MEMBERS PRESENT
JEAN FISHPOOL CHAIRMAN
MARGARET VALLELEY, SECRETARY
MOLLY HODGES, TREASURER
DIANE HOWLS
CRAWFORD POWNEY
JACK HALFPENNY
MARY WEST
BETTY MARCHANT
JO ANSCOMBE
MARY CARTWRIGHT
LILLIAN JONES
NANCY EVANS
GORDON CARTWRIGHT
DOUGLAS GREEN
LESLEY BEEKS

1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES

Jean welcomed all members present.

Apologies were from: Roy Adams, Lily Halfpenny, Shirley Baldwin, Greta Ashford, Menai Roberts, Peggy
Cavanagh, Ken Sangster, Chris Sangster, David Morris and Sally Smith.

2. MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING (
All members had received a copy of the minutes. They were accepted as a true record of the proceedings.

3. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE LAST MEETING
There is no bollard at Brierly Court.

4. GUEST SPEAKER
Gordon Shirley sent his apologies.

5. SUPPORTING PEOPLE
Dawn Stradling, senior review officer and Ian Gardener, Supporting People manager gave a very informative talk.
Supporting People is a national programme paid for by the taxpayer and is a government requirement. .
In Herefordshire we have 20% of people over 60, 15% over 75 and 42% over 85 years of age. We expect over the next five years a 20% increase of people over sixty.

The Supporting People Programme is committed to ensuring that the elderly and vulnerable have the opportunity to live independently.
Your Warden should be your advocate. They can put you in touch with the relevant services you need to live
independently. Wardens will contact you individually to fill in a Supporting People Support Plan.

Supporting People have invested one and a half million pounds with Herefordshire Housing.
Dawn told the group that she is senior review officer. I am head of a team that vets the services. Every six months
we will review the Service. We visit your landlord to ensure that they are fulfilling their duties. We will talk to the
tenants to make sure that they are receiving the service that they were promised. Most importantly we will look to see if the service is working.

6. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

FOWBRIDGE GARDENS
Thank you Herefordshire Housing. We very much appreciate having the cabinet holding personal documents locked in a cupboard.

INNESFIELD
A list of complaints for Innesfield was handed to Christine Connell of Herefordshire Housing.

7. GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE NEXT MEETING
The group decided to ask Gordon Shirley as their guest speaker for the next meeting.

8. DATE AND VENUE FOR THE NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will be held at Barklie Court, Hereford, on Thursday 2nd June 2005 at 10:30 am.
The chairperson will be on holiday for the next meeting. Shirley the vice chairperson will be chairing the meeting.

After the meeting members enjoyed a lunch. Crawford thanked those who cooked the meal and to those who laid the tables.