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(Voting: 8 in favour, 0 against, 2 abstentions)

The Neighbourhood Development Officer introduced the report and briefly reminded members of the Martock Our Place Programme and the grant funding that had been awarded by Area North Committee in March 2016 to cover a three year period via a Service Level Agreement. She introduced Tracey Smith, Community Services Co-ordinator for Martock Parish Council, who provided a very informative presentation to update on the work achieved over the past year.  The presentation included detail about:

·         Vision and mission

·         Core Service Provision in 2017/18 and Asset Based Community Development

·         New groups and activities during 2017

·         Large team of volunteers, and it wouldn’t be possible to as much without volunteer support

·         Community events

·         Celebrations and Challenges

·         Future plans

During a short discussion, the officers responded to points of detail, including acknowledgement of comments regarding seeking alternative sources of funding in the future to help make the project more sustainable.

Members commended staff and volunteers for the work achieved, and were pleased to agree the release of funding for the final year of the Service Level Agreement. Members thanked the Community Services Co-ordinator for her well-presented and enlightening presentation.

(Voting: 8 in favour, 0 against, 2 abstentions)