Illingworth Ward Forum and Illingworth Neighbourhood Watch For more information, go to www.halifaxnorthandeast.com; email
[email protected]; or ring 01422 255402
Meeting NoteVenue:
Thursday 11 September 2014
Illingworth (St Marys ) Cricket Club Alloe Field View, Illingworth HX2 9EU
Present: Councillor Daniel Sutherland (Chair); Police & Crime Commissioner Mark Burns Williams; Insp Colin Skeath, PC Dave Illingworth (West Yorkshire Police); Liza Crowther, Hilary Chadwick (Pennine Housing); Sarah Richardson, Mark Brazil (Calderdale Council), Vicky McGhee, Karen Scanlon (Ovenden and Mixenden Initiative). 22 Residents. Apologies: Councillor Lisa Lambert
1. Welcome and introductions 1.1.
Cllr Sutherland welcomed everyone and outlined the format of the meeting and how people can raise issues and have their say. He also explained that the Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson would be joining the meeting to answer questions about Neighbourhood Watch.
1.2.
A Ward Forum for Illingworth – Vicky McGhee said that from September there is now a separate ward forum for Illingworth only, instead of the joint meeting for Illingworth and Mixenden. This will mean that Illingworth residents will now have a meeting in their area every 3 months and it is hoped that this will encourage more people to get attend and have their say.
2. Calderdale Council Website: improving the customer experience 2.1.
Sarah Richardson gave a presentation on improvements that have been made to the Council’s website and their plans for the future. The website currently gets 2.5m visits and collects £4.5m in revenue through the site each year. A live web chat facility was launched the week commencing 25 August. It is available between the hours of 9am and 5pm.
2.2.
The Council is asking for volunteers to be part of a web improvement group. Volunteers will be emailed links 2 or 3 times a year to spend 5 – 10 minutes testing the site. Sarah asked for anybody interested to give their email address to Vicky at the end of the meeting.
3. Calderdale Citizens Celebration Awards 3.1.
This awards celebration is all about recognising the work of individuals, groups and organisations in their communities. It was agreed at the last meeting that 1| Page
although nominations would be open to new nominees, the 7 North Halifax Neighbourhood Awards winners from the Illingworth and Mixenden area would be included. 3.2.
At the meeting voting slips were distributed. The winner will be announced when the Mixenden votes have been counted and added to the total. UPDATE: Irene Mullhal received the highest number of votes and will be put forward as the overall nominee representing the Illingworth & Mixenden ward. All the nominees will receive certificates recognising their achievement.
4. Local updates and forthcoming events 4.1.
Illingworth St Marys Cricket Club - Andrew Smith, Chairman of the club thanked the ward forum for choosing the club as a venue. He then gave a brief history of the club, some of the activities on offer and their plans for the future. Everyone who works at the club is a volunteer and the club is always looking for new volunteers to join them either in the running of the club or through fundraising activities. Most recently they have just set up a Sunday League open age team.
4.2.
Illingworth Neighbourhood Watch – The 27 individual groups in Illingworth continue to meet regularly to discuss community safety issues across Illingworth and Bradshaw. Following a visit to Carr Gate Police Headquarters by one of the Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators, in July, there is also a session on Loan Sharks and the law planned for autumn. More details will be sent to Neighbourhood Watch coordinators.
4.3.
Ovenden Phoenix Football Team – Vicky McGhee gave an update on a new ope
