Worksop Together Minutes - July 2025 | Bassetlaw District Council

14th July 2025 - Key Points Only

Welcome

Welcome all attendees

Board Members discussed the Board Member Application Form
Circulated to all Board Members
KW queried linking to Worksop Together to ensure consistency in name. Change from Neighbourhood Fund to Worksop Together. Worksop Together domain has also been purchased 1. ACTION – ME to change name
Insert empty box and return address into application form 2. ACTION - ME
KW queried format and distribution, and appeal to residents – include a user-friendly introduction. ME confirmed this was the intended format.
MH – also queried distribution/ promotion of application form. NC clarified it is for board members to circulate through contact networks.
SS - Feedback to be obtained today.
NC confirmed forms are to be returned to the Growth and Enterprise email address.
Applications are to be reviewed at the next meeting 3. ACTION – ALL
KW queried if there is a maximin number of applications – NC clarified 21, but that LG would be happy if we added three or four new board members
WS queried selection criteria and if this needs any form of communications to ensure transparency. AB clarified there has been previous communications.
PJ suggested targeting resident groups
KW provided a sentence for the form 4. ACTION - KW

Front cover – agreed
Board to accept as many applications as the Board deems appropriate – members are to wait and see what is received (NC)
NC and SB clarified funding thresholds – request for quote process
Board is to decide and assess responses 5. ACTION – ALL. BDC will provide summary – Board will vote at the next meeting 6. Action - ALL
Board members have already completed/ declared conflict of interests (AB, KW, SS – expressed conflicts of interest)
Query around CVs – if applying from organisation is a cv required – ME and NC stated CVS are required. SB clarified data protection is not issue re: CVs if there is a Data Retention Policy in place
The focus is wider Worksop/ all of Worksop, including the Town Centre
The Specification is more about community engagement and qualitative research
Need to get into the grassroot areas/ groups
Specification is to be agreed today 7. ACTION - ALL
Budget table to be included within the document – CT stated an indictive scale of how much money is available is required to shape the submissions that are received in addition to a table and documenting price/ quality, for the scoring element. AB reiterated this. This will also enable objectively to differentiate between responses 8. ACTION - ALL

Please see the following key points re: the discussion surrounding the questionnaire from the last board meeting:

Provide ‘other’ option, as a question answer
Closed ended questions may need an ‘option to expand’ in the answer
Question 23 – provide free text option
Consider length of questionnaire – is 23 questions too long
Question 15 – too many options
Consider any negative language throughout, minimise negative view of Worksop
Consider what has been done before
Ensure questionnaire is user friendly
Consider how responses are going to be used
Include questions associated with culture and heritage
Capture young people – schools survey
Under 18 category – library engagement
Under 10/ over 10 – consider language for children/ facilitation may be required
Interactive sessions – Plan of Towns in the schools/ colleges
The questionnaire is guidance only
Capture physical and mental disability information within questionnaire
Include animation to make it more accessible
Include introductory statement
Question 14 – interconnectivity, within or into Worksop
Accessibility question – consider what this means to people
Safety and Security question – add ‘other comments’ section
Question 12 – transport aimed at individual?
Targeted questions to achieve better responses
Test survey required.
Make changes to questionnaire 9. ACTION – ME

Consultation Timeline (potential to change):

Consultation scope/ specification to be agreed 10. ACTION - ALL
Consultation out to tender 14th July – 28th 11. ACTION – BDC TEAM
Closing date for specification quotes submission is the 28th of July.
BDC to assess and award contracts by the 4th of August 12. ACTION – BDC TEAM
Consultation is to start for 6 weeks on the 18th of August – 29th September
Received report from organisation/s by week ending 10th October
BDC to write the Regeneration Plan based on the consultation throughout October and November. Completion by November 28th.

Meeting Timeline (meeting taking place later to clarify):

14th July – initial board meeting 10 – 12pm
TBC board meeting - to advise on consultation strategy 1-3pm
October TBC board meeting - review the consultation reports submitted from the competing organisation/s who completed the works 11 -1pm – 13. ACTION – ALL
Workshop - work on the Regeneration Plan and feed into final report – TBC 14. ACTION - ALL
November TBC- collate and feed into the draft report available for the Regeneration Plan. The Board is then to review (one week review period) 15. ACTION – ALL

Previously reported to the board.

Long-term plan for towns - Summary expenditure to 31 December 2024.

Room hire - £181.72
Focus Consultants - £45,888.00
BDC Hours - £11,825.35
Total - £57,895.07

Staff time from Jan 2025 to July 2025 - £13,928.17
Purchase of the domain name - £15.99
Room hire - £30.00

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