Minutes of the Meeting of Visit New Mills
11/1/2020
1 Present:
Sean Whewell, Zena Aris-Sutton, Jan Smith, Lee Barratt
2 Apologies:
Beth Atkins, Northe Slack
3 Minutes of 19/10/2019:
The Minutes of the meeting of 19/10/2019 were accepted as a true and correct record. – Send copy to all attendees
4 Matters Arising
a. Bike Racks/Bike Friendly Town – Quizit x 2 for bike bag at bele café (beehive/Ryan) Sean follow up with DCC about bike rack at sett valley cafe
b. Tree Planting – trees being deliver 20th Feb- 7th March – Sean speak to Sarah Fanshaw-Smith Derbyshire ranger, re date, number people & Equipment needed- Crowdfunding invite 1st
c. Mark Jones – Youth CIC – Community interest organisation, for events/group relating to youths – Sean to meet with him, discuss and feedback – mention Youth Festival
d. Too good to go – Company/app that sells food at a reduced rate – send correspondence to food related business and then advertise via VNM – Zena draft letter
e. TNM/NMTC Community conversation – HPBC meeting on 15th Jan – no one from VNM can attend during working day.
f. Safe Places – DCC – Zena to contact DCC if they have New Mills poster, if not create one and advertise at venues plus VNM website/social media
5 Correspondence:
· New Mills foodie – Already booked half of Carnival food and will continue to do our own bookings in 2020
· Small Glories Feedback – feedback received regarding acoustics in Torr vale mill, feedback acknowledged
· Tiny Tickers- Letter received for week of their event and Quizit been booked in February
6 Finance Update:
The current bank balance is £2613.93
Recent Quizits :
· New Mills Event Litter bins – £112 (17th Oct),
· Kinder Mountain Rescue – £182.10 (24th Oct),
· Albion Rd Festoon lights – £135 (31st Oct),
· Royal British Legion – £154 (7th Nov),
· Pancreatic Cancer UK – £301 (14th Nov),
· New Mills Lights Switch On – £102 (21st Nov),
· Night Stop (High Peak Homeless) – £130 (28th Nov),
· Crossroads Derbyshire – £346 (5th Dec),
· OAP Xmas Hampers – £219 (12th Dec),
· Xmas Tree New Mills Prom – £200 (19th Dec)
7 Web Site Update:
Sean reported that the website has had 153,808 web page views, 700361 users over 3 month period. The Facebook membership was 8833, Twitter membership 1981 and Instagram 1476. – Zena/Jan to add LSO articles to VNM website, Sean to update article re tree planting.
8 New Mills Carnival
Superheros theme on Saturday 13th June 2020 at 1pm – Ask George Lee to do if possible, Lee Barrat to ask
Lisa to do Parade, Lee – Road Closures – Ask John Reed to do Market Stalls?, Zena – Competitions, TBC – Programme (Zena to enquire about articles)? – Collection – Jan to ask Richard Body
9 Any Other Business:
Applied to HPBC for grant new Yellows Bins, and was successful with application.
10 Date, time and place of next meeting:
9am on Saturday 29th Feb at Sean’s House