Meeting Minutes July 2026
- Steve Mewes
- Jul 18
- 3 min read
Meeting Minutes – Wednesday 8th July 2026
Venue: Function Room, The George Hotel, Wedmore
Present: Lisa Hall, Steve Mewes, Gail Millard, Geoff Carrs, Vanessa Becker-Hughes, Simon, Tina, Anthony
Apologies: Russell and Kate Spooner, Liz Burton
1. Matters Arising / Project Updates
Water butts — All water butts are believed to have now been ordered. Photos have been requested so the project can be shared and publicised.
Wedmore generation figures — OFGEM has sent Green Wedmore the generation figures for Wedmore. Shown below;
New volunteers — Willow and Kaye will be contacted about their ideas for Green Wedmore projects.
Parish Council Nature and Environmental committee — Dave Kirley has been approached regarding the council’s next Nature and Environmental committee meeting
October meeting guest speaker — Helen Gavin has been approached to give a presentation at the October meeting on the Cheddar Reservoir 2 plan.
Swift boxes — The swift boxes have been made and will be put up ready for next year’s birds. Photos to follow. Thanks to Geoff for organising.
2. Finance
Figures reported as follows:
Item | Amount |
Bank charges | £3.90 |
Donations | £10.00 |
Sunlit | £50.00 |
Kings Award final payment | £4.00 |
Balance brought forward | £3,073.68 |
Current balance | £3,133.78 |
Allocated and unallocated funds:
Allocation | Amount |
Butterfly corridor | £72.00 |
Water butts | £224.29 |
Unallocated | £3,286.17 |
Grand total | £3,133.78 |
3. Church Solar Project
The grant application from Younity to help towards the engineering and planning costs was unsuccessful. Alternative funders will now be approached. We agreed at the meeting to support the project by giving £1,000.
4. Freecycle
The next Freecycle event will take place on Saturday 13th September at Wedmore Car Park.
5. Repair Café
Steve Mewes will ask Mike Rippon whether he is happy to organise another Repair Café event.
6. Big Tidy Up
Steve Mewes will speak with Venitia to identify a possible date for another Big Tidy Up.
7. Any Other Business
‘Grow Wedmore’ (name tbc) Leaflet and graphic (VB-H) — A leaflet and graphic are to be produced, along with an article for the Isle of Wedmore News, with the aim of finding someone to run a Raised-Bed project within the village of Wedmore, would suit a local person with good growing experience and skills in horticulture, including composting and water collecting experience too. The projects aims would be to help people construct and prepare a raised bed for growing food and flowers in their own gardens. Also helping supply seedlings or plants to grow – in a ready to go bundle/kit.
Previous minutes (Anthony) — Anthony was unable to locate the previous minutes on the website; Steve to advise.
Act to Adapt report for Wedmore (Steve) — Steve outlined the Act to Adapt process https://www.somersetwildlife.org/act-to-adapt , which can run over 6–9 months and operates in three stages: an initial workshop covering “our situation” and possible solutions, with community-led brainstorming of ideas; drafting of a plan, followed by engagement with the community at events and via an online survey to gather views and data; Creation and launch of the final scheme. The resulting climate adaptation plan would be community-owned. Steve to approach the Parish Council’s environmental group to ask if they would like to be part of the process and adopt the final report. N.b this would not commit the parish council to any action, it simply provides a community based programme of potential actions that can help Wedmore be better adapted to the weather we are already receiving and future climate change.
Action Points
Action | Who |
Obtain photos of the water butt project for publicity | Steve |
Contact Willow and Kaye about their ideas for Green Wedmore | Steve |
Follow up with Dave Kirley re: council nature and environmental committee | Steve |
Confirm Helen Gavin’s presentation for the October meeting | Steve |
Put up swift boxes ready for next year’s birds; photos to follow | Geoff |
Approach alternative funders for the church solar project | Steve |
Ask Mike R about organising another Repair Café | Steve |
Speak with Venitia about a date for the next Big Tidy Up | Steve |
Produce leaflet, graphic, and IOWN article to recruit a project lead for ‘RAISED-BED’ idea. | Vanessa |
Advise Anthony re: previous minutes | Steve |
Date of next meeting: Wednesday September 9th which will be our AGM