Origins

 In the latter part of 2010 Rachel Gibby (Rachel.Gibby@pembrokeshire.gov.uk) wrote to all residents of the district to float the idea of a Good Neighbour Scheme in the area.

October 2010 - Responses were now in. There had been some negative comments, but most of them were positive, especially from older people. 37 people had offered their support and 31 would definitely use it. Visitors on holiday said they would love to be part of the community and be involved when they were in the area. Rachel Gibby said 16 councils had agreed to take this scheme forward, mainly in the south. Clr Brinsden asked what percentage of returns had been received. A total of 600 households were written to and forty questionnaires had been returned. Clr Brinsden felt it was a good thing. Rachel said a grant would be put towards it in the first instance. It was agreed Amorth Community Council would go ahead with this and Rachel would set up an initial meeting to take this forward. The process of setting this up would take about 6 months

A good response was received and in February 2011 a meeting was held in Summerhill Village Hall to gauge the viability of the scheme about 20 people attended and after a discussion it was decided to move the idea forward, the attendees being asked who would like to volunteer to organise the scheme.