ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPIONS MEETING 18 DECEMBER 2007
ACTION NOTES
Present:
Keith Stone - Neighbourhoods (Chair)
Jill Morris – Print & Design (SC&I)
Danny Edwards – Economic Regeneration
Steve Pittaway – Engineering and Transportation
Mandy Findlay – Housing Standards and Improvement
Diana West – Countryside Services
Surjeet Gill – Moxley Centre (SC&I)
Nigel Ilsley – Neighbourhoods
Andy Bradley – New Deal (Regeneration)
Simon Corden – Transformation (Corporate Svs)
Ann Knight – College of Continuing Education, Hawbush
Kate Williams – Sport Development (Neighbourhoods)
Claire Bridgewater – Building Control (Regeneration)
Carol Edmondson – Regeneration (Environmental)
Louisa Stebbings – Sustainable Travel (Neighbourhoods)
Paul Cooper – Corporate Services
Chris Beardsmore – Welfare Rights (Corporate Services)
Jenny Onions – Strategic Housing (SC&I)
Kate Goodall – Neighbourhoods
Brian Nicholas – Facilities Manager (Neighbourhoods)
1.
Apologies:
Mel Vaughan – Personnel Services
Vicky Portman – Street Price (N’hoods)
Helen Kindon – Town Centre Partnership
Jane Lakin – SC&I
Kash Kumar – Revs and Bens (Corp Svs)
David Lockwood - Regeneration
Dawn McCarthy – SC&I
John Roseblade – Pollution Control (N’hoods)
Andrew Sumner – Highways (Neighbourhoods
Hannah Thompson - Regeneration
Emma Segal – Planning (Regeneration)
Kwame Alex-Eyitene – Property Services
Welcome, introductions and opening remarks
 Introductions took place for the benefit of new environmental champions attending for the first
time.
 Environmental Champions group now grown to 39 members
 Keith thanked everyone for their involvement in the various campaigns and activities during
2007.
2. Actions arising
Action
 Shower facilities for cyclists (raised by Louisa
Stebbings). Discussion to take place between
Simon Corden and ICT re moving ICT paper store
room.
 LS’s budget allocation for this must to be spent by
end-March 2008.
 45-minute energy awareness training/presentation
for environmental champions. Carol to check
dates with Briar Associates for January.
 Involve school caretakers as champions in
schools
 Circulate climate change strategy and action plan
to the group in advance of next meeting as this will
form the mainstay of the agenda. (Done)
 Environmental Champions representative(s) to
attend one of the Efficiency Transmission Board
meetings chaired by David Brown, executive
director for children’s services
 For 2008 look at mainstreaming the environmental
champions group taking on a more strategic role
 This group to work more closely with New Deal
(through Andy Bradley)
 Dates of future meetings for 2008
Who
Simon Corden/Brian Nicholas with
feedback to Louisa Stebbings and Keith
Stone
Carol Edmondson liaising with Brian
Nicholas for Building champions
Brian Nicholas
Carol Edmondson
Carol Edmondson to liaise with Simon
Corden for future dates of these board
meetings
Keith Stone/Simon Corden
Carol Edmondson and individual
champions
Carol Edmondson