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Minutes of the Meeting of Lewes Town Partnership
Lewes Police Station, moved from 66 High St, Lewes as no-one had access and Paul Rideout was not present. There was some disquiet about this and more notice needed to be given about change of venue

20th June, 2005

Welcome
Rosie Eggar, David Tuffnell, George Melloy, Johnny Denis

Apologies:
JD had not been in the office during day and had not received any apologies in previous week

Apologies later received: Ruth O'Keeffe

Matters Arising
JD had moved finances on and applied to open bank account

Local Action Team

Due to the low turnout the meeting focussed on Crime Reduction – Local Action Team
GM (Sussex Police) gave the Partnership and update on the LAT. This had now been formed and was now in a position to set priorities and draw down funds from the District Wide Crime Reduction Partnership (against an allocation of £8,800). The Local Action Team is set up to tackle Crime and Disorder & Fear of Crime and Disorder by taking a partnership approach. Membership includes Yvonne Derby, Lewes District Council, Housing

In De Montfort the LAT is looking at the physical structure of the estate aimingto address the high fear of crime by tackling the small number of individuals responsible for high level of fear. There are also low levels of reporting of crime.

The LAT is engaged with other partnerships particularly Youth Development Service – outreach team working with excluded youth at risk of offending., offering advice and support, and working with the YMCA.

The LAT is supporting resident support networks such as Residents Associations (RA)

A confidential incident reporting system is being set up to allow people to report crime. A mail drop is happening as a first step. A. Crime Prevention Officer (CPO) on the estate. advising on physical changes, eg shutting off some areas.

A proposal is under discussion to develop a community flat with Housing Corp. using funding to encourage tenant participation.There is a proposal to do some community allotment work.

In the Landport the LAT will be working with the RA and Youth Group. LDC is aiming to hold Cabinet meetings in schools as a way of engaging communities and young people. Youth development Service (YDS) is working with Nutty wizard. A Street football /basketball scheme is being developed

There was some discussion about vandalism and graffiti in town – It was observed that duty for landowner to clear graffiti within 28 days

From april CRP will hold funds for APs to act as gatekeepers for LATs. Nick Barton LDC Funding officer might assist in using the CRP resource to draw in other funds.

There was some discussion about how the aims of the LAT wwere/wouold be set and how the LAT would relate to Lewes Town Partnership. LTP had already identified the need to support people suffering from domestic abuse and that this had not been identified as a priority by the LAT. The LAT was asked to reconsider this.

End

posted by Johnny Denis at 11:08 pm

 
Lewes Town Partnership Meeting, 16th May, 2005, SDCVS, 66 High St, Lewes

Present: Johnny Denis, Rosey Eggar, Paul Rideout, Katharine Rayner

Apologies: Ann de Vecchi

1 Minutes from last meeting agreed
2 Matters arising
a) Local Transport Plan 2006-2011 www.eastsussex.gov.uk/roadandtransport/localtransportplan
known as LTP2
b) Bank AccountPapers have been submitted to open bank account

2 Crime Reduction

• At present there is no Local Action Team in Lewes
• It was reported that, during the last financial year, Lewes Town had 145 reported incidents of domestic violence
• This meeting agreed to recommend that £2400 of of CRP fund be allocated to a Step Forward for their work in Lewes Town. This recommendation should be discussed at the next LTP meeting
• Some discussion over other areas for funding and it was agreed that LTP needed to discuss with George Melloy
• Action CRP LAT item on agenda of next mtg
• Johnny reported back on the Crime Reduction Meeting held in the afternoon

3 Transport

• No report had been tabled,
• Action: Await feedback from Living Streets, Friends of Lewes, and Cycle Lewes

4 Development Worker

• Appointment had been made but postholder withdrew two weeks later
• Recruitment will restart this week, Interviews second week in June, jobshares will be accepted. Aiming for post to commence in July

5 Local Development Framework

• Results of the engagement parties are on the Lewes District Council Website www.lewes.gov.uk
• A questionnaire is also available on the website for completion by the end of June.

6 Common Cause

• have surveyed local care homes and are now seeking somemoneyy to run projects on local procurement.
• Katharine is looking at thepossibilityy of using LM3 as a tool for valuing the local economic benefits of local procurement
• Lewes Organic Allotment Project is seeking funds for developing work with children

7 Date and Time of Next Meeting

• June 20th, 7pm 66 High St, Lewes

posted by Johnny Denis at 9:00 am