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News on my recent Council activities and details of campaigns I am heading or supporting
Here's just a few of my recent council activities:- - 11 April
- Attending Northern Area Committee meeting
- 7 April - Discussions regarding loos at Hepscott Parish
Hall
- March - Discussions with Parishes as to use of speed radar gun
- March - Attending Mitford
Parish Council meeting
- March - Attending public exhibition on Blue Sky Forest - Hadston
- Attending
Full Council for budget setting (not fun!)
- Attending Northern Area Committee meeting
- 11 January 2011
- Attending Mitford Parish Council meeting
- 7 January 2011 - Meeting with Officers to discuss installation
of streetlights at new footpath, The Plough Inn, Mitford
- 3 September - Attening Northen Area Planning Committee meeting
- 2 September - Attending Community Chest Funding meeting
- 2 September - Attending Full Council
meeting
- 13 August - Meeting with David Cherrie, Highways Maintenance Manager (Northern Area)
- 13
August - Site meeting at The Willows with Council Planning Enforcement Officers and site owners
- 10 August - Attending
Widdrington Station & Stobswood Parish Council meeting
- 3 August - Attending Widdrington Station Community
Forum working group meeting
- 31 July - Attending Hepscott Flood Action Group meeting
- 20
July - Attending GMDT meeting
- 14 July - Representing Northumberland County Council at Buckingham Palace
Garden Party
- 11 July - Attending WRP presentation on Blue Sky Forest
- 8 July - Attending Druridge
Bay Community Forum meeting
- 6 July - Attending Northern Area Committee meeting
- 23 June - Attending
Community Chest Panel meeting
- 18 June - Attending Widdrington Village Parish Council meeting
- 16
June - Attending Mitford Parish Council meeting
- 8 June - Attending Widdrington Station & Stobswood
Parish Council meeting
- 21 May - Attending Widdrington Village Parish Council meeting
- 19 May - Attending
Mitford Historical Society's AGM, Mitford
- 18 May - Demanding (and getting) action over The Willows, Widdrington
Station
- 12 May - Attending Mitford Parish Council AGM
- 11 May - Attending first formal meeting of the Northern
Area Committee in Alnwick
- 20 April - Attending informal meeting of the Northern Area Committee at County Hall
- 28
March - Attending Mitford Community Centre open day
- 19 March - Attending final CMBC Full Council meeting
- 18
March - Attending Mitford Parish Council meeting
- 17 March - Assisting Save our Surgery campaign through local press
and FOI Request
- 16 March - Attending Ulgham Parish Council meeting
- 9 March - Attending Widdrington Station
Parish Council meeting
- 28 February - Attending opening of Ulgham Playground
- 26 February - Attending CMBC
Full Council meeting
- 25 February - Attending Meeting at County Council
- 16 February - Arranging pavement
repair works for Ulgham, commencing 13 April 2009
- 16 February - Attending Ulgham Parish Council meeting
- 10
February - Site visit to Hepscott Bridge with County Bridges Inspector and local residents to discuss further flood alleviation
works
- 9 February - Attending Widdrington Station Parish Council meeting
- 7 February - Attending Mayor's
Charity Northumbrian Evening at Ponteland
- 6 February - Attending Rights of Way Committee meeting
- 22 January
- Attending public meeting on proposed windfarm at Todd Hill Pigdon
- 19 January - Attending Ulgham Parish Council
meeting
- 15 January - Attending CMBC Executive meeting (on flood report)
- 13 January - Attending Mitford Parish
Council meeting
- 12 January 2009 - Attending Widdrington Station Parish Council meeting. I announced funding of £1,000
towards the siting of a new street light at Grange Court
- December 2008 - Helping residents at Widdrington Station
have repairs to street lighting undertaken
- 8 December - Attending Widdrington Station Parish Council meeting
- 8
December - Attending a meeting on the establishment of Community Forums, at County Hall
- 6 December - Assisting residents
of Widdrington Station to have a street light repaired
- 3 December - Raising highways issues affecting Widdrington
Station with County and CMBC Officers
- 2 December - Attending Mitford Parish Council meeting
- 21 November
- Discussing speed zones for Widdrington village with Officers
- 20 November - Attending Widdrington Parish Council
meeting
- 17 November - Attending Ulgham Parish Council meeting
- 7 November - Taking issue on Depositor Protection
with County Executive Member
- 6 November - Attending Executive Meeting at Castle Morpeth Borough Council
