meetings

Since the publication of our Stakeholder Research Report and ensuing Saxmundham Community Plan ( Feb. 2009) - providing Saxmundham and district with a Vision and Action Plan, to meet stakeholder needs and wants - the volunteer directors of The Saxmundham & District Community Interest Company have been arranging various meetings to progress delivery of its part of the Action Plan.

These meeting fall into three broad headings:

1. Publicity/Consultation
2. Researching Venues (to help shape the proposed Community Enterprise Centre)
3. Researching Customers (for the proposed Community Enterprise Centre)

1. Publicity / Consultation

• 2009
• March 21. Saxmundham Market Hall. Public review of Saxmundham Community Plan  
• April 22. Stall at University Campus Suffolk Jobs Fair in Ipswich
• April 25. Stall at Saxmundham Charities Market
• May 18. Review of Community Plan with Saxmundham Town Council
• Nov 6 Infrastructure Networks Suffolk, Launch Conference and Exhibition, Kesgrave.
• Nov 18 Suffolk Coastal Local Strategic Partnership Forum and Exhibition.at Snape Maltings.
• 2010
• March 15 (2010) Public Consultation meeting in Saxmundham.
• May 14 & 15 Public Consultation meetings in Saxmundham.
• July 19 Volunteer Working Party meeting in Saxmundham.
• September 20 Volunteer Public meeting in Saxmundham.
• October 18 Volunteer Public meeting in Saxmundham.
• November 15 Volunteer Library Working Party meeting in Saxmundham.
• December 13 Saxmundham Town
• 2011
• March 25th Major Public Meeting, The Market Hall, Saxmundham
• March 26th Major Public Meeting, The Market Hall, Saxmundham

2. Researching Venues

• 2009
• March 3. Debenham Community Centre
• April 16 . Kesgrave Community Centre
• July 1. DTA Workshop at Sunlight Community Interest Company, Gillingham
• August 17. Visit to Keystone Trust at Thetford.
• August 25. Halesworth LEAP Centre
• September 16. Gainsborough Community Library
• 2010
• March 8 (2010) Saxmundham Middle School and facilities
• May 18 Marram Centre, Kessingland
• 2011

3. Researching Potential Community Enterprise Centre (CEC) Customers

• 2009
• August 21.2009 Miles Coles UCS re LEAP Centre for Saxmundham
• Sept 30. Elaine Soanes SCC Property re future of SCC sites in Sax
• October 23. Cllr.Rae Leighton (SCC) re site options for CEC.
• Nov 5 Roger McMaster/ Mike Ellwood SCC Library services
• November 10 Cllrs. Marian Andrews and Peter Batho (District) re support
• December 1 Meeting with Leslie Graham, Flagship/Heritage Housing to discuss possible partnership

• 2010
• January 18, 2010 Angela Piearce, EDF Energy re the Community Enterprise Centre
• January 25, Phil Dance BT Martlesham re the Community Enterprise Centre
• March 12, Luke Smith Suffolk Coastal Local Strategic Partnership
• May 14, Brian Prettyman, SCC, Major Property Programmes Manager
• May 27 Mark Marshall NHS Suffolk, Head of Corporate Development & Infrastructure
• May 27 Val Smith, NHS Suffolk, Estaes Development & Contracts
• May 27 Chris Rush, Suffolk Constabulary, Senior Estates Officer
• June 25 Guenever Pachent, SCC, Director for Culture, Information and Learning
• July 23, Tony Osmanski, SCDC, Strategic Director
• September 2 Andy Fry, SCC, Director of Social Inclusion & Diversity
• September 6 Simon Dickindon, Saxmundham Store Manager, Waitrose
• September 16 Inaugural Meeting of the SADCIC/SCC Joint Project Board
• November 18 Tom McGarry, Communications Manager, EDF Energy - Nuclear New Build
• November 18 SADCIC/SCC Joint Project Board (at BT Martlesham)
• 2011
• January 13 SADCIC/SCC Joint Project Board (at BT Martlesham)
• February 3 Tony Osmanski, SCDC, Strategic Director and Senior SCDC Officers
• February 15 Sizewell Parishes Liaison Group
• March 1 Cllr. Judy Terry, SCC, Cabinet Member (libraries consultation)
• March 10 SADCIC/SCC Joint Project Board (at Saxmundham, Middle School)
• 2012
• October 1st Suffolk County Council divests management of its Saxmundham Community Resource Centre to The Saxmundham & District Community Interest Company. It was immediately rebranded as the Fromus Centre (after a local river running through the town and local villages) and a refurbishment and marketing programme was started, involving local volunteers (including the Alde Vally School).
• 2013
• April 25th Following a 6-month review meeting, senior representatives off Suffolk County Council expressed their great satisfaction when the results clearly demonstrated not only a significant reduction in running costs but an increased uptake of community users and revenue - and a future that looked even brighter.
• September