Agenda item

To receive a verbal updatefrom officers following the inaugural meeting of the National Pride Working Party held on 13 November 2025 and consider its recommendations.

Members received a verbal update from the Deputy Town Clerk as well as the Chair of the National Pride Working Party following it inaugural meeting on 13 November 2025.

Members heard that the working party group had discussed and agreed a change of name more befitting with its objectives settling on Witney Past, Present & Future.

The Committee also agreed that a budget of £2,000 be set to promote their activities such as St Georges Day.

Recommended:

1.      That, the report and verbal update be noted and,

2.      That, the name of the Working Party be changed to Witney: Past, Present & Future be noted and,

3.      That, a budget of £2,000 be requested for the promotion of activities to celebrate Witney’s past, present and future.

Resolved:

That, the minutes of the Witney: Past, Present & Future Working Party be approved and the recommendations therein be approved.