Binley Woods Parish Council - 16 November 2010
The following message has appeared on the website operated by the parish council:
"Your council is one of the parish councils in Rugby Borough which is up for election in 2011. Please see this letter:
WALC is organising a joint event with Rugby Borough Council to inform people of the role of a parish councillor and the borough councillor and to hopefully encourage people to put themselves forward for election.
A description of how parish councils operate and financed will be given and there will be a panel with borough and parish councillors on it, to answer any questions.
It will be held on 7 Feb 2011 at 7.00 pm at Rugby Town Hall.
This is advance notice of the date so that you can inform anyone who might be interested to find out more about the work of parish councils.
Publicity material about the event will be distributed in the next few weeks which I would be grateful if you would include your council's newsletter or send to your local community newsletter.
Thank you.
Alison Hodge County Secretary
(Cert HE Local Policy)
Warwickshire and West Midlands Association of Local Councils
Representing and Advising Parish and Town Councils
25 Stoneleigh Deer Park Business Centre,
Abbey Park, Stareton, Kenilworth,
Warwickshire CV8 2LY
Tel 02476 217349
www.walc.org.uk"
These are the first tentative steps towards encouraging residents of Binley Woods to consider becoming Parish Councillors in what would be the
first democratically contested election for the Parish Council since 1983. Don't let it slip away.
Orienteering in Brandon Woods - 16 November 2010
Karin Kirk, Publicity Officer for Octavian Droobers, the Coventry and Warwickshire Orienteering Club writes to say "Thank you very much for
publicising our event held on Saturday 6 November in the morning. We had many new famillies, and individuals who came along and enjoyed the
experience. They commented on how beautiful the woods were.
Unfortunately, the short course which the younger children took part on suffered from some vandalism. Two of the controls - 3ft high yellow
slim posts with a number and an orange plastic top were taken away. We would be grateful if anyone finds these to contact me."
If you have any information, Karin can be contacted on 01926 632189, or alternatively, you can email
her at karinkirk@frankton.org.
400km Charity Cycle Ride - 16 September 2010
...and not just any charity cycle ride! Lynne Tucker of 7 Kingsley Court, Woodlands Road is going on a 400km cycle ride across the
rift valley in Kenya with a friend. The purpose is to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care, Ovarian Cancer Action and Jo's Trust for cervical
cancer research.
As part of this Lynne is holding a Ladies Fashion Show & half-price clothing sale to raise funds. The show will be held on 27 November at
Binley Woods Village Hall from 7.30pm.
Tickets for the fashion show are £5 each and include a welcome drink on arrival. The money from all ticket sales, along with 10% of all goods
sold on the night will be going to the above three charities.
For more information you can contact Lynne on 07753 403344 email lynne156@hotmail.com.
56 Rugby Road formerly occupied by Mrs Davenport - 15 September 2010
Jon Cleaver of 5 Norman Ashman Coppice, Binley Woods is carrying out some research for an article he is wrtiting and would like to know roughly when the
bungalow at 56 Rugby Road may have been built. Can you help him please? You can contact him on (024) 7654 3996 or
email him at jon.cleaver@extracare.org.uk.
Binley Woods Parish Council, Newsletter Statement - 17 June 2010
John Cook, Clerk to Binley Woods Parish Council writes 'On the advice received by NALC's Legal Officer, the following
statement will form part of the Chairman's Introduction in the next Newsletter, which will of course be distributed to every
household in the village.
"In the previous newsletter the statement in the introduction could have been read as meaning that the Chairman and the
Parish Council had been stressed by a request for information, whereas the stress was brought about by an accumulation of issues
throughout the term. The Parish Council is always willing to provide any information to residents providing it is not of a personal
nature. As Chairman, I found it frustrating that the MPs expenses scandal had caused people to think that Parish Councillors may be
similarly taking advantage of expenses. Coupled with this was the withdrawal of funding for almost 8 months, and also the situatian
that we were down in numbers of Councillors. This meant projects within the village had to be put on hold. If this ambiguity caused
offence to residents, then we apologise. The newsletter is merely a means of communication and we would not like to see it ceased." '
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