The last meeting was held at Christchurch and St Peter's CE Primary school in Mountsorrel.

Thirty people attended the meeting and listened to two pertinent presentations. The first was on the proposed new housing development at Ashton Green (between Birstall, Thurcaston and Rothley) and included measures to mitigate against the possibility of increased flooding in the future. There was also a joint presentation by the Police and Charnwood Borough Council about how partnership working is acheiving much success in tackling anti-social behaviour in Charnwood.

After the meeting, local resident, Nicky Frisby reported that she had found the meeting to be very positive and worthwhile. “There was a lot of engagement with a whole range of services and I particularly liked the way they listened to questions from local residents and tried to give them an answer there and then”.

The next meeting of the Forum will be held at the Rothley Centre, 12 Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley LE7 7PR on Monday 1st November 2010.

The last meeting of the Bradgate, Rothley, Mountsorrel and Birstall Area Forum was held at Birstall Village Hall.

Fifty four people attended the meeting and discussed progress on the projects bought forward through the participatory budget process. A recommendation was accepted by the Forum to fund the following projects:
Mountsorrel Youth Cafe; (to provide equipment for a new resource providing after school education and recreation in a socially deprived neighbourhood). £10,000 reserved until the end of June 2010 to be spent on the re-furbishment of the kitchen for use by children and young people with particular regard for the importance of healthy eating, nutrition etc.
Woodhouse Eaves Multi-Use Games Area; (to complete a recreational resource for young people that has already seen considerable community effort and support as well as considerable success in raising external funding from a range of partner organisations) £1,403.80 allocated.
Friends of Birstall swimming Pool; (to provide a cover to reduce heating loss and secure the long term future of the pool as a community asset). £5,000 allocated to this project with some funding coming, additionally, from the school. The group will work with the school, parish council and the local community to encourage more use of the pool including consideration of improving the lighting in the access to the pool.
Portable speed controls; (to allow for a mobile speed reduction unit to be shared around Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves and contribute to the Community Speedwatch initiative in reducing speeding in the local area). £3.000 allocated.

The recommendations agreed above will now be put to Charnwood Together for final endorsement before funding can be released.

To access paperwork for this meeting please click on the link above.