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106 AGM

Tuesday 10[th] November 2020, via Zoom. 7pm

Attendees: Libby Bateman, Chris Battersby, James Levens, Adrian Todd, Alison Morris (Cumbria Classic Coaches), Ian Howard (Cumbria Classic Coaches)

• Introduction and welcome – Libby Bateman welcomed people to the meeting.

• Minutes of the last meeting – Chris Battersby said the Thursday service had been changed to running on Wednesdays.

• Chairman’s Report – Libby Bateman thanked Steven Simpson for getting the group going. Mr Simpson cannot continue with meetings due to ongoing health issues. Libby Bateman will chair meetings for the foreseeable future.

The meeting was told the service was running on Tuesdays and Fridays, but it struggled without a run back service throughout the summer.

The 106 Partnership

Registered Charity Number: 1176484 c/o S W Simpson, Shap Wells Hotel, CA10 3QU Tel: [phone] ★ Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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The meeting was told the government issued a directive, saying the county councils should pay NOW card money up to the end of July. The meeting was told Stagecoach could not run the service (which they notified in

September). No other company approached to bid for the service could offer a suitable service, compared to Cumbria Classic Coaches.

Libby Bateman said the service was now linked to Smile Amazon. The initiative is designed to give money to the charity of their choice. Libby asked the meeting to publicise this far and wide. This was sent to the Friends of the 106 group.

The meeting was told the challenging environment of 2020 had caused two procurement processes to be carried out.

 Treasurer’s report – Chris Battersby had sent a balance sheet to the attendees via email. £7,000 had been received from parish

The 106 Partnership

Registered Charity Number: 1176484 c/o S W Simpson, Shap Wells Hotel, CA10 3QU Tel: [phone] ★ Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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council; £1,500 had been received from Penrith Town Council; £845 had been received from the Friends of the 106; £1,500 had been received from Cumbria County Council. The Partnership had not received £500 from Clifton Parish Council. The total amount received was £17,782.32 as of November.

The expenditure for 2020 included £7,575.88 for Stagecoach, £55 for the Herald, £27 for the rent of Shap Hall. This resulted in £10,124 of funds, compared to £11,287 last year.

The meeting was told it did not get money on everything that people bought on Amazon. The meeting was told everyone should encourage this as much as possible.

The potential running costs (due to the change to Cumbria Classic Coaches) were as follows:

April 2019 to March 2020 – 4186 (2 days) - £18,914 (bus costs). April 2019 to March 2020 – 5868 (3 days).

The 106 Partnership

Registered Charity Number: 1176484 c/o S W Simpson, Shap Wells Hotel, CA10 3QU Tel: [phone] ★ Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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The running costs for Stagecoach amounted to £18,914 (over two days). The potential running costs for Cumbria Classic Coaches amounted to £26,000 (over two days).

Chris Battersby said the money raised to pay Stagecoach was £18,358 over a three-day period. £12,262 was needed to help pay for the service (over two days).

The meeting was told 389 passengers used the (two-day) service in April 2019. This figure was declined to 252 passengers in March 2020. A total of 4,186 passengers used the service between April 2019 and March 2020.

The meeting discussed raising money to cover costs. Alison Morris said £15 was charged for the longest journey. Alison said 58% was claimed from the county council, as opposed to 54% for the partnership from the county council. Money should be available from Kendal BID and Penrith BID.

The 106 Partnership

Registered Charity Number: 1176484 c/o S W Simpson, Shap Wells Hotel, CA10 3QU Tel: [phone] ★ Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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Libby Bateman said more people should be able to use the bus, especially if the partnership focused on marketing and PR. Alison said people should be able to travel to and from Carlisle.

JL raised the possibility of joint ticketing/ongoing fares. Chris Battersby said ongoing fares were not available just now, due to Stagecoach and Cumbria Classic Coaches having to divulge costs to each other. Alison Morris said the focus was on registering fares and routes to ensure they were nationally compatible.

The 106 Partnership

Registered Charity Number: 1176484 c/o S W Simpson, Shap Wells Hotel, CA10 3QU Tel: [phone] ★ Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

The 106

Partnership Communities in support of our local buses

Election of ofcers.

• Chairman – Alan Sowerby had forwarded names for the position of Chair. John Owen was prepared to come on as a trustee. This was proposed by Libby and seconded by Adrian Todd.

• Secretary – James Levens was nominated as the secretary. This was proposed, seconded and approved by the meeting.

• Treasurer – Chris Battersby was nominated for the position of treasurer. This was proposed, seconded and approved by the meeting.

 Any other business

Two or three new press releases for the Herald are to be produced.

Alison Morris submitted details to Cumbria Classic Coaches about route registration. Next

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c/o S W Simpson, Shap Wells Hotel, CA10 3QU Tel: [phone] ★ Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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month should be the deadline for this to be sorted. Chris Battersby was told there was a facility for the partnership to put leaflets on the bus.

The meeting was told Shirley Sylvester was amazing fundraising. She is still around.

The next meeting (not the AGM) will discuss marketing.

The partnership will try to utilise the Facebook more partnership’s pages effectively, illustrating local attractions more effectively.

Date of next meeting: November 2021.

Thank you for supporting the 106 bus service.

The 106 Partnership

Registered Charity Number: 1176484 c/o S W Simpson, Shap Wells Hotel, CA10 3QU Tel: [phone] ★ Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

BALANCE SHEET FOR THE 106 PARTNERSHIP AS AT 1ST NOVEMBE

	INCOME	INCOME			EXPE
	2020		2019
BALANCE BFW	###		###	CUMBRIA CC
PARISH COUNCILS	£ 3,000.00	£ 3,500.00		STAGECOACH
PENRITH TOWN COUNCIL	£ 1,500.00			HERALD PRINTING
KENDAL BID				SHAP HALL RENT
FRIENDS OF 106	£ 845.00	£	55.00	BALANCE CFWD
C.C.C Neil Hughes	£ 1,000.00
CHRISTMAS FAYRE	£ 150.00	£	215.00
SHAP COMMUNITY FUND		£ 3,730.00
SHAP WELLS HOTEL		£	500.00
TOTAL	###		###

TOTAL

ER 2020

ENDITURE 2020 2019 £ 7,575.88 £ 7,579.60 £ 55.00 £ 27.00 ### ### ### ###