The meeting was held at Hampton Police Station on Monday 28th March.
Those present were:- Chris York (Chair)
Chris Harper (Park Farm Neighbourhood Watch)
Julian Bray (Park Farm Neighbourhood Watch)
Shirley Beswick (Police Community Support Officer)
Tania Weston (Police Community Support Officer)
Dave Dent (Park Farm Pumas)
Javed Ahmed (Peterborough City Council)
Morag Irving (Park Farm Neighbourhood Watch)/ (Minutes Secretary)
Apologies were received from
Councillors Walsh and Rush,
Sue Schofield, Cliff Moore and Sheryl Browne.
Elections were held for the position of Chair and Minutes secretary.
Chris York was elected as Chair and myself (Morag Irving), as minute’s secretary.
It was felt agencies and individuals should be approached with a view to attending future meetings and giving added input.
Most importantly it was felt the way forward was for the youths themselves to propose projects they would be interested in participating in, and for this group to support them in those projects.
Youths would be invited to meetings in the future, (the problem at the moment being transport to Hampton).
Meetings would where possible be held in Stanground.
The need for more volunteers to build on the ongoing success of this project was discussed.
CRB checks and training would be required. Problems arose during school holidays as Peterborough City Council support staff were at this time, also on holiday.
Dave Dent & Chris York expected around 40+ youths to join the football project at Heritage Park. (Numbers had naturally fallen in winter due to weather conditions).
The need for 2 more youth booths to be held on different nights was discussed.
The Skate Park it was reported was used extensively, it was perceived by the youths as being the best in the area.
The need for more seating and lighting at the Skate Park was discussed.
Current seating is inadequate and holds only 15 at a push.
With larger numbers using the facility the need for more seating was obvious. Users are cleaning the area themselves and taking pride in the location.
Residents close to the skate park had said noise levels were well below those anticipated. A minor problem with youths has been resolved by non-enforcement of ‘stop and search’; however this could be stepped up should any future problems arise.
All present expressed their thanks to Police for doing a brilliant job. The following dates are earmarked to paint the underpass: April 13, 14 and 15.
Paint had been ordered to undercoat the walls in preparation with Community Payback undertaking the work. (The work to be done 2 days prior to painting).
Dave agreed to visit the youth club immediately following the meeting, to update members re the dates and the need to collate information in time.
Youths would need to be advised the dates to ensure attendance, designs are already in hand. Supervision during painting was needed as paints need to be recorded as going out of storage and returned to storage as appropriate.
A meeting will held next Monday with the artists.
Chris York has arranged for a street artist to put the finished designs together and work with the artists.
Julian Bray will act as Media Relations officer for this project.
If you would like to read the full minutes please contact Morag Irving.
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