicity as well as word of mouth.
Contacting The Yorkshire Post was discussed, but it was decided this
does not have a large enough readership in the village to be of benefit.
5.
The
financial forms were agreed and implemented.
6.
Paul
Beckett advised money is available for community groups within our Ward of
£10,000 every year. He is to put in a
bid for £500 for the running costs of the group. Looking to the Long Term, if money is required by the group for
maintenance etc of the site, Cllr Beckett would request to reserve monies from
the fund for this.
Application Forms are to be requested from the following Funders:
Barnardos / Children’s
Playcouncil;
Coalfields Regeneration Trust;
Hanson Environment Fund;
Health Action Zone.
Application Forms have already been received from:
Awards 4 All;
Lottery Community Fund;
Waste Recycling Environmental
(WREN).
It was also agreed the stall at the Crofton Gala would be a good fundraiser.
7.
The
next meeting is to be held on Monday 29th April at 7pn. The venue is to be Shay Lane Junior School.
8.
Rob
Baker advised a letter has been written to Samuel Smiths Brewery asking if the
land at the side of the Lord of the Manor public house could be used as a site
for the Play Area.
Paul Beckett suggested we contact the Parish Council clerk for a copy of the
survey they sent out to villagers. This
may have information relating to our cause.
Arthur Ripley will request a copy for the next meeting.
Helen Tate offered the printing services of The Crofton Smoke Signal for us to
print the questionnaire. This would be
done before the next meeting, which would then allow distribution through the
channels agreed previously.
Rob Baker advised John Trickett (MP) would like to meet with us but
unfortunately is unable to attend on Monday evenings. It was agreed Rob Baker would contact Mr Trickett’s office to
find out more suitable dates and a small sub-group would then arrange to meet
with him.
It was suggested by Helen Tate, we write to Morning TV make-over programmes and
Ground Force to see what help they could provide.