Philip Vial

All,

Another meeting to advertise:

Thursday 25th February 2010

Shipston High School

Drop-in surgery 6.30pm

Community Forum starts at 7.00pm

Community Forums give YOU the opportunity to raise issues of local concern and keep up to date with what is happening in YOUR community.

Local surgery

If you have a specific concern or problem then come along to the local surgery from 6.30pm – 7.00pm where you will be able to speak to officers from your local Safer Neighbourhoods Team, Councillors and Officers from Warwickshire County and Stratford-on-Avon District Councils

Topics for discussion at the next forum

• What’s Going on to Make Your Community Safer?
• Working Together to Tackle Flooding
• Improving Health in Your Community
• And Lots More………………..

If you would like to suggest an issue for a future Community Forum meeting, or find out more please contact Lizzie Price on 01789 290784 or email: stratford@warwickshire.gov.uk

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All,

Just a reminder that the next Shipston Town Council meeting is on Monday, 8th of May from 7pm.

It’s an open meeting - and all members of the public can come along. There’s even an opportunity for local residents to speak if there’s something you want to ask or suggest.

Come along, see how we spend your money, and tell us if we’re getting it right!

Regards,

Philip

All,

 Just a quick bit of advertising for an event coming up.  If you’d like more information please contact Helen or Dave (their contact details are below).

Regards,

Philip

In celebration of (one of) my bins being emptied today - I thought that a less than serious post might cheer us all up. The site http://mydavidcameron.com/ has a few newer versions of the famously airbrushed poster put out by the Conservatives a couple of weeks back.

Click the link and have a look - you can even design your own. Let me know if you do!

Credit to Mark Pack for the poster above.

Regards,

Philip

All,

For many years now there has been a Register Office (for births, deaths and marriages) at the Town Council offices at Clark House.  Although by appointment only, it has meant that people from Shipston and the surrounding villages haven’t had to travel to Stratford or even further afield to use the service.

The Town Council has received a letter terminating their lease from the end of March.

I challenged our local Conservative County Councillor about this at the Town Council meeting last night.  He said that he was not aware of this happening!  In case you didn’t know - this service is provided by the County Council.

If the office is to close, and not be replaced, this is yet another example of the Conservatives in Stratford and Warwick not caring about the needs of local people, following the closure of the Telegraph Street office.

Please let me know what you feel about this.

All,

 The District Council has announced new dates to attempt collection for those (like me) who haven’t had their bins emptied because of the poor weather.

The full release is here:

http://www.stratford.gov.uk/news/news.cfm/current/1/item/711

but, as I understand it, refuse in Shipston will be collected tomorrow, Wednesday, and green waste and recycling will now be collected on Tuesday 19th.  They will collect up to three extra black sacks.

Regards,

Philip