Futures Group
You may remember taking part in a survey as part of a Town Healthcheck for Stony Stratford in 2004. The aim of the Healthcheck was to look at the issues facing the town at that time, and in the future, especially with the ongoing expansion of Milton Keynes. The results of the survey were used to create a ‘Vision’ of how our community would like to see Stony Stratford, Fullers Slade and Galley Hill develop over the next 20 years.
The Stony Stratford Futures Group (SSFG) was formed in 2005 to produce an Action Plan to take the town into the 21st Century. The SSFG has its own constitution and is made up of representatives from the Town Council, Stony Stratford Business Association, various community groups in the parish, Milton Keynes Council and a number of local residents including those with links to Wolverton Archaeological Society, Stony in Bloom, and Milton Keynes Museum.
In 2007, the SSFG received funding for the part-time post of a Project Officer to help produce and carry out the Action Plan. This plan was agreed in 2008 and at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in October the SSFG announced that it was successful in obtaining a grant of £120,000 from the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) for a programme of heritage themed improvements. This amount has been ‘match funded’ by Milton Keynes Council.
The SSFG is continually looking for active participation from the local community to be involved with this process and to help obtain other sources of external funding.
Members of Stony Stratford Futures Group are:-
Ross Ellens
Chairman Stony Stratford Business Association (SSBA)
Lesley Arkin Stony Stratford Business Association (SSBA)
Paul Martin Resident
Rob Gifford Stony Stratford Town Council (SSTC)
Allan Nall Stony Stratford Business Association (SSBA)
Joan Walker Stony Stratford Town Council (SSTC)
with link to Stony Stratford in Bloom
John Corbey Resident
Pete Claxton Resident
Nicholas Fuller Wolverton & District Arch. Society
Louise Gulliver Resident
Malcolm Godwin Rural Towns Co-Ordinator – Bucks County Council
Jan Phillips Milton Keynes Council
Bob Carter Project Officer
SSFG Meeting Minutes
The group meet a least once a month and produce minutes of the meetings. Printed copies of the all the meeting minutes are stored on file in the Stony Stratford library.
Publicity & Future Events
As well as providing information on this web site we put articles in the Stony Stratford Town Crier, local papers, town council notice boards and display information in the Stony Stratford library. We also plan to attend other local events to publicise and collect opinions on what we are doing.
Funding
Stony Stratford Futures Group wishes to express their thanks for support from the following organisations.
• South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
• Stony Stratford Town Council
• Buckinghamshire County Council
• Milton Keynes Council
• Stony Stratford Business Association
• Stony Stratford Community Association
• Stony Stratford Partnership (legacy)
For more information contact Paul Martin
paulmartin@tapsellwade.com
Tel: 01908 567778
