On 13/09 2011 between 4pm and 6pm, the Big Society Roadshow for the Charnwood Area Forums took place at The Moira Centre, Moira Street Loughborough LE11 1AX.

This event was very well attended and supported the principle of ‘Helping to develop the Big Society in your local Community', providing information on Leicestershire County Council's Community Forum Budgets, the Big Society Grant Fund and other relevant funding information.  Community members and community groups came along to the event to find out more about what is being done to support the development of the Big Society in Leicestershire.

For further information please see the link above.

The last meeting of the Forum was held at Hathern Club, 44 Dovecote Street, Hathern. 23 people attended. The main items covered were a feedback on the recent Green Spaces consultation and a report on the Passion youth club, a faith-based group, in Shepshed. The Forum also received an update on the progress of Shepshed's Community-Led Plan and a report on the completion of the four projects that the Forum's budget had supported.

The main item of discussion, at the request of the previous meeting, was speeding traffic in the Forum area. Mike Wilson from Leicestershire County Council explained how to set up a Community Speedwatch group (which the police welcome). Because of the evidence of speeding gathered in the Community-led Plan group's questionnaire, Shepshed would be eligible to form such a group. Chair of the Forum, and local County and Borough councillor, Mrs Radford welcomed the development.

The next meeting of the Forum will be in the Autumn on a date and at a venue to be decided.

Please clicks on the link below to access the Agenda and the Poster for the meeting.

The last meeting was held at Shepshed High School, Forest Street, Shepshed LE12 9DA starting at 7pm.

The main agenda item was an interactive discussion to canvas local opinion and views on local green spaces. The Forum was also pleased to receive an update on the development of a Community-led Plan in Shepshed and the latest on policing in the area.

46 people attended the meeting, a considerable number of whom this was their first attendance of an Area Forum.

Please click the link above for the Agenda, the Minutes and the Presentations.

The last meeting of the Forum was held at Shepshed High School, Forest Road, Shepshed LE12 9DA.

To view papers for the meeting click the link above.

26 people attended the meeting; County Councillor Christine Radford was elected chair and Claire Poole was elected vice chair for the next two years. The Forum thanked the previous chair, John Popley, for his good service and he wished the Forum well for the future.

The items discussed included the progress of a Community Plan for Shepshed. Samatha Woods, chair of the steering group welcomed the widest possible support from anyone at all within Shepshed. Other topics included the future of local transport in the area, the Winter maintenance programme, two current NHS consultations, and Adult Learning in Hathern and Shepshed.

The Forum heard about good progress being made on all of its PB projects. The only exception was that unfortunately it had not been possible to achieve the Half-Pipe for young people in Hathern, for which projected costs turned out to be too low. Even if further funding could be secured, there is little time left now to develop this project, as the Forum budget needs to be spent by end of March 2011. However, the Forum is still keen to support young people in Hathern. It allocated £1913.35 for equipment and youth activities for young people from Hathern and manadated Richard Downing, Community Engagement Manager, to investigate, and liaise with appropriate partners including Hathern Parish Council, on how the remaining £3644.82 might be spent for the benefit of young people in Hathern.

The next meeting will be on Monday 14th February 2011 and is likely to be in Hathern.

The last meeting was held at Hathern Club, 44 Dovecote Street, Hathern. 31 people attended the meeting and listened to various presentations including a Community-led plan for Shepshed. The Rural Community Council are still actively seeking volunteers to join the group, which is seeking to engage peoples views on how Shepshed can be improved. For further details please contact Hazel Fish at Leicestershire Rural Community Council (Tel 0116 2689707 or email hfish@ruralcc.org.uk). Other presentations included adult learning services in the area, a PCT consultation on pharmaceutical needs assessment, and how agencies are working together to tackle anti-social behaviour.

The meeting also heard the latest on the progress of the Forum's projects - Shepshed ABC boxing,Hathern Half-pipe, Shepshed Volunteer Centre and 4th Shepshed Scouts roof.

To see all papers from this meeting please click the link above.

The last meeting of Shepshed and Hathern Area Forum was held at Christchurch Methodist Church in Shepshed.

Some 34 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:

Shepshed ABC boxing club;
(to install sound-proofing) £3,600 has been set aside for this subject to the club successfully appealing against a planning decision.
Hathern Half-pipe;
(a key element that young people need for skateboarding) £5,558.18 has been set aside for this, subject to the young people concerned reaching agreement with Hathern Parish Council
Shepshed Volunteer Centre;
(to enable the Volunteer Centre to safeguard its long term future) £5,500 has been set aside to allow the Volunteer Centre and Voluntary Action Charnwood to work together to plan its future services
4th Shepshed Scouts;
(to replace the roof and ensure the continuation of a long-standing base for the Scouts) £5,341.82

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

To see all papers from this meeting please click the link above.

The last meeting of Shepshed & Hathern Area Forum was held at Hathern Village Hall.

This was a special meeting to which members of the community had been invited to bring ideas about how a Forum budget of £20,000 can best be used to meet local priorities.

The priorities are:
Creating a cleaner, greener, safer environment
Improving facilities for children and young people
Improving Shepshed Town Centre

About fifty members of the community attended the meeting and there were interesting ideas and proposals on a range of topics. Towards the end of the meeting, members used "voting handsets" to express their preferences for how the Forum budget should be spennt.

People seemed to have enjoyed the evening with comments received including "Everyone seemed to want to help and support one another's ideas" and "Supportive atmosphere for presentations" and "The voting system was excellent".

To view the results of the voting please click on the links below.

If you would like more detailed information on the process, please click here.

For further information please contact Richard Downing on 0116 3055823 (or email richard.downing@leics.gov.uk) or Paul Goodman on 0116 3058015 (or email paul.goodman@leics.gov.uk).

Shepshed, Hathern and Dishley Area Forum

The last meeting took place on Monday 26th January 2009 at Shepshed High School. Items discussed included the future of Shepshed Fire Station and creating safer neighbourhoods in the area.

For papers relating to this meeting please click the link above.

The papers from January's meeting are available by selecting the link above.

This meeting started at 7pm and was held at the Community Centre in Hathern, Pasture Lane, Hathern, LE12 5LJ. Items discussed included:

• Finding out about the plans for housing and developments in your area (please click on the underlined link above for further information)
• Influencing the Big Budget in Leicestershire
• Raising your issues and queries about what’s being done to improve your local area and local services