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The Southam/Feldon Community Forum's next meeting is scheduled to take place at 7pm on Wednesday 21st March at Napton Village Hall.
The main topics for debate will be Youth Updates and Health Watch. If there are any topics you would like to be raised and discussed at the next forum please contact the Stratford Area Office on 01789 260134.
What Happens at the Community Forum?
The Neighbourhood Policing Team give an update on the priorities that you agreed at the last meeting and you are given the opportunity to vote on the new priorities for the following 3 months for your area.
There is a “You Said, We Did!" Presentation that tells you what we have done about all the issues you raised last time.
There is a Have Your Say session where you can raise any issues of concern and you can suggest topics for discussion at future meetings
County, District & Parish/Town Councillors and representatives from NHS Warwickshire, The Police Authority, VASA (Voluntary Action Stratford-on-Avon), come to the meetings to keep you updated on any new developments that may be of interest or concern to you.
If you have a specific concern or problem, then drop in to the local surgery from 6.30pm – 7.00pm where you will be able to speak to your Neighbourhood Policing Team, Councillors and Officers from Warwickshire County and Stratford-on-Avon District Councils. Tea and coffee will be available during the surgery.
Free transport can be provided to and from the forum (contact: Ali Mainey on 01789 260134 by 19th March)
Other Dates for 2012/13 are:
Wednesday 13th June 2012, Wednesday 19th September 2012, Wednesday 12th December 2012, Wednesday 20th March 2013 (Venues to be confirmed)
The last Southam/Feldon Community Forum was held at Southam Primary School on 14th December 2011.
The highlights were:
Policing Priorities
1. Parking issues – Market Hill
The team will carry out 4 Parking Checks per week on random days. The issue of illegal and dangerous parking is a regular problem brought to the attention of the Southam Safer Neighbourhood Teams particulary on Market Hill.
2. Traffic issues – Welsh Road West
The team will continue a minimum of 1 high viz enforcement patrol a week until the next forum on Wednesday 21st March 2012 at Napton Village Hall. The team will also continue the Multi Agency work with the Schools, Councils and Highways to continue to address this issue.
Locality/Action Plan
The action plan will be developed around the priorities identified as below. This will developed in partnership with all forum members.
• Activities for Teenagers
• Road and Pavement Repairs
• Affordable Decent Housing
• Level of Traffic congestion
• Public Transport
Hot Topics
News from the Police Authority
Mike Edwards informed the forum of some key points namely:-
• Chief Constable has been promoted to the National Crime Agency and the Deputy,
Andy Parker has taken over
• Changes in May on the policing plan are now in operation and have settled down (the shift
system was a problem to begin with but has now been altered and is a bit more flexible)
• Strategic Alliance is in progress with West Mercia and, although a saving has been made
of £7.5 m on recent cutbacks, a further £3.8 m still has to be found. The main costs are
people
• Burglaries are on the up and this is a national problem. Work is ongoing and there has
been a little bit of a reduction
• Election of a new Crime Commissioner will take place next November 2012
Mike also encouraged the forum to become more aware of the Smartwater scheme and its
effectiveness. Information about the scheme is available via the SNT team and labels for the house
are also available. He further added that a lot of policing comes from local intelligence and the community can feed in re: crimes being solved.
Southam Town Centre Improvement Update:
Cllr David Wise gave a verbal presentation to the forum on this item. For further information please contact Katherine Geddes at katherine.geddes@stratford-dc.gov.uk or visit the website www.southamfirst.org
Full details for all Southam/Feldon Community Forum meetings can be found on the Warwickshire County Council website:
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/southamforum
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