Parish Council
Parish Council Meeting Agendas & Minutes
Meet the councillors here.
Our councillors do not have set responsibilities but volunteer as matters arising occur. If representation is required on external local public bodies, councillors volunteer depending on availability.
Minutes of Parish Council Meetings can be found here.
Agendas for Parish Council Meetings can be found here.
Please look at this public consultation document from Rushcliffe Borough.
A survey link is at the end of the document for your comments
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action[...]
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Fancy a Walk?
Are you fed-up with doing the same old walks?
Walking in Nottinghamshire www.walkinginengland.co.uk/notts is the website for you!
With hundreds of walks to download and print, free, it also has books of walks, contact details for all the walking groups in the county and much more. Whether you want to walk on your own or with a group all the information is there in one place.
John said ‘There is so much walking information on the web but it is difficult to find. Walking in Nottinghamshire (part of the Walking in England suite of websites (www.walkinginengland.co.uk) – one for each county in England) has brought it together in one place so whether you are walking from home, or away on holiday, you will be able to find a walk suitable for you’.
With walks from half a mile to twelve miles plus long, and a note of suitability for pushchairs and wheelchairs, everyone can find a walk to enjoy.
So home or away, check out the websites and get walking!
Give a Laptop Appeal
Last summer local BBC radio stations helped members of the public donate thousands of old laptops and tablets for schoolchildren to use across England. For those pupils, who were sharing phones at home while learning in lockdown, it made a huge difference.
There are lots of pupils that still require some help. If you have any spare laptops or tablets, please look at the following to see where items can be donated:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5SqHJMTKZx5sYhlltXJvB1Q/give-a-laptop
Some charities can collect, wipe and share the laptops all in one; some can help take your devices off your hands to fix them ready for distribution; some are collecting donations to help fund devices for pupils; some are local to specific areas and some are nationwide, both across England and the UK.
If you would prefer to donate direct to a school, a list of Nottinghamshire schools can be found here: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=default&table=schools®ion=891&la-name=nottinghamshire&geographic=la&for=primary
If you contact them direct, they may have someone working there that can wipe your item clean.
Please find some information sent to us by the NHS with regards to appointments, symptoms, and the vaccine
COVID Jan 2021.docx
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We are encouraging our community to download the what3words app on their phones in case they need to call 999.
Every 3m square has been assigned 3 words so that it makes it easier for services like the police or ambulance etc to find you as they can pick this up from your phone call.
The app is totally free to download and use, you can download it on iOS or Android here.
You can find a full list of those services that accept what3words here: https://what3words.com/news/emergency/three-words-for-a-faster-emergency-response. Your community could also use what3words to report incidents with organisations like National Grid, Network Rail and the Environmental Agency: https://what3words.com/report-incident-locations-efficiently.
Please see the attached pdf for information on how to use what3words:
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The Free Tree Scheme Returns
The Free Tree Scheme initiative forms part of Rushcliffe authority’s strategy to provide further sustainable environments across communities in the Borough with the chosen tree species native to the Borough.
Rushcliffe Borough Council’s Executive Manager for Communities Dave Mitchell said in 2019 when the scheme was first launched: “Thank you if you applied to the scheme, we are delighted with the response.
“There was also good interest in our tree warden scheme to protect and help trees to flourish in our towns and villages, so as ever we’re really pleased with Rushcliffe residents’ commitment to the environment.
“We hope that by increasing the number of trees in the Borough, as our communities grow, our green environments will continue to do
Tree Scheme 2020.pdf
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NOTTS COUNTY COUNCIL KIND DONATION
The parish council wishes to acknowledge with grateful thanks a donation of £500 received from Notts County Councillor Kay Cutts from the Councillors Divisional Fund - the donation being made to supplement the Parish Council’s village hall Rental income in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Sheford Parish Council
CPRE has changed its emblem from the first, to the second image:
CPRE, the Campaign to Protect Rural England has changed its emblem, to a new more up to date one, and In trying to promote what they do, are returning to the principles of CPRE’s founders to promote, enhance and protect the countryside.
The organisation has reported a drop in membership and has accepted a request from those who are members to be more ambitious in their scope to achieve a countryside for everyone.
They say a multitude of surveys show that most people feel the countryside is an important national asset but that extensive consultation over the past 18 months has shown that CPRE can be perceived as being negative, with this putting many potential supporters off.
The Chief Executive, Crispin Truman, says everyone will see a change in tone from CPRE, focusing more on the positive solutions that they have always tried to create. This is underpinned by their new strategic aims – ‘Connect people and countryside’, ‘Promote rural life’ and ’Empower communities’.
Your parish council are members of the organisation and clerk Mike Elliott can be contacted for details on 0115 937 6506.
Notts County Council are asking local residents to inform them at 0115 977 4802 if they are aware of any public footpaths on arable land in the parish that are being obstructed by crops.
Senior Rights of Way Officer for the joint partnership, Jane Baines, is anxious to ensure that obstructions do not take place and says they will write to any farmers who do not heed requests to rectify the position where blockage are allowed to occur.
The County say that where obstructions do occur they will ask the farmers to remove them or the County Council will carry out the work and charge the farmer for it.
The Borough say they would hope to be able to appoint the wardens in every parish in their area, and are to launch their project at Rushcliffe Country Park at Ruddington on Saturday June 22, between 11.30am and 3pm.
Tree wardens can be appointed by their local parish council and would be the parish contact for all things tree related in their area. One of their jobs would be to report early signs of pest, disease and vandalism as well as gathering information, survey and record information about trees important for wildlife and the heritage of the parish. They would also be able to look out for opportunities to plant more trees in the local community, enhancing the environment for parishioners.
Mr Paul Phillips, the Environmental Sustainability Officer for the Borough, says he can be contacted on 0115 9148595 and he would be happy to pass on more information to anyone interested.
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