Frampton Cotterell Youth Club Closure - key documents

Following widespread consultation across Frampton Cotterell Parish in 1998, the Parish Council decided to build the Brockeridge Centre as its Millennium Project. The results of the consultation showed that the top priorities of local residents for the centre were to provide:

1. Somewhere for young people to meet, hopefully to cut the level of antisocial behaviour then experienced across our community
2. A community café for use by groups who book the centre
3. An IT Suite where local residents could learn about computers
4. A public base for the Parish Clerk and Council.

Cllr Dave Hockey was the first Youth Leader at the club for the 9 months after the centre was opened on 5 May, 2000 - he was supported by local volunteers. Since then 6 other Youth Leaders, plus a Deputy have been appointed by the successive Parish Councils to run the club. When a Youth Leader handed in their notice, the Parish Council advertised and appointed another in time for a smooth handover.

Frampton Cotterell Parish Council took a decision on 28 May, 2014 to close their youth club pending the results of a review. They did not consult residents first.

This post aims to gather together the key documents provided to the Parish Council to inform their decision on 28 May. This will allow any interested resident to gain a better understanding of the way in which the decision was made.

The documents provided are:

1. Agenda for Parish Council Meeting on 28 May, 2014
2. Agenda Item 5 - Parishioner Observations 
• Statement made by local Neighbourhood Police Beat Manager, PC Finbar Simmons.
• Statement made by local resident, Dr Kyla Thomas.
3. Agenda Item 12 – Notes of the Youth Services Working Group 8 May 2014 plus: 
•  Appendix 1 – Chart provided by Cllr Michaela Crumpton showing attendance figures that she had obtained for local groups which cater for young people. 
• Appendix 2 – Comments from young people who attended the Brockeridge Youth Club when they realised it could be closed. 
• Appendix 3 – Final Report on the Youth Club by Faye Jackson, Brockeridge Youth Club Leader. 
• Appendix 4 – Faye Jackson’s week-by-week summary of Youth Club attendance and events between April 2013 and May 2014. Note that the actual weekly attendance is 25.
4. Minutes of Parish Council Meeting of 28 May, 2014. Note that Item 1295, Parishioners Observations, and Item 1294 both relate to the 4 recommendations included in the Notes of the Youth Services Working Group (ref Item 3 above).

If you wish to comment on the Parish Council decision or the way in which it was made, please contact Dave Hockey.