Minutes 3 December 2020

1. Welcome and apologies

Present:

Adam Freeth (Chair) Shaker-UK/The Orangery
Ruth Bamford, Redditch Borough Council Head of Planning
Julie Breakwell, Heart of Worcestershire College
Leigh Walton (Vice Chair) Redditch resident and member of Redditch Community Forum
Clouncillor Matthew Dormer, Leader of Redditch Borough Council
Kevin Dicks, Redditch Borough Council
Ostap Paparega North Worcestershire Economic Development and Regeneration (NWedR)
Gary Woodman Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (WLEP)
Duncan Berry, YMCA
Shanaaz Carroll, Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP)
Simon Geraghty, Leader of Worcestershire County Council
Ollie Hindle, Cities and Local Growth Unit
Rebecca Collings, Redditch Town Deal Coordinator
Victoria Hurst, Mott Macdonald
Jon Barlow, Mott Macdonald
Matt Howick, Social Marketing Gateway
Megan Christie, Social Marketing Gateway
Andy Mcarthur, Social Marketing Gateway
David Mitchell, Mettis Aerospace

Apologies:

Tim Martin, West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)
Penny Unwin, Worcestershire County Council OPE

2. Public Consultation and Feedback.

Social Marketing Gateway presented the key findings from the public consultation survey – see report.

SMG – extremely good response rate for the survey and the engagement events showed that residents are passionate and want to be engaged with how Redditch moves forward. Although some projects were less supported than others all projects were beneficial projects to take forward.

Board members were encouraged by the response from the consultation which supported existing regeneration projects.

VH noted some findings form the report were not fitting with the evidence base gathered by Mott Macdonald such as the comments around broadband. VH to discuss further with SMG. Amendments to make with regards to the layout of the final report as it will be included in the appendices of the final TIP submission.

Discussion around skills and how this fit with different business sectors requirements, how will this link into the proposed idea of the innovation centre and the college. Offline meeting to be held with the college.

3. Date of Next Meeting

Tuesday 8 December 2020