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Minutes of Steering Group Meeting
Present: Martin Calvert (Chair), Joan & Mervyn Clayton, Trevor & Diane Kitto, Jenny Page, David Miles, Steve Jones-Blackett, Simon Keyse.
Naomi Watts-Kitto, Adam & Carol Bull, Adrian Coltman, Geoff Holden. 2. Minutes of the Meeting Held 1st October 2019 Agreed as a true record.
Future Action Mornings Proposed dates and tasks (subject to change):
6. Heritage Lottery Fund - Heritage On Your Doorstep, Lake and Community Engagement The current lake project in it's third week of four, on time and on cost. A "dead hedge" is to be under planted with species such as old man's beard and honeysuckle. Plants will be arriving for the Nicospan silt bed. Community engagement: Plants have been ordered for hedge planting on the afternoon of Friday 29th November. Volunteers would be very welcome. 60 Cubs from Hillcrest Academy are coming to plant the whips at 1.45pm. Jodie Robertson will be in attendance bringing 15 kid-sized spades. Volunteers from 12 noon please. Logs have been pushed back by Leeds City Council's Forestry Section. 450 native species whips will go in. On 23rd November invited guests of FGVW and TLC Café in Harehills will be attending the opening of the "The Fabulous Green Photography Exhibition" at TLC Café. The exhibition will be opened by the Lord Mayor of Leeds from 2-4pm. There will be refreshments and a talk. The exhibition will be open to the public after Saturday. After display there, the exhibition will be moving to SHINE in the New Year and then to Chapel Allerton library. BBC Radio Leeds is coming to do an interview about the exhibition and the walking group that spawned it. There was a talk at the Brackenwood Community Centre Cosy Café. 50 carers and users attended. 2 attendees from the Discovery Centre and David Miles gave talks. Jodie Robertson (a Leeds City Council Ranger) was unable to attend. Another talk on Spring visitors to the Woods is planned for next year. A draft programme of walks in the woods for 2020 will be prepared for the next meeting, including walks on trees, flowers, birds, bush craft and ethical foraging. There is the possibly of a TCV men's group adult bush craft session in the New Year. David Miles is planning an intergenerational group to do art and be inspired, starting at Bankside on 8th January 2020. There will be 6 sessions. Gledhow Care Home on Brackenwood Drive is keen to be invited. David arranged a session with CATCH but it did not happen in the end. Progress report due for HLF. David Miles and Steve Jones-Blackett were at odds over its necessity. Steve Jones-Blackett will send an e- mail to Jon Crossley to check if it is definitely required. To be discussed December/January. 8. Hedge Planting by Hillcrest Academy This will be happening on 29th Nov ember as covered earlier in these minutes. Our annual return has been submitted to the Charity Commission. We had to change the end of year date to 20th November on the Charity Commission website in order to fit with our accounts. Next year our year end will be December 2020, to cover a 13 month period and get in line with the Charity Commission end of year. This will need to be approved at the FGVW AGM. Grants from Betty's and Leeds Parks have been applied for to cover the £6600 cost of installing a pond and silt trap to replace the existing pond. At the last meeting, the trustees reviewed all current policies. Item postponed until the next meeting. There will be an FGVW stall at Oakwood Farmers Market this Saturday. Jenny, Trevor and Diane to set up, Martin Calvert and Theresa to take over from 10-11ish, then Joan and Mervyn to finish. Martin Calvert to ask for a couple of mornings at the Three Hulats. Martin Calvert to ask the Co-op in Chapel Allerton for permission to have a pop-up FGVW stall. There will be FGVW cards for sale on Sunday at the Action Morning and Steve Jones-Blackett will be bringing seed for duck feeding. A general discussion on the content of the 3 boards took place. Everyone agreed on the need for accuracy and presentation. It was agreed to ask Adam to comment on the boards before finalising them. Locations proposed: The Beck Pasture board to go on the fence or close to in Beck Pasture; the Lake board to go to the right of the lake viewing platform; the Quarry board to go close to the path on Gledhow Valley Road.
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