Agenda and minutes

Forest Hill Assembly

Monday 8 October 6.45pm – 9pm

Sydenham School

Dartmouth Road,

SE26 4RD

Minutes

6.50 - 7.50 Marketplace event - to decide which projects receive a share of the £15,000 Assembly Fund

Marketplace Event

The assembly opened with a marketplace event to decide the allocation of the £15,000 Forest Hill Assembly Fund. There were 13 projects bidding for a share of the money and attendees were asked to visit each project and score it out of 10.

The following projects were bidding for a share of the £15,000:

Proposal 1 – Improvements to Albion Millennium Green

Organisation – Friends of Albion Millennium Green

Amount applied for £1,865

Proposal 2 – Green Oak ‘Lychgate’ Shelter for the Cob Oven at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve

Organisation – Friends of Devonshire Road Nature Reserve

Amount applied for £1,400

Proposal 3 – Pop-up Documentary Cinema in Forest Hill

Organisation – THELITTLEGREENSCREEN

Amount applied for £1,088

Proposal 4 – The Development of a Local Archive Display Area

Organisation – Kelvin Grove Primary School

Amount applied for £2,000

Proposal 5 – Access Forest Hill

Organisation – Voluntary Care Centre

Amount applied for £2,000

Proposal 6 – Monthly Market in Forest Hill Town Centre

Amount applied for £2,000

Organisation – Forest Hill Society

Proposal 7 – Replacement Planters for Station Entrance

Amount applied for £1,800

Organisation – Forest Hill Society

Proposal 8 – Town Centre Planting

Amount applied for £800

Organisation – Forest Hill Society

Proposal 9 – Christmas in Kirkdale

Amount applied for £600

Organisation – Kirkdale Village Traders and Community Association

Proposal 10 – Six Square Planters for Kirkdale (three on each side of the road), plus Three Trees

Amount applied for £1,260

Organisation – Kirkdale Village Traders and Community Organisation

Proposal 11 – The Totally Locally Forest Hill Campaign

Amount applied for £1000

Organisation – Forest Hill Traders Association

Proposal 12 – Forest Hill Traders AlertBox Scheme

Amount applied for £2,000

Organisation – Forest Hill Traders Association

Project 13 – Santas Grotto and Christmas Trail

Amount applied for £1,700

Organisation – Forest Hill Traders

8pm Introductions and welcome Cllr Alex Feakes (Chair) and welcome to Sydenham School Carolyn Unsted (Head Teacher)

Cllr Feakes, chair of the Forest Hill Assembly welcomed everyone to the meeting. He then introduced the other Councillors present Cllr Philip Peake and Cllr Anne Affiku and thanked Sydenham School for allowing us to use their facilities for the meeting. Cllr Feakes then introduced Carolyn Unsted the Headteacher of Sydenham School and invited her to address the assembly.

Carolyn Unsted the Headteacher of Sydenham School told the meeting that the School has been celebrating its 95th Birthday and that it has been educating Forest Hill and Sydenham girls since 1917. Recently they celebrated this by having their Birthday party on Saturday 22nd September, this followed on from the opening of Forest Hill Pools in the morning. Carolyn also stated how delighted she was to the host the assembly meeting as she is keen for the school  ...  view the full agenda text for item 1.

Forest Hill Assembly

Monday 8 October 2012 7pm – 9pm

Sydenham School

Dartmouth Road, SE26 $RD

Minutes of the meeting

Marketplace Event

The assembly opened with a marketplace event to decide the allocation of the £15,000 Forest Hill Assembly Fund. There were 13 projects bidding for a share of the money and attendees were asked to visit each project and score it out of 10.

The following projects were bidding for a share of the £15,000:

Proposal 1 – Improvements to Albion Millennium Green

Organisation – Friends of Albion Millennium Green

Amount applied for £1,865

Proposal 2 – Green Oak ‘Lychgate’ Shelter for the Cob Oven at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve

Organisation – Friends of Devonshire Road Nature Reserve

Amount applied for £1,400

Proposal 3 – Pop-up Documentary Cinema in Forest Hill

Organisation – THELITTLEGREENSCREEN

Amount applied for £1,088

Proposal 4 – The Development of a Local Archive Display Area

Organisation – Kelvin Grove Primary School

Amount applied for £2,000

Proposal 5 – Access Forest Hill

Organisation – Voluntary Care Centre

Amount applied for £2,000

Proposal 6 – Monthly Market in Forest Hill Town Centre

Amount applied for £2,000

Organisation – Forest Hill Society

Proposal 7 – Replacement Planters for Station Entrance

Amount applied for £1,800

Organisation – Forest Hill Society

Proposal 8 – Town Centre Planting

Amount applied for £800

Organisation – Forest Hill Society

Proposal 9 – Christmas in Kirkdale

Amount applied for £600

Organisation – Kirkdale Village Traders and Community Association

Proposal 10 – Six Square Planters for Kirkdale (three on each side of the road), plus Three Trees

Amount applied for £1,260

Organisation – Kirkdale Village Traders and Community Organisation

Proposal 11 – The Totally Locally Forest Hill Campaign

Amount applied for £1000

Organisation – Forest Hill Traders Association

Proposal 12 – Forest Hill Traders AlertBox Scheme

Amount applied for £2,000

Organisation – Forest Hill Traders Association

Project 13 – Santas Grotto and Christmas Trail

Amount applied for £1,700

Organisation – Forest Hill Traders

1.         Welcome to the more formal part

Cllr Feakes, chair of the Forest Hill Assembly welcomed everyone to the meeting. He then introduced the other Councillors present Cllr Philip Peake and Cllr Anne Affiku and thanked Sydenham School for allowing us to use their facilities for the meeting. Cllr Feakes then introduced Carolyn Unsted the Headteacher of Sydenham School and invited her to address the assembly.

Carolyn Unsted the Headteacher of Sydenham School told the meeting that the School has been celebrating its 95th Birthday and that it has been educating Forest Hill and Sydenham girls since 1917. Recently they celebrated this by having their Birthday party on Saturday 22nd September, this followed on from the opening of Forest Hill Pools in the morning. Carolyn also stated how delighted she was to the host the assembly meeting as she is keen for the school to be the hub of the community.

2.                  Portas Pilot update

Ed Holloway part of the core group of see3 provided the assembly with  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.