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Council Meetings in March 2010

Monday 1st Tuesday 2nd Monday 8th Monday 15th Monday 29th Tuesday 30th

Full Town Council Community & Leisure Planning, Conservation & Transport Policy & Resources Planning, Conservation & Transport Community & Leisure

E-mail Addresses
Email addresses for Town Council staff
Shelley Parker Town Clerk – shelleyparker@cricklade-tc.gov.uk
John Coole Assistant Town Clerk – johncoole@cricklade-tc.gov.uk
Tina Jones Assistant Town Clerk – tinajones@cricklade-tc.gov.uk
Carole Nash Administrator - carolenash@cricklade-tc.gov.uk
Administration – admin@cricklade-tc.gov.uk

Open Door

The Open Door, previously known as the Cricklade Day Centre is currently under temporary management of this Council. Meetings are held Mondays & Thursdays in the Jenner Hall.  The Open Door provides facilities and entertainment for the older generation of Cricklade. To enable this service to continue, volunteers are urgently needed to help provide the members with the appropriate level of service.  Typical jobs for volunteers range from putting out tables and chairs, making tea, serving food and washing up or just chatting and playing games with the members.  If interested, please contact Mrs C Foster on 01793 751769 or the Council offices on 01793 751394.

Town Diary

There is a town diary in the Council Offices for clubs/organisations to write information on their forthcoming events. Do come along and use it – it’s a good way of advertising.    

Applications for Town Council Grants

Community groups, societies and other organisations that wish to apply for small grants from the Town Council should detail their requests using the standard application forms available from the Town Council office. All application forms should be submitted with a copy of the latest bank statement and returned to the Town Council office for consideration.

Community Grant Scheme - The new Wootton Bassett & Cricklade Area Board runs a Grant Scheme encouraging voluntary groups to apply for up to £5,000 for local community projects. Click on the application form link for more information: application form.  We also keep application forms at the Town Council Offices.

Litter/Dog Litter Bins
Please note that both litter and dog faeces bins can be used for both litter and dog faeces. The Town Council has received a number of complaints recently regarding dogs fouling the streets of Cricklade especially the Gas Lane Footpath.  The Dog Warden has been alerted and will be patrolling the areas concerned.

Flooding
Please continue to keep us informed of any further flood incidents and collect all the evidence possible.  Flooding is a complex issue and solutions are not going to be achieved overnight.  However, if we continue to work together, we can keep the issues visible and apply pressure to the appropriate bodies.

Climate Change
Cricklade Town Council has responded to the increasing concerns of local residents and organisations and has formally pledged to support its local community to tackle climate change. A Resolution has been passed by the Council to:-
Sign the ‘Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change’ as a public declaration of its commitment to this important issue.

• Develop, adopt and implement an action plan to get its own house in order and reduce its impact on the environment
• Nominate a Councillor as a Climate Champion to help set up a local action group to plan and deliver a range of activities to raise awareness of climate change issues and engage as many people as possible in doing their bit.

Cllr Lynn Forrester has been nominated the local Climate Champion and would like to hear from as many people and local organisations as possible who are interested in starting up a Climate Action Group.  If anyone is interested in helping, please contact Lynn on (01793 751297) or e-mail lynnforrester@cricklade-tc.gov.uk
 

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