- 5
November - Attending full meeting of County Council
- Attending Hebron Parish Council meeting
- Attending Mitford
Parish Council meeting
- Attending full meeting of Castle Morpeth Borough Council and raising issue of "preventable
flooding"
- 15 October - Surveying Hepscott's culverts, drains and ditches with County Council Officers and
members of the Flood Action Group
- 14 October - Attending Hepscott Flood Action Group meeting
- 3 October -
Arranging a meeting between County Council Officers and members of the Hepscott Flood Action Group
- Attending Conservative
Party Conference in Birmingham
- Attending Ulgham Parish Council meeting
- Attending Hepscott Parish Council
meeting to discuss setting up a local Flood Action Group
- 11 September - Attending Full Council meeting at County
Hall and demanding assurances that ongoing efforts to clear highways drains and culverts are sped up to ensure blockages don't
cause flooding again
- 8/9 September - Assisting flood victims in my areas, including flood advice and arranging temporary
flood defences
- 6 September - Visit to Stobswood Welfares
- 6 September - Surgery at Widdrington Station
- 5
September - Rights of Way Committee meeting
- 3 September - Attending full Council meeting at County Hall
- 26
August 2008 - Raising various issues with CMBC Officers following concerns expressed to me by a resident of Stobswood
- Advising
residents of Hepscott on planning issues relating to proposed developments
- 11 August 2008 - Attending Widdrington
Station & Stobswood Parish Council meeting
- 7 August 2008 - Requesting enforcement of environmental laws against
the dumping of builder's rubble in the lane to the rear of Liddell Terrace, Widdrington Station
- 5 August 2008
- Raising the issue of the unwired illuminated safety signs at Grangemoor Road, Widdrington Station, with County Highways,
and securing repairs as required
- 29 July 2008 - I launched the Village Green Initiative, in order to take a proactive
approach to village green registrations within the Division
- 25 July 2008 - Ensuring that the full repair of the path
between Mitford and Morpeth is submitted as a "capital scheme", with urgent temporary repairs to be undertaken as
soon as possible
- Combatting fly-tipping in Widdrington Station
- 22 July 2008 - Attending Mitford Parish Council
meeting and announcing £4,500 funding to enable the commencement of part of the refurbishment works to Mitford Community
Centre
- 21 July 2008 - Attending Ulgham Parish Council meeting and announcing £5,000 funding to enable commencement
of the new Ulgham playground
- 17 July 2008 - Attending the North East Exporters' Awards 2008, representing Castle
Morpeth Borough Council
- Raising concerns about Post Office plans to close branches at Mitford and St Mary's Field
- Ensuring County Council Highways investigate surface flooding at East Acres, Widdrington Station. I will be asking
for information on this and working with the Council to address the problem
- Helping local residents to request Council
help to repair a broken fence at The Grange, Widdrington Station
- Negotiating funding for the resurfacing of Hepscott
Village Hall car park
- Assisting Ulgham Parish Council to achieve funding goals for the new playground at Ulgham
- Securing
funding for improvements to the community centres at Widdrington Station and Mitford
- Supporting the introduction
of 30mph zones in Tranwell village and Widdrington Village
- Finalising plans for interactive speed signs for Hepscott,
Hebron, Mitford, Ulgham and Widdrington Village
- Visit to the ATAC Centre, Widdrington Station
Area Training
and Activity Centre ("ATAC") The ATAC centre at Widdrington Station is a superb example
of what can be achieved when a community coming together to provide local facilities for local people. The
centre, which is located adjacent to the redundant Willows Pub, is constantly in need of volunteers and financial support. Recently,
I was shown around ATAC by local Parish Councillors Richard and Carolynn Lillico. Richard and Carolynn are inspiring,
as are all the other people involved with ATAC. For no personal gain, these volunteers run the centre on a shoe-string
budget; providing IT and internet facilities for young and old alike, a regular get together over a bacon buttie and a regular
youth club. The ATAC centre is a wonderful community asset, and I have promised Richard and Carolynn that
I will do everything I can to ensure that the centre receives all the support available to it.
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