Minutes of the Community First Brierley Hill panel held on Tuesday 20th November 2012 at St Michael's Church commencing

at 7pm. Present Gary Colwell, Clr Rachel Harris, David Hoskin, Graham Hudson, Tom McCormack, Peter Plant, John Rogers, Tim Sunter Minutes of the previous meeting The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed as a correct record. Matters arising Ray Gibbs had contacted the Crusaders After Schools Club and the grant application had now been successfully pooled. There was no further news about St Michael's Scouts. An email had been sent re the Nine Locks Sotokan Club asking for clarity on the details of their bid. No response had been received. Grant applications No new grant applications had been received since the last meeting. It was agreed that should any be received prior to our next meeting these would be circulated to the panel for consideration. Action Plan Brierley Hill Community Forum had produced a list of contacts several years ago. A copy of the contacts had been circulated at the meeting and via email. It was clear that a number of contacts were now out of date and there was some question about whether the groups still existed. It was agreed that all would look at this prior to the next meeting and let TS have any contacts/new contacts if that the panel members were aware of. This could then serve as a basis for further consultation. A trawl had been done of local plans which were already in existence. Unfortunately it appeared that a great deal of information had been lost when the Neighbourhood Renewal team had been wound down. The Brierley Hill Area Action plan had local targets with respect to

the physical regeneration of the town. The Community Plan was a borough wide document and, although there are references to Brierley Hill within it, there was little of specific value. The Brierleyhillness project had done specific work which had focused on the town centre. Dudley Community Partnership had worked with DCVS to look at issues within the Brockmoor and Pensnett wards. TS gave an update on the work in that area which provided some interesting insights and it was agreed that the issues were likely to be similar within Brierley Hill ward. It was agreed that TS would ask Bridget Brickley for further information on this project to see if there was anything we could adapt. It was agreed to have this item on our next agenda. The deadline for completion of the plan is 31st March 2013. Any Other Business There was no other business.