Issue - meetings

The Chair welcomed Bob Jones, CEO of Watford and Three Rivers Trust, to the meeting.  Bob Jones gave a presentation which covered the history of the organization, the work which the Trust did in partnership with the Council, its other areas of work and how it supported the voluntary sector in Three Rivers, and future challenges.  Slides from the presentation can be found here: W3RT presentation - 1 July 2025.pdf

Members asked questions and discussed areas which included: community grants funding and the potential for increasing the funding in order to support more projects; developments in volunteering and how new and more informal ways now exist for people to volunteer; and pressures and gaps in services. 

The Committee noted the presentation and the valuable work which the Trust continues to do, and the Chair expressed thanks to Bob Jones, who would shortly be retiring as CEO, for all his work for the Trust over the preceding 20 years.

It was agreed that a presentation or report from the Trust should be added to the Committee’s work programme as an annual item.