Greening Campaign
Terms of Reference
Village Trails
Terms of Reference
Carnival
Website
Neighbourhood Plan
Website
WORKING GROUPS
GENERAL
Parish Councils are able to appoint Working Groups to carry out specific functions of the Council. They are not required to hold meetings in public. In the past, Bishopstoke Parish Council has had various working groups covering things like Travel Tokens, or the Cemeteries.
Currently, the Council has one permanent Working Group - for Communications & Engagement. In addition there are two "Task and Finish" Working Groups - one working on the Greening Campaign, and one updating the Village Trail.
Working Groups can be created by Full Council, or by one of the Committees and generally report back to the body that created them. It is much more common for Working Groups to have non-Councillor members as they often require guidance on specific problems or activities that the Council is looking at.
COMMUNICATIONS & ENGAGEMENT WORKING GROUP
The working group members are Cllrs Dermot McKeone (Lead Member), Dave Francis and Anne Winstanley, along with the Clerk.
The Communications & Engagement Working Group has between 3 and 5 members, with at least 2 needing to be present to make a meeting quorate. The Group meets every 3 months, on the third Tuesday of the month, starting in July.
Responsibilities include:
• Oversight of the Council newsletter.
• Oversight of the Council website.
• Oversight of the Council’s Facebook presence.
• Making recommendations regarding other social media.
• Oversight of any other regular communications undertaken by the Council.
• Making recommendations on policy regarding communications.
GREENING CAMPAIGN
The Council representative to the working group is Anne Winstanley. We are currently asking for volunteers to join the team to allow the Campaign to move forward.
The Group has between 3 and 5 members, with at least 2 needing to be present to make a meeting quorate. Meetings are arranged as needed amongst group members.
GLEBE MEADOW WORKING GROUP
The Working Group members are Cllrs Dave Francis, Geoff Harris, Louise Hillier-Wheal and Anne Winstanley.
The Group has between 3 and 7 members, with at least 2 needing to be present to make a meeting quorate. The group will be responsible for advising the Council on matters relating to the various projects that are approved for Glebe Meadow, including the construction of the new Bishopstoke Memorial Hall.
VILLAGE TRAILS TASK & FINISH GROUP
The Group members are Cllrs Louise Hillier-Wheal and Gin Tidridge.
Meetings are arranged as needed amongst group members. The Group was set up to look at updating the Bishopstoke Village Trail. It is hoped that there will be several walks of different lengths through different parts of Bishopstoke and the surrounding countryside as well as the inclusion of some cycling routes as well. The final version should be completed and published by March 2022.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
The Council also makes other appointments for the year. This year they are:
Representatives to the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group: Cllrs Chris McKeone and Gin Tidridge.
Councillors on the Carnival Working Group: Cllrs Geoff Harris, Louise Hillier-Wheal, Gin Tidridge and Anne Winstanley
Representatives to the Eastleigh & District Association of Parish and Town Councils: Cllrs Louise Hillier-Wheal and Anne Winstanley
Representatives to the Airport Consultative Committee: Cllrs Geoff Harris and Anne Winstanley
Representative to the Parochial Charities: Cllr Anne Winstanley
Representative to the Bishopstoke Community Association: Cllr Anne Winstanley
Representatives to the Passenger Transport Forum: Cllr Dave Francis and Chris McKeone