The Calne Area Board is scheduled to convene on Tuesday 16 June 2026. The meeting agenda includes community funding applications, updates from local partners, highway improvements, and the local action plan.

Area Board Funding Applications

The board is scheduled to consider several applications for funding across different streams. Under the Community Area Grants, applications include £5,000 for replacement fencing for Calne Town Football Club, £2,680.20 for the replacement of three defibrillators by Derry Hill and Studley Heartbeat, £5,000 for a new boiler at the Calne Heritage Centre, £500 for a new water boiler and kitchen frost heater at the Calne District Girl Guide Hall, £5,000 for car park resurfacing at Goatacre Village Hall, and £890 for sustainable water use at Bowood Sports Ground for Derry Hill Utd Football Club.

For the Older and Vulnerable Adults Grants, the board is scheduled to review an application for £880 from Beyond Dementia for their Calne Dementia Friendly Primary Schools project, and £1,340 for Calne Wordfest's Santa's Summer Job storytelling project.

The report on Area Board Funding applications can be found in the Public reports pack.

Key Partners Update

The meeting is scheduled to receive updates from various key partners. Verbal updates are scheduled from Wiltshire Police's Sgt Jamie Ball, and from Diane Gooch, who serves as both the Calne Older Person's Champion and the Calne Connection Festival representative. Updates are also expected from Town and Parish Councils.

Written updates are expected from the Neighbourhood Police Team, Wiltshire Police on Violence Against Women and Girls, the Wiltshire and Swindon Road Safety Partnership, the Calne Local Youth Network, Community First, Wessex Community Action, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue. Updates from Bremhill Parish Council, Calne Town Council, Derry Hill and Studley Parish Council, and Hilmarton Parish Council are also listed.

Carers Together

A presentation titled Carers Together is scheduled to be delivered by Kirsten Kerr, Operations Manager at Age UK, and Diane Gooch, Calne's Older Person and Carer Champion. This session will focus on supporting unpaid carers in Wiltshire.

Local Highway and Footway Improvement Group (LHFIG)

The board is scheduled to review the minutes and consider recommendations from the latest LHFIG meeting. The recommendations include adding the A4 Calstone Speed Limit Assessment (£2,225) and A342 Derry Hill Devizes Road Village Gates (£2,800) to the Priority Schemes List with funding. Additionally, the Compton Bassett Socket and Post to enable SID Deployment is proposed for addition to the Priority Schemes List without funding. Two issues, Compton Bassett Village Gates & Signs and Calne Anchor Road Unsuitable for HGVs signs, are proposed for closure. Further information on the LHFIG process is available here.

Action Plan Update

The meeting will involve agreeing priorities for the Local Area Action Plan. Existing priority areas and their lead members are: Community and Highway Safety (Cllr Ashley O'Neill), Air Quality and Biodiversity (Cllr Mike Sankey), High Street Regeneration (Cllr Augusta Urquhart-Nicholls), Supporting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing in Young People (Cllr Sam Pearce-Kearney), and Addressing Health Access and Inequalities (Cllr Ian Thorn).

Appointments

The board will consider appointments to various outside bodies, including the Calne Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group, Calne Marden House, Calne Local Youth Network, Calne Health and Social Care Forum, Calne Voices and Dementia Group, Calne Parish Forum, and the Hills Liaison Group.

Community Discussion

The agenda includes an open forum for community discussion, providing an opportunity to raise topics of interest for future Area Board focus.

The Agenda frontsheet for the meeting is available online.