16th January 2023

To All Members of the Tourism & Leisure Committee:

You are invited and encouraged to attend a meeting of the Tourism & Leisure Committee, which will be held in the Council Chamber, Whitworth Civic Hall, Market Street, Whitworth on Tuesday 24th January 2023 at 7pm

AGENDA:

To receive apologies.

To receive declarations of interest.

To consider the Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on 8th November 2022, and to approve the minutes by the signature of the Chairman as a correct record.

To debrief the Xmas Wreath Making event

To debrief the Santa Express and agree Linda and Steve Parker Lead on this event

To debrief the 2023 Duck Race

To update on plans for the May 7th Coronation Event held in conjunction with The Ashcroft ( RLT )

To discuss purchasing their own barriers instead of hiring them for every event. And if agreed making an application to the Crook Hill Community Benefit Fund to purchase them

To discuss the possibility of another community based event

To discuss and update on an Idea for a Poppy Memorial in Whitworth

To see if anyone would be interested in a sub committee to discuss tourisms within Whitworth

To consider changes to the way the Christmas Trees are run and managed

Limit number of trees to a total of

All communication between TLC and Tree Clients to be by Email / Text

Selling and installing of new / replacement brackets to be carried out before June

To consider a deadline for all tree orders and payments ( allows for more planning )

Quarterly adverts in Parish Magazine and Face book to raise awareness

Dedicated Web Page for trees in WTC website

Everyone to take 6 to 7 sets of trees lights home to dry off and then test

Replacement tree lights to be purchased in the sale

Recruit volunteers to help with tree preparation

To set a date for the next TLC Meeting

Cllr David Chorlton

TLC Chairman, Whitworth Town Council