DUNDEE ACCESS GROUP
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 3RD NOVEMBER 2016 IN THOMAS HERD HOUSE,
PRESENT:
Erik Cramb, Anne Farrow, Dorothy Wilson, Marie Riley, Carole Craig, Lillian
Malcolm, Gordon McDonald, Denis Bethell,
APOLOGIES: Sandy Cameron, Denise Cameron.
1. INVITED SPEAKER:
.
We were pleased to welcome Ian
Buchanan, Access Engagement Officer at SDEF, to our meeting. He was pleased to
tell us that we had won the trophy at the SDEF Access Panel Conference for The
Best Community Engagement Project. He complimented us on our submission which
had primarily been made by
Ian also spoke about the Access
Panel Grant of £1600 which can be claimed by each Access Panel this year. This
money can be spent on any expenses incurred by members of the Access group
towards the running of the group or on anything that would help improve access
within their area. Ian said he would send us information to help us develop our
publicity materials and he recommended using
printing.com to have such materials printed.
We thanked Ian for attending our
meeting and providing the information we needed.
2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:
The minutes of the meeting
held on 1st September 2016 were approved.
3.
MATTERS ARISING:
3.1.
(Re minute 2.2). Carole contacted
the Courier but was told that there was no way to get free advertising from
them. Erik suggested that when we get the trophy from SDEF we should inform the
Courier about our success.
3.2.
(Re minute 2.4). Erik will think about a letter to be sent to the Chamber
of Commerce.
3.3.
(Re minute 2.5). Avril Smith Hope
will be attending our next DAG meeting in December.
3.4.
(Re minute 2.7). £250 has been donated to Shopmobility.
3.5.
(Re minute 3.5). A cross drain has been cleared at the path at the
3.6.
(Re minute 4.2). Peter Nurick has agreed to talk to a joint
meeting of Dundee Access Group and Dundee Council’s Disability and Age Action Group
on 14th December.
4
OTHER AGENDA ITEMS:
4.1
On
28/10/16 Agnes Emri, Mapping for Change, emailed to tell us about their ‘Ramp
it Up’ project. They are
inviting local communities around the
Dorothy
suggested 3 premises close to 1st Stop 2 Shop in
5
CORRESPONDENCE:
By email
5.1
On 1/9/16 via Facebook a query about
location of Changing Places toilets in centre of
5.2
On 2/9/16 SDEF Voice
Issue 3.
5.3
On 2/9/16 from Avril
Smith Hope, Service Manager for Adult Care, Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership, accepting invitation to our
December meeting.
5.4
On 2/9/16 from Dorothy Wilson
suggesting we nominate ourselves for an SDEF award.
See minute 1.
5.5
On 5/9/16 from SDEF sending a Consultation on Social Security in
5.6
On 5/9/15 via Scott Mands
an announcement of Healthcare and Wellbeing Network Meeting.
5.7
On 6/9/16 from Disabledliving sending info re Kidz
to Adultz
5.8
On 7/9/16 from National
Express invited to the launch of the ABC multi-operator scheme for
5.9
On
7/9/16 from Volunteer Centre Dundee with
invitation to their Open Day at their new premises.
5.10
On 8/9/16 from Julie Taylor, PAMIS, with info re Changing Places toilets.
5.11
On 8/9/16 via Scott Mands Dundee Partnership Bulletin Issue 3.
5.12
On 12/9/16 from SDEF
giving a report of the findings at a roadshow about the Impact of Brexit on
Disabled People.
5.13
On 15/9/16 from SDEF with
info for their AGM in October.
5.14
On 19/9/16 from Scott
Mands sending the Healthcare and Wellbeing E-Bulletin for September.
5.15
On 23/9/16 from Paul Higginson,
Arc Architects, asking for comments on alterations to a property in
We had
email discussions with Paul Higginson where Dorothy’s suggestions were passed
on.
5.16
On 26/9/16 from SDEF asking for
forms to be filled in by DAG office bearers.
5.17
On 28/9/16 announcement of National Diversity Awards 2016 winners.
5.18
On 29/9/16 SDEF Voice Issue 36.
5.19
On 30/9/16 from Dorothy Wilson
re public meeting about the Regional Performance
Centre for Sports on 6th October.
5.20
On 30/9/16 Transport
5.21
On 30/9/16 from SDEF sending UK Government Inquiry into Disability and the built environment.
5.22
On 6/10/16 from Simon Stewart, who looks after the Dundee My Life Portal for the Dundee Health and Social
Care Partnership offering to promote DAG.
DAG now
has a page on this website saying who we are and what we do. https://dundee.mylifeportal.co.uk/directory/providerdetails.aspx?olmproviderid=208460
5.23
On 7/10/16 from DCT Events,
with info re The Evening Telegraph Community
Spirit Awards 2017.
5.24
On 11/10/16 from SDS Scotland
with invitation to an event in East of Scotland
focussing on the actual experience of Self Directed Support.
5.25
On 17/10/16, Centre for Independent Living for
5.26
On 21/10/16 from SDEF to say we
had won the award of Best Community
Engagement for the work DAG had carried out on making the shops more
accessible.
5.27
On 21/10/16 from Anne Farrow
sending a copy of the letter she had sent to the Antalia
restaurant in
There has
been no reply from the Antalia.
5.28
On 21/10/16 from Dorothy Wilson
with an update on the state of the path at the Riverside Nature park. Gordon
& Lillian had previously complained about it.
5.29
On 25/10/16 from DCT Events re Community Spirit Awards 2017.
5.30
On 27/10/16 from Dorothy Wilson
who had attended the DAAG meeting on 26th Oct. Some members there
had expressed an interest in attending the meetings DAG has planned where the
speakers will be Avril Smith Hope and Peter Nurick.
Dorothy
has invited the DAAG members to our December meeting when Avril Smith Hope will
be speaking and DAG has been invited to a DAAG meeting on 14th
December where Peter Nurick will be speaker.
5.31
On 27/10/16 from Graeme Prophet
about making the YMCA in Broughty Ferry more accessible.
We have
said we are willing to help when they have something specific they want us to
do or comment on.
5.32
On 27/10/16 via Scott Mands
sending a ‘Protecting People in
5.33
On 27/10/16 from Agnes Emri,
Communications Officer, Mapping for Change, sending details of their ‘ Ramp It Up’ campaign and asking for our help.
See minute
4.1.
6 A.O.C.B.
6.1
7 DATE OF NEXT MEETING.
The date of the next meeting is at
12.45 on Thursday 1st December 2016 in Thomas Herd House,
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE