Issue - meetings

It was reported that Joe Dodson had moved out of the borough and had therefore submitted his resignation to the Forum. It was suggested that it may be worth considering recruiting more members to the Forum. Joe represented cycling interests but it would also be useful to have someone who represented disabled interests on the Forum.

David Putt would be contacted regarding his possible membership of the Forum. He could represent the interests of the community landshare project at Jealotts Hill.

(Action: Graham Pockett)

Sharon Holt had contacted some land owners to see if they would be interested in supporting work undertaken by the Forum. Thames Water were the only land owner to reply so far and they were unable to commit due to a lack of resources and structure changes within the organisation.

A combined LCAF and Biodiversity Forum site visit to FC Crowthorne Woods in the summer was proposed and this would provide a good opportunity to publicise the Forum’s work and attract new members. A press release, photos, and the use of social media and Town and Country, would be used to attract new members. Sandhurst News and Crowthorne News were considered to be good methods of communication and Radio Berkshire was also suggested.

Local Access Forum work was becoming more important due to the localism agenda coming from central government. People would need to join the Forum as individuals rather than being representative of an organisation. It was suggested that an advert regarding recruitment of new members could be added to the cycling brochure but there were no plans to revise this brochure at present and there had been a budget cut in relation to leaflet publications.

Recruitment could be advertised on the LCAF page of the Council’s website.

(Action: Rose Wicks)