Community Speed Watch schemes are coordinated by the police but managed and run by volunteers in the community.
The scheme enables local people to take an active role in road safety and help to make their community safer.
If you would like to find out more and are interested in becoming a volunteer with the Whittington Community Speed Watch Scheme, please contact the Parish Clerk: 01691 829571 / clerk@whittingtonpc.com
At the September 2019 meeting of the council, councillors discussed Oswestry Town Council’s recent pledge to aim to plant 17 thousand trees by 2023 and the NALC report and Tree Charter. Whittington Parish Council agreed to support the pledge to plant more trees in the parish and will actively engage with Oswestry Town Council to support them in achieving this goal.
If you would like to plant your own tree(s) on land that you own, trees can be purchased from the Woodland Trust:
Information published on behalf of ‘Community Catalysts’
My name is Chris and I run a new project just for North Shropshire which aims to increase the choice and quality of care available to our older and disabled neighbours.
We need your help to find those amazinglocal people in North Shorpshire who could provide great quality help at home tailored to our mum’s, dad’s, sister’s, brother’s and grandparents’ needs. This might be offering personal care, help to shop or cook, support to go to a café or walk the dog –it all depends on the individual.
We help local people to create and grow their own small community enterprise offering care in their own neighbourhoods. Starting your own business can be scary, but we have years of experience supporting people to create successful, inspiring care enterprises all over the country. We believe that local people are best placed to find solutions to local problems.
Do you know anyone who would want to help our community through providing great quality care as well as earning some extra money and working flexible hours? Please do pass my details on or request some of my flyers. I look forward to hearing from anyone who wants to know more. I can be contacted by text, phone, email or Facebook.
This project is run by Community Catalysts. We make sure that people, wherever they live, have real choice of great local social care, health services and other community resources. We are a social enterprise which means we are focused on making positive change happen, not on profits. My help is totally free to you as this project is funded by Shropshire Council.
Information shared on behalf of NHS CCG
These are exciting times for healthcare in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, as we seek to improve health
outcomes and make services safe and sustainable for decades to come.
One of the big pieces of work already under way is to look at the
pathway for patients needing care for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions –
ie health problems which affect the joints, bones and muscles.
Together with MSK patients, GPs and specialist clinicians, we have developed a plan
to transform local MSK services and are currently commissioning a new integrated MSK service. We believe these will improve outcomes and experience of healthcare
for all people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin.
We are holding two focus groups, one in Telford & Wrekin (17 October) and one in Shropshire (31 October),
to talk to you about these proposals, explain them to you and ask for
your input to help us shape them in more detail. Your feedback is
very important and will help us decide on our final model.
All adult patients or carers who use (or have used) MSK services in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin are invited to attend.
Please see below details of both focus groups, we would appreciate it if you could register to attend
Telford & Wrekin Patient Group
When: Wednesday, 17 October 2019
Time: 4pm to 6pm
Where: Meeting Point House, Southwater Square, Telford TF3 4HS
Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/musculoskeletal-patient-focus-group-telford-wrekin-tickets-74961101673
Shropshire Patient Focus Group
When: Thursday, 31 October 2019
Time: 3pm to 5pm
Where: Shrewsbury Town Football Club, Oteley Road, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ST
Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/musculoskeletal-patient-focus-group-shropshire-tickets-74977639137
Whittington Parish Council recently published a Notice of Vacancy following the resignation of Councillor Paul Jones, but no requests were received within the statutory period, requesting that a by-election be held.
The Parish Council is therefore seeking applications from interested local people who wish to be considered for co-option to the Parish Council.
Applications should be made to the Parish Clerk by no later than 12th November and should detail why you would like to become a councillor and what skills you will bring to the role. The Parish Council will consider all applications received at their Parish Council Meeting to be held on Tuesday 19th November 2019.
Date of notice: 03.10.19
Amy Jones – Whittington Parish Clerk
Hawthorn Cottage
Porthywaen
Oswestry
SY10 8LX
T: 01691 829571
E: clerk@whittingtonpc.com
Shropshire Council are currently undertaking a consultation on the delivery of Youth Support. The consultation runs until the end of October and is a great opportunity for the young people of Whittington and their parents/guardians to have an input. Please use the link:
https://shropshire.gov.uk/get-involved/youth-support-consultation/
and click ‘how to get involved’ to complete the online survey. There are thre surveys – please choose the one appropriate to you.
That a casual vacancy has occurred in the Office of Councillor for Whittington Parish Council following the resignation on 25th September 2019 of Councillor Jenny Pritchard
Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules, 2006 now applies.
The rule allows TEN ELECTORS for the parish in which the casual vacancy has arisen to request the Returning Officer to hold an election to fill the vacancy.* That request must be made within FOURTEEN DAYS, calculated in accordance with the rules,** of the date of this notice. The fourteen-day period ends on Tuesday 15th October 2019.
What if a request to hold an election is not received during the permitted time?
Rule 5(5) of the above Rules will apply. The Parish Council must, as soon as practicable after the expiry of the fourteen-day period, co-opt a person to fill the vacancy.
If you are interested in becoming a councillor, please get in touch with the parish clerk using the contact details below.
The Returning Officer’s address is: Electoral Services, Shropshire Council, The Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6ND. The telephone number for further guidance is 0345 678 9015.
This notice is dated Wednesday 25th September 2019
Mrs Amy Jones
Parish Clerk
Hawthorn Cottage, Porthywaen, Oswestry, SY10 8LX
E: clerk@whittingtonpc.com
T: 01691 829571
* There is no form of words for this request, which might simply be a letter headed with such words as “We the undersigned being electors for the [Ward of] … Parish, call for an election to fill the vacancy arising from the [death][resignation] of …”. A template entitled “Request for an Election” is available to download from Shropshire Council’s website – http://www.shropshire.gov.uk – under “Current Council Vacancies”. It is helpful if the ten signatures are accompanied by printed names and addresses.
** In calculating the notice period, day one is the day following the date of this notice; a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning shall be disregarded, and the period closes at midnight on the fourteenth day after the date of this notice. Rule 5(2) of The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules, 2006 now applies.
