Agenda item

To receive the report of the Project Officer.

The Committee received and considered the report of the Project Officer concerning the Happy to Chat Bench.

The Town Council would be project managing this matter as the parties who had shown interest in the project had not been able to pursue it themselves. Members were pleased the local Methodist Church had shown an interest in helping those at the bench but felt that a timetable for representatives was not needed at this time. Likewise, the District Council was about to embark on a project with the Samaritans so their contact details would be placed elsewhere.

A concerted effort would be needed not to deter the use of the bench for rest so no plaque should be attached, and attention should only be drawn by painting the bench through the use of colour.

Resolved:

1.      That, the report be noted and,

2.      That, that the bench be painted in the colours of the newly adopted Town Council logo and the words ‘Happy to Chat Bench’ are painted on the wooden slats.