Swanage Town & Community Partnership

Draft minutes of the Swanage Town & Community Partnership

[Minutes subject to approval at next meeting]

Held at the Town Hall

On September 13^th 2012 at 2.30pm

see first 'comment' for minutes

Date of Next Meeting

Thursday December 13^th at 2.30pm.




Present
Kim Gallagher Chair STCP
Ann Faulkner Vice-Chair & Hon Sec  STCP & Chair SLFDC
Martin Ayres Hon Treasurer STCP & Town Clerk STC
Carol Lander Youth Offenders Team
Bernard Bettles Methodist Church
Mike Stollery Purbeck Society; Town Twinning & Swanage Railway
Lawrence Gloyn-Cox Swanage Coastal Change Forum
Ian Lomax – Mowlem Institute Charity 
David Bale – Mowlem Institute Charity
Stephen Dumble – Mowlem Institute Charity
Lesley Kennedy Save Herston Fields
Jason Haiselden SPHA/Swanage 50:50 Club
Collette Drayson PEAT/Education Swanage
Bob Foster – Rotary
Julian Maughan – Swanage & Purbeck Hospitality 
Jan Turnbull – Friends of Swanage Hospital
Carlotta Barrow – strata & Swanage Seen
Mel Norris – Swanage Senior Forum
Christopher Burke – Swanage Seen Project
Dave Morton Dorset POPP/Swanage Senior Forum
Bill Trite STC/PDC

Mobile phone users

I was sent this, and pass it on in case it's true (probably is; I've heard of similar things), but sometimes these are put around as alarmist scams themselves, but better safe than sorry..

Please pass this to everyone you know with a mobile phones Dear All If you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person, saying that he or she is a company engineer, or telling that they're checking your mobile line, and you have to press #90 or #09 or any other number, end this call immediately without pressing any numbers. There is a fraud company using a device that once you press #90 or #09 they can access your 'SIM' card and make calls at your expense. Forward this message to as many colleagues, relatives and friends as you can, to stop it. Many thanks for your time regarding this matter, take care and regards. Phil Corris Police Constable/Crime Prevention Officer Ext 496696 (Internal) 01524 596696 (External) Email PhilCorris@lancashire.pnn ..police.uk

Council tax changes: consultation

Council Tax Benefits are changing – and it could affect everyone

Purbeck District Council is reminding residents that changes to Council Tax Benefits could affect everyone in the district.

From April 2013, the Government will be ending national Council Tax Benefit and councils will be replacing it with their own local schemes, called Council Tax Support. 

Councillor Suttle concluded:  “As the changes could have an impact on every council tax payer and service user, not just those who claim Council Tax Benefit, we are urging everyone to have their say.”

The questionnaire and information can be found on the council’s website at www.dorsetforyou.com/counciltaxsupport.  Alternatively, telephone 01929 557240 or emailbenefits@westwey.gov.uk to request a questionnaire.

The closing date for the consultation is Monday 5 November 2012.

New rope string band,Studland, 28 October

Tickets are now on sale for our next event, on Sunday 28th October at 7.30.

New Rope String Band

Once seen, never forgotten: combining superb musicianship with side-splitting comic genius, the New Rope String Band are truly unique entertainers. Elements of circus, clowning, vaudeville, slapstick and sheer inspired silliness are spliced with beautiful acoustic music from various world traditions, in precision-honed yet uproarious performances

More at www.newropestringband.co.uk

TICKETS (£9) CAN BE RESERVED BY PHONE OR PURCHASED IN PERSON FROM STUDLAND STORES 01929 450204

Aircraft over Swanage

The Sun goes out over Swanage because some twit decided the airliners from UK Airports heading to the South and West could fly low level (5,000 -10,000 feet), then  clime to their designated flight level, (30-40,000feet) when they get several miles south of Swanage!    Not only do they cause vapour trails which blot out the sun, but  when they apply full power to clime the noise from their engines blasts Swanage from before sunrise to midnight, every day.
Rob O

Planning

Is it really fair that if you build a house in your back garden in Swanage you will have to make an infrastucture contribution of £18,000 (or more) but if you live in Wareham you only pay £10,000?
See:
http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media.jsp?mediaid=175734&filetype=pdf

New subject

If you want to raise a new topic, post your comment here — just click first on Comments below, then type in 'Post a comment' (top right of the next window). Can you choose a title for your post, please? Sometimes it's hard to work out what a comment is about and what the subject is. A new heading will soon be set up, allowing others to see and add their own comments.We try to keep posts civilized. And any posts that become too provocative, insulting, threatening or    otherwise unpleasant will be deleted. 

Please note that the moderator may exercise editorial control, to limit posts to subjects likely to be of interest to the majority of people, so not every topic will be posted (there's always the 'Chit-chat' topic for miscellaneous issues/observations), and please use an existing thread to debate issues.

James Day Home

Anybody got an update on when James Day Care Home will reopen? Must be almost a year since a group of smiley faces were photographed outside of the building. 



Posted by Anonymous to swanageview at 14/8/12 9:35 AM

The Swanage School

This posted by Carl Styants on Education Swanage Facebook page (Hope you don't mind me posting here, Carl)

3:58pm Aug 9

Unfortunately we were advised last week by the landowner of the former Swanage Grammar School site that his offer of part of this land for The Swanage School has been withdrawn and that the site is no longer available to us. Clearly this is very disappointing and a big setback but we have been aware that dealing with the owners carried risks and have always considered alternatives.

We can report that Swanage Town Council, a strong supporter of The Swanage School from the outset, has this week resolved to help us look at using the Lower Grammar School Field site to the north for the school, which could be built next to a new St Mary's school. We have no intention or wish of preventing St Mary's building a primary school on the site. The site is large enough to accommodate two schools and there may be opportunities to share construction management costs and amenities such as parking.

The site, originally gifted to the town by James Day, is owned by Swanage Town Council under a 150-year lease from Dorset County Council. It is under a covenant held by the De Moulham Trust.

We are striving to ensure that The Swanage School will open as planned at the start of September 2013. The additional weeks needed for a new planning application would be offset by the weeks saved by no longer needing to remove asbestos from and then demolish the old Grammar School buildings.

At the moment we are at the beginning of discussions with lots of groups and more work is happening at the highest levels of the DfE. As soon as more news is available, we will let you know.

The water cooler

OK, THIS is the place for general chit-chat.

PLEASE leave 'New subjects' JUST for suggestions of new topics that may, or may not, get posted (and don't run a debate there); it gets difficult for me to manage otherwise. If it gets too much of a pain, I'll just have to close the site down or something.

Mike

Mobile phones

 Robin from Swanage said...

MOBILE PHONES

Should mobile phone jammers be made legal in Swanage to prevent people from using mobile phones in public?

5/8/12 8:58 PM

 

 David Furmage said...

I have heard they are used in public places in Japan on the doors of restaurants . I reckon they also should be fitted by law to every car too.

5/8/12 11:33 PM

 

New subject

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AMATEUR FILM

Actor and actresses wanted. See comments.

The Pierhead

If you want to learn more about the plans for the development of the Pierhead site (now approved), look here. I gather that building work probably won't start for a couple of years, owing to various things that need sorting out beforehand.

Swanage Carnival Sat 29th July- Sat 4th Aug

www.swanagecarnival.com

including Red Arrows 1pm on Sunday 29th, Carnival Procession Sunday 29th