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Parish Newsletter - August 2007
Consultation Budget Meetings 2007
We are once again approaching the time when we will be setting next year’s budget. Your views are important to us and we would like your input into what you feel should be the priorities for the county council for the coming year. With this in mind, we have organised five consultation meetings during November and would like to invite you to attend.
Dates and venues are:
- Thursday, 1st November at Chippenham Town Hall
- Tuesday, 6th November at Salisbury City Hall
- Thursday, 8th November at Marlborough Town Hall
- Thursday, 15th November at St. James Church Hall, Union Street, Trowbridge
- Monday, 19th November at the Corn Exchange, Devizes
All sessions will begin at 7.00 p.m. and finish at approx. 9.00 p.m.
At this time, this is just a note for your diaries; we will be sending you a reminder in September with contact details for you to book your place
Funding for projects
If you have a project that has an impact upon the community, the economy and the environment and you live in or around the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), then you may have a chance of gaining funding thorugh the AONB Sustainable Development Fund. You can find out more by visiting the AONB website and going to the funding section or contacting the Project Development Officer, Dave Blake, at 01725 517417.
Changes to Bus Service 75
As a result of a request from passengers, there will be an additional pick-up point on bus service 75 from Nettleton during the school holidays. This will save passengers a long walk to Burton. As a result the bus will leave
- Badminton at 07:48 hours (instead of 08:00 hrs)
- Acton Turvill at 07:58 hours (instead of 08:10 hours)
- Nettleton (Triangle near shop, NOT at Longleaze)
- Burton at 08:14 hours
- Chippenham
The changes come into operation from Thursday, 26th July.
For further details, please contact the bus company, Coachstyle, on 01249 782224 or Nigel Bruce-Robertson at Wiltshire County Council on 01225 713577
The Cranborne Chase Woodfair
The largest regional woodfair of its kind is coming to the Larmer Tree, Tollard Royal, on 20th and 21st October. See www.woodfair.org.uk for up to date information.
Access to opticians’ services for those with mobility problems
The issue of access to opticians for those who are housebound or do not have easy access to transport has been raised in some of the feedback received in parish plans. Link schemes can offer the chance for people to get to these services but there is also another alternative. Some companies offer a mobile opticians’ service which can provide sight tests and glasses in people’s homes. An internet search for “mobile opticians” can bring up a number of these companies and some are listed on the following webpage
http://www.carehome.co.uk/suppliers_search_results.cfm/searchcategory/667
Intelligence Network Newsletter
The second issue of the Intelligence Network newsletter was published in June 2007. This is a publication designed to keep people in Wiltshire informed about research going on in the public sector community. The newsletter is brought to you by Wiltshire County Council’s corporate research team and the Intelligence Network partnership. This issue contains articles and information on neighbourhood policing team profiles, social services and health profiles, Cricklade country way and ACKnowledge. This electronic newsletter can also be accessed via the homepage of the Intelligence Network by clicking the “Library” tab and searching for “newsletter” in the title box.
News in Brief
Cabinet News
The roles of two cabinet members have been changed with Mary Douglas now being responsible for culture, including libraries and heritage and with John Thomson now being solely responsible for community services, which includes adult social services and community safety. Mr. Thomson continues to be deputy leader of the county council.
Speed Limits
Following the issue of revised guidance ‘Setting Local Speet Limits – Dept. for Transport Circular 01/2006”, a strategy for setting appropriate speed limits has been agreed by the county council for Wiltshire. To view the Wiltshire County Council ‘Speed Limit Strategy July 2007’ visit the county council website.
Local Government Excellence Awards
The county council is really pleased to announce that this publication has been shortlisted in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Local Government Excellence Awards in the Best Use of E-media category.
Cabinet meeting
At the recent meeting of the county council cabinet on 24th July, the following items (amongst others) were under discussion:
- Modernisation of the Wiltshire Registration Service
- One School Pathfinder – New George Ward School
- Wiltshire Play Strategy
Should you wish to access any of the documents, including the minutes, from this or any other public meeting, please visit the county council website home page and follow the link to “Public Documents”)
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