Resident-led Partnership
Thirty-sixth meeting 07 June 2017
Held at Orbit South, Ore Valley Road, Hastings
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Present:
Partnership members: Maureen Gardiner, Jackie Gaunt, Mags Pawson, Becky Polain, Pat Simnett, Martin
Styring.
In attendance: Craig Atkins, Jim Boot (BL rep), Graham Hodgson, Jan Papworth (CDW)
Apologies: Lisa Bartholomew, Steve Manwaring, Gary Storer, Richard Street.
1. Welcome and apologies
 As the Chair serves until the AGM, the RLP operates without a chair until the next partnership
meeting. Craig therefore opened the meeting.
 Craig confirmed that the new action plan had been approved by Local Trust and that an offer letter
has been sent to HVA.
 A report from Steve Manwaring of Hastings Voluntary action was circulated; this shows the actions
that HVA have taken to facilitate the transition from Orbit to HVA and confirmed a transfer date of
01 July 2017.
 Craig wished Steve well and thanked the partnership.
2. Election of the Chair
There was one candidate for the role of chair. The partnership chose to vote by a show of hands
 Pat Simnett was unanimously elected as chair
 Jackie Gaunt was unanimously elected as vice chair
3. Chair’s greeting
Pat, as newly elected chair, thanked the partnership and proceeded with the meeting.
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Summer programme – As Gary cannot commit the same amount of time to the organisation of this
year’s summer fun day event, Pat asked the partnership how they wished to proceed. Martin
Styring kindly offered to lead a sub-group to deliver the event.
Action: Jan to share Gary’s data with Martin.
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Allocations for individual elements of the summer programme were unanimously agreed as follows.
£5000 was awarded to Oasis for the delivery of a programme of summer outings for local residents.
£7,500 was agreed as a budget for the fun day.
Pat said that the decision as to whether to hold a Christmas event would be taken at the next
meeting.
The Partnership considered other activities that will take place in the coming year. Local Trust only
requires a plan review at the end of the delivery period but Jim suggested that an annual review might
be combined with an away day.
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4. Commissioning arrangements
The partnership discussed potential arrangements for commissioning delivery under the two GREAT
headings of “Raise a Family” and “Advance in Years”, though it was noted that four residents were not
present and therefore the subject should be revisited at a future meeting.
Action: Jan to discuss with Steve potential resources that might support residents.
Jim to circulate Local Trust’s Insight document which contains statistics relating to specific Big Local
areas
5. Selection of co-opted members
In Big Local’s Terms of Reference, co-opted members serve until the AGM, and then the RLP chooses
people to invite to co-opt at the next partnership meeting. The following people were identified as cooptees and will be invited to join the partnership for the coming year.
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Steve Manwaring, Hastings Voluntary Action/Locally Trusted Organisation
Emile Tambeh, Hastings Borough Council
Cllr Tania Charman, Hastings Borough Council/East Sussex County Council
Jim reminded that partnership that more than 50% of the partnership must be residents. If all the
potential co-optees accept the invitation the partnership will have seven members resident in the area
and six non residents, and will therefore comply with Local Trust rules.
Action: Jan to invite the above to join the partnership
6. Marketing Proposal
Graham described his proposal, the documentation for which had been circulated prior to the meeting.
The proposal centres on the use of a mini-bus, which can be used to engage with residents in their
immediate neighbourhood. Big Local’s logo will be featured in the exterior of the bus, offering a means
to promote our logo and have a presence in the area. Partnership members discussed its merits and
potential for shared working with other organisations. Some concerns were raised over Graham’s plan
to work alone some times.
The partnership voted unanimously to award £4000 to 1066 Community CIC for services and the
duration described in his proposal.
Action: Jan to prepare a grant offer letter in conjunction with Martin Styring. The offer letter will
ensure the lone working risk to Graham is minimised.
7. Any Other Business
It was agreed that future partnership meeting should rotate amongst community centres in the Big
Local area and that the first meeting should take place in the Broomgrove Centre.
It was agreed that the July meeting of the partnership should be moved to Wednesday 05 July (from 06
July).
Action: Jan to make booking
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Becky reported that Ore Community Land Trust has become a community investment organisation
(CIO), and that HBC is conducting compulsory purchase of the various pockets of land that make up
Speckled Wood to assign the land to OCLT. A storage container has been placed on flat land in the
wood and this will act as a hub as well as providing storage for equipment.
It was requested that more Action Plan leaflets are printed.
Action: Jan to arrange reprint of leaflet.
Jackie and Maureen attended Local Trust’s Spring Event in London and have agreed to share
information about the day with partnership at the next meeting.
The next RLP meeting will be on Wednesday 05 July at the Broomgrove Centre.
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