Corby Goes Smoke Free Meet Your New Councillors Get Into S.H.A.P.E. This Summer!
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Summer 2007 Corby goes Meet your new Get into S.H.A.P.E. smoke free Councillors this summer! Photo courtesy of NNDC, from the ‘More in Corby’ campaign ‘More the from Photo courtesy of NNDC, 2 Summer 2007 Council News in brief news Council cuts sickness levels in New Mayor for Corby half in four years Cllr Jean Addison was installed as the new Mayor of Corby on the 24 May. She takes over from Cllr John O’Neill and will be Corby Borough Council has successfully cut Mayor for the next year. Her daughter Siobhan Hearne the sickness levels of its staff from 17.7 days will be Mayoress. Her theme for the year is ‘Grow and per full-time staff member in 2003/4 to 8.1 Glow’ and the Mayoral charities are the RNLI’s ‘Train days in 2006/7. One, Save Many’ campaign, Corby Steel Gateway New measures were introduced to try and the Friends of Corby Community Hospital. Cllr and combat staff sickness after sickness Peter McEwan was confirmed as the new Deputy absence reached a record high in 2003/4. Mayor. These measures used both a carrot and stick If you would like to invite the Mayor to a approach, which included the introduction local function or event, please use the online of a recognition scheme that awarded a form at www.corby.gov.uk or call 01536 half day’s leave for any employee who had 464000 and ask for the Mayor’s Office. no sickness absence, as well as introducing stricter measures for the monitoring of sickness absence, including return to work Grab a grant interviews for all staff after each absence and the use of trigger points. In 2006/7 a total of £26,238 was awarded to organisations and individuals under the One Corby Open Grants programme. Some of the organisations which received grants included: A Star is Born! • Corby Hellenic Under 8s Corby Borough Council’s Housing Services is • Leonard Cheshire Foundation amongst the best in the country according • Gretton Pocket Park to a recently published national survey • Shout! Theatre Group of tenant satisfaction, but has been rated • Oakley Vale Community Association just one star with ‘uncertain prospects for • Corby Athletic Club improvement’ by independent watchdog the This year there are four types of grant available: Small Grants, Themed Grants, Sports Audit Commission. Grants and Arts Grants. After a week-long visit to the Council in For more details on eligibility or to request a One Corby Open Grants application pack, February, the Audit Commission inspection please contact the Grants and Monitoring Officer, Culture and Leisure, 3rd Floor, Grosvenor team gave the service a ‘fair’ one star rating House, George Street, Corby NN17 1QB, or phone 01536 464018. on a scale from zero to three. According to the report the increase from its earlier Don’t miss out zero star score is largely due to improved customer focus, better management and Are you on a low income, or in receipt of state benefits? Are you having difficulty in leadership, and professional and courteous paying your rent or council tax? You may be entitled to claim Housing and Council Tax staff. benefit to help towards these costs. Responding to the findings Leader of To find out more, contact the Benefits Department at Corby Borough Council: the Council Cllr Pat Fawcett said: “The • telephone us on 01536 464000; outcome is slightly disappointing given the • email us at benefi[email protected] or consistently high levels of tenant satisfaction • call in person at the One Stop Shop, George Street (next to McDonalds). with the service we provide. However, we welcome the Audit Commission’s Corby Town FC - staying up and on the up! recognition of the progress we are making and will respond positively to the areas for It was a double celebration for Corby Town FC in May - not only did they receive a improvement identified in the report.” relegation reprieve, but a new consortium is in the process of taking over the Steelmen with big ambitions for the club. New Corby Town owner Peter Mallinger has confirmed that Kevin Wilson will be handed the manager’s job at The Rockingham Silver Medal for Daniel Triangle Stadium once all of the legal technicalities have been completed. Congratulations to Corby’s “Our first objective is to get out of the Southern League Daniel Keatings, who won a and into Conference North or South level as soon as silver medal on the Pommel possible and then make as much progress as we can,” Horse at the European Peter said. Championships in Amsterdam To get ready for the promotion push, Corby Town will in April, making him one of host Scottish Premier League club Glasgow Rangers only four British gymnasts to ever win a in a pre-season friendly at The Rockingham Triangle medal at the European Championships. The Stadium on Friday 27 July 2007. See local press nearer 17 year old also came 13th in the All-Around the time for details. competition in the same event. Summer 2007 3 Wendy from the East Carlton Can-Do Club tells us about their visit to Northampton Recycling Centre That evening I regaled my husband over his dinner with horror stories concerning landfill, recycling, composting and the summer problems of maggots. He is frightened to approach our bins, swearing that they are altering shape and colour and are obviously breeding in our garden. The constant change of what goes where is too much for him - or at least that was his excuse for not taking the rubbish out! I say was, because my horror stories touched even his hard heart. No longer will he ‘contaminate’ the bins by putting items where they do not belong. He will also send things to the Charity Shops more often - hurrah! - but Recycling news he did stop short at a wormery. Our new 3 Bin Refuse and Recycling Village Hall, The Kingfisher Pub, Boating The statistics and horrors that he was Scheme has now been running for Lake, Open Hearth, Corby Rugby Club/Corby subjected to over his dinner included the fact over three months. Thanks to everyone Town FC, The Hazel Tree and The Talisman. that it takes a million years for a glass bottle for your participation and sorry for The George Street bank has been relocated to decompose - so much more sensible any teething problems you may have to the Boating Lake. to recycle it. Watching men handpicking encountered. The vast majority of contaminants out of the litter was not a residents have now got the hang of it Some green ideas… pretty sight, neither was the odour because and our recycling rate has shot up to of unwashed canisters and containers. Time over 40 per cent compared to 23 per Compost bins - Order a discounted compost - and therefore money - could be saved cent before the introduction of the bin - they start from £8 (rrp £40). by people not 3 Bin scheme, so a big pat on the back • Call 0845 077 0757 quoting reference putting items to everyone! NHA04W such as papers The number of red cards issued is going • Receive £1 off your total order by ordering into plastic down every week and those who still aren’t online using the Recyclenow website at bags and by getting it right will be visited by one of our www.recyclenow.org.uk adhering to the officers to try and help them resolve the strict guidelines problem. Get Freecycling!!! regarding what item goes where. A few reminders: One person’s rubbish is another person’s The mantra was clearly to reuse and • Please don’t put your green waste in bin treasure so why not join the Corby recycle where possible. But perhaps the most liners or plastic bags before putting it in Freecycle® group? When you want to find important changes will only come about as the green bin a new home for something - whether it’s a a result of education and a consequential • Wrap and place all food waste in securely chair, a fax machine, piano, table-lamp or an change of attitude. We are all trying to do tied bags in the black bin old door - you simply send an email offering our bit by using the coloured bins properly, • No glass in the brown bin - please take it it to members of your Freecycle® group. but that can only be the start. We glowed to a bring bank or put it in the black bin Or maybe you’re looking to acquire with pride when told that we recycled Remember: one person contaminating their something yourself. Simply respond to a 27 per cent of our waste in this country. bin can mean the whole lorry load being member’s offer and you just might get it. The glowing faded somewhat when we rejected at the recycling centre and all of it After that it’s up to the giver to decide who compared that to Austria’s 64 per cent. being sent to landfill - a waste of everyone’s receives the gift and to set up a pickup time So, if hubby is found putting plastic bottles waste! for passing on the treasure. into the green bin, a trip to the very good One main rule: everything posted must be Recycling Centre will be on the cards for his Bring Banks free, legal and appropriate for all ages. birthday, as will a new fleece, totally made Glass bring banks are located at: Morrisons, Find Corby Freecycle® at http://groups.