- Present: Zena Aris-Sutton, Steve Wilson(SWI), John Reed, David Aris-Sutton, Edit Zsibrita & Iain Moore
- Apologies: Sean Whewell(SW)
- Minutes of 26.3.23 – The Minutes of the meeting of 26.3.23 were accepted as a true and correct record.
- Matters Arising
- New volunteer Edit to join VNM as officer- John proposed, Iain Second
- Quizit hit £50k in June 2023
- Quizit special at Thornsett Brewery, great success, going to do again next year and maybe ask Torrside brewing too.
- Digital notice board update
- Agreed Go ahead and order all three screens, install Rock Mill 1st to test Notice and timings. John proposed, edit 2nd, all voted to go ahead.
- Advertise the notices board for people to plan to submit for September.
- Funding
- HPBC – for carnival evidence submitted
- Sainsburys charity of the Year. Zena to check
- Banners alternative to A0 posters (LSO)
- Maybe bigger? for LSO and one bigger for Carnival? Zena to check
- Carnival feedback
- More HPBC bin (big Bins)
- Trade waste – need to be clear in contract – signed and they no longer invited if found leaving trade waste
- Secure the lids and bin bags, Gloves for litter pickers
- Swizzel car park – needs marshall from NMC
- Derbyshire 4×4 – might do road closures for us for all events. David to follow up.
- Back union road and Victoria St. Rock st and Rock mill lane(besides Pride of peaks) needs to be included on road closures in future events.
- Window judging – Clear with Deadline
- Prefilled – windows/parade on forms
- Swizzels, caused a big gap, put near end.
- Arena seems bigger.
- Can we consider ending at Ollersett fields? – getting feedback.
- NM community cinema – St.George’s Parish hall would like up to £200 for heating – Will give money but want the option book in advance.
- Correspondence:
- None
- Finance Update: The current bank balance is £11,290.72 in credit.
The money raised from Quizits
- New Mills Golf Defib £145.00
- VNM Event Insurance £258.00
- New Mills Hanging Baskets £151.00
- Carers Connecting SEN £147.00
- Blythe House Hospice £172.00
- Friends of New Mills Stations £151.00
- youth matters cic £220.00
- new mills carnival £211.10
- one world festival £104.00
- birch vale & thornsett cricket club £132.00
- beardwood natural project £179.00
- defib @hare and hounds £130.00
- NMUMC defib £230.70
- New Mills women’s cricket club £200.10
- Sustain Video offered £250 for Digital Notice Boards.
- Media Update:
- Website page views TBC, sessions TBC versus previous 30 days
- Facebook membership was 11,118(+1.7%), Twitter membership 2232(+0.04%) and Instagram 2498(+4.2%)
- Any Other Business:
- Flags – Take down flags early September
- Locations for feestons, go up 1st week November- used to be simply indian.
- New Flags – Better quality – lyn had contact that can screen onto better material(maybe used weights)- Flag Poles need for some businesses – check quantities – Iain will start to look into this.
- Date, time and place of next meeting: September 5th 7pm – venue TBC