Agenda and Minutes for 2 June 2020
| Attendees: | Chris M, Jim, Lynda, Colin, Harriet, Lyndsey | ||
| Apologies: | Cathy Coverly, Nick Breakspear | ||
| Item | Action | Person/s | Timeline |
| Previous Minutes & Issues | |||
| Food: | |||
| Bridge Street Community Garden – update | 1) New project lead at BSC2) Update on Bins3) 6 people now allowed in the garden, social media notice4) Volunteer role advert to be copied onto Keith for volunteer Oxfordshire facebook and website pages. | Anna – social media, Dave – Planning and organising | |
| Banbury Tree Grafting Workshop | Telia to run in November | Telia | |
| Waste: | |||
| Repair Cafe | Banbury Shed members | Jim | |
| Give & Take | Lynda and Harriet to lead. Others welcome to help with organising. Jim available to do repair stall. | Lynda and Harriet | Oct |
| Clothes Swap | Womens clothe swap, with personal stylist guest speaker etcNeed volunteers, venue, promotion, mirrors, clothes racks, coat hangersTea and biscuitsDonations taken for CAG | Lyndsey, Patrica Caveros | Oct |
| Replenish/Love food hate waste | Seed swap, bridge street garden. Speak to Anaise from CAG Oxfordshire | Lynda | |
| Transport: | |||
| Bikes – cycle paths – sustrans | XR transport campaign. Town development plan, road across the railway potentially for cycling. Government cycling scheme. | Jim | |
| Bike Hub – ‘broken spoke’ | Reopened – repair cycle shop, buy a second hand bike, or donate a bike. Volunteer work. In Oxford, potentially look into it for Banbury. | Colin | |
| Reviving ‘Banbury Car Club’ project | Car parked in a public space and can be booked for anyone. Zipcar (purchase 2-3 cars for the scheme) Enterprise rent a car (where to park). Train station didn’t communicate. Oxfordshire Council transport plan, | Chris | |
| Energy | |||
| Low Carbon Hub, Banbury Shed has a grant to put solar panels on the shed. | |||
| AOB | |||
| Update Website and materials | Lyndsey is working on this, needs support, perhaps if Steph has time | ||
| Feedback from Tooley’s Yard consultation | Consultants looking into the Tooleys Yard outcomes/plan. | Harriet | |
| Sunrise MCP – collaboration | Maria Holden explained how she would like to help Banbury CAG publicise our events/activities/workshops with her community at Sunrise MultiCultural Project (working mainly with Banbury’s Pakistani community). If CAG shared leaflets/events for projects she can hand these out to people within the community.Maria’s youth group has attended Bridge St community Garden in the past. Done food workshops. Cooking and food/gardening related activities would be of interest. | Friendship festival, Skills Share and swap. | |
| Secretary Role | Advertise on Facebook, Newsletter and Oxfordshire Volunteers | ||
| CAG Oxfordshire | Invited to speak at our meetings to provide insight, there AGM is in July | ||
| Browning street Orchard | Pruning has been effective on the trees, and an Apple day is planned for late September. | Collin | September |
| Jim | Email address for those to be contacted for each meeting. | ||
| Collaborate – group meetings from the CAG oxfordshire, food surplus, tree planting, growing. | |||