Since I last posted there has been a lot of discussion about the West Marsh at the Forward meetings and in Community venues about the issues regarding the long term future of Community Development on the West Marsh. It has become apparent that there are a number of areas which require action the first being getting West Marsh Forward to the point where it can effectively apply for funding to employ its own Community Development Worker. At the last meeting the Executive agreed to meet with me to see if the current constitution was fit for purpose and to look at what changes might be needed in order to be in the best position to apply for charity status if funding became available which would put them over the limit for registration.
This will take place on the 6th of October.
My hope is that we can then start to concentrate on getting more involvement at the meetings as at the last meeting some residents from Elsenham road attended and this did give another dimension to the process of the meeting and gave rise to a series of concerns which need urgent attention which had not been quite so clear at previous meetings.
This means that we need a plan arising from the meeting on the 6th as to what we can do about long term solutions to problems as well as attending to the urgent problems that occur and are causing problems for residents right now.