SUFFOLK
COMMUNITY FORUM
Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 22Th1 November 2023 at 6.30pm
124 Stewartstown Road, Belfast
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Suffolk Community Forum
Annual General Meeting
Agenda.
Wednesday 22rbd November 2023 at 6.30pm
Wel¢*)me & Apologies
Presentation of Annual Report
Sarnrny Wlson- Interim l Outgoir¥J Chair
Presentation ofAnnual A¢￿￿nts
Ne￿ Dwglas
Outgotng TTea5urer
Nomination$ for new Commitlee
Nominations of reps for eath group
Election of offi¢ers will tske place at next Forum meeling.
Any other business

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commuN￿y FORUM
CIIAIRVERSQN'S RF.IY)RT
Suffolk Communty Forum rs Fleased to present its Annual Ge￿ra1 Report for the
year 2023.
Thi5 has been a drfficuh period for the Forum and for swety rn General, coming
straight out of the Covid stiuabon we have seen the much talked alx)ut cost of liwng,
protocol issues, nori-exislence of local Government. All these issues have made the
procurement of fuTKling even nNye ￿￿¢VIt for the Forum and for Ihe individual
groups.
Change has also taken pl￿ within the forum, wilh the resignation of both our
Community Development Manager Carolyn. which I would like lo place on record
and acknowtedge her rnassÉve contribulion lo the Forum and the eslale during her
period wlh us. Ajso. lo our Chair Terry after many years of seNi¢e and ded1￿110n to
the Forum and again we wsh to pass on our thanks to Terry for this.
I would like to thank each and every member of the Forum for attending meets.ngs
and the work they have committed themselves to in ensuring the work ofthe Forum
has continued despite major challenges.
The biggest challeThJe over the last year has been the finalising of the deal with LIDL
around provilling fvnding us to develop the MUGA s(Kial enterprise. There was
lol of hard work by members of Ihe Forum on this at￿ Sometimes feit like il would
never gel over the line. This project wll be key to the sustainabtlity of this estate and
the￿ is much hard work to come over the coming months to get this seen through to
the end. a special menlK)n on this goes lo Sara Bunting and Edwn Pools who
provided much neede(I help on this parb"culady over the final stages and I know they
are still very much on board with this woject.
Our current core funding with DFC through the Neighbouthoc¥J Renewal Programme
has been extended several time5. M has been agreed to April 2024 with the
expectation Ihal this wll be extended lo April 2W25. FThYever this has not been
officially confirmed.
The access to funding from SRRP has been maintained and wll eijntinue lo be
maintained and this does help lo keep the Forum afloat yeaf to year.
Going fO￿ard I feel we need lo keep on wilh the momentum built up on the MUG
we have seen much change over the year and we now need a pellod of
stability, we need lo gel our W0￿e1 in p*e, UkNJate our kx)li¢ies and

procedures and every representative to work togelher for the good of the Forum and
our Community.
I believe we have good people on the fofum ￿th good he8rts for IF)is community and
together we can help to build and strengthen Suffolk.
A final thanks to anyone who contributed or helped in anyway lo the wor% of the
Forum this year.
Sammy Wilson
Ghairperson
A Charity with the Northern Ireland Charities Commission No NiciooiJ7
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Annual Ac¢ount5 2021-2022
Neil L)ouglas went through the account5 from last year with the group and asked
members to read through them.
Updates on Projects:
An update of the projects of 2023 will be added to this report when the new
Gommunity Developrnent Manager is in place.
Meeting5 Attended:
We have continued the following meetings throughout the year
SRRP Board of Directors
NIHE Housing Community Nemork
Lenadoon Neighbourhood Partnership
Housing and Gomfflunity Neiwork
PSNI Neighbourhood Teams
David fiobinson, Chief ExeGutive. FGG Good Relations