The Art Couture Painswick Festival
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The Painswick Beacon Sine praeiudicio Volume 36 Number 4 July 2013 Youth Club development plan needs additional funds. The fundraising necessary in order to proceed with improvements to the Club House and football pitch at the Recreation Ground is now only £30,000 short of the £145,000 target. Your help is needed to turn this project into reality. The Painswick Youth Centre continues to be a vital asset in our village. Whether it is helping young people prepare for university, mentoring youth as they handle adversity and change in their lives, being a base for the ever growing community football club, and alternative venue for the children’s cricket club, or just a space for the 'yooof to hang out' – it is a much needed facility. We’re now excited about the long awaited development project finally taking shape this summer! So far we have £115k, only £30k short of our target of £145k, to improve security, develop the functionality for community events, improve the kitchen and changing facilities, and to carry out the proposed leveling of the playing fields. The vast progress so far is testament to the generosity, goodwill and hard work of many local people who have given time, energy and dedication to provide opportunities, a safe space and a clubhouse to the next generation! On Monday, 5th August at 7.30 pm at the youth club we’re going to have an open evening to lay out the exciting plans for those interested in hearing about them. We’ll also endeavor to answer any questions you have about the development. We need to raise the remaining £30k by the end of August! If 200 individuals, families or local businesses each gave £100 under Gift Aid we will be very close to meeting our target. What’s more, one lucky donor will have the chance to name the building sub- ject to the parish council’s agreement! Please be part of this venture to further invest in the next leaders in education, government, sports, business, science, media, arts, families and much else. If you’re able to donate then please make out a cheque to ‘PSALMS’ with ‘youth centre fund’ written on the back, together with your address, and drop it through the Town Hall letter box. We will then send you a gift aid form so that if you are a taxpayer the project can reclaim tax on your donation. A plaque giving recognition to all donors will be in the new building. There is an urgency because a condition of the County Council element of the funding is dependent on the project being completed by April 2014, but we cannot commit to work without having the funds in hand. If we get this money by October this year we will get our much improved and usable youth building and so provide further opportunities for our fantastic young people to socialise, develop leadership, host sports events and much more. and the village can look forward to a grand opening sometime next year. Any questions please contact [email protected] or 07845460163. Andy Harding Youth Minister PSALMS (Painswick & Stroud Area Local Ministries) Dave Carlile (Painswick Junior Football Club www.painswickfc.co.uk) The Duke of Gloucester to visit community library An enormous amount of work has been carried out by volunteers over the past year and the library trustees were therefore delighted and honoured that HRH the Duke of Gloucester plans to visit the library on the afternoon of Tuesday 16th July. He will unveil a commemorative plaque and meet library volunteers and selected guests. We do hope everyone in the village will welcome the Duke to Painswick. We want the Library to look its best and also show our guest what Painswick can do. Co-incidentally the Library will be open on Sunday 14th July for the Art Couture Festival As part of this occasion there will be free craft activities for children with local artist Vicky Hendzel-Walker from ‘Crafty Kids’ running these for us. From 11am children can make ‘creepy house’ hats and after lunch there will be a chance for the children to show off their efforts on the art couture catwalk. Between 2- 4pm children can come in to put together a wall frieze to further illustrate the 2013 “Creepy House” Reading Challenge. All of this craft and artwork will be put on display for our Royal visit on Tuesday 16th. There will be lots of opportunity for children to use their imagination, please encourage them join to in and get involved. The Reading Challenge is a national scheme, which encourages children between four and 12years to read at least six books in the summer holidays. There are lots of stickers and other bits to collect so please bring children in to sign up from Saturday 13th July. If further encouragement is needed we have bought lots of new children’s books especially for the summer. Art Couture will have costumes on display bringing some pizzazz to the book cabinets. In addition there will be a book sale. Something for everyone! Painswick Community Library has had a lot to celebrate recently with our first birthday on 19th June. Many Painswickians dropped in and enjoyed a slice of our fabulous birthday cake, made and iced with our logo, by Patricia Davey. A display of photos were a reminder of the many events and activities held during On other pages this month: the year, with visits from Painswick Playgroup, Painswick Brownies, and a full house on Painswick places to eat page 4 Goodwill Evening among the highlights. Finally the library now has a laminator so do make Art Couture Festival page8 use of this new facility (70p for A4 size) Activities for children page 9 Julia Churchley Painswick's new museum page 10 1 PARISH COUNCIL NEWS 19th June by Terry Parker Reports upon meetings of the Parish Council cannot help but be selective, if only because of space constraints. We try to highlight points of widest public interest, based upon what we see and hear. The full minutes of Council and committee meetings are available for scrutiny at the Council's office. PARISH COUNCIL NEWS the residents which set out career details categories within the Action Plan. and the Councillors were then asked to PLANNING COMMITTEE indicate their preferred candidate by Land and Buildings Committee report The Planning Committee meets twice secret ballot. Councillor Pathak Sen Councillor White reported the monthly. No planning applications had arrived at this point. The Clerk then recommendations of the Land and been received since the meeting held collected the written votes and, after a Buildings Committee. on 5th June and there was therefore no short interlude whilst they were counted, She asked that the Council approve the requirement to hold a meeting on the 19th. announced the result which was that closure of the St Mary’s Street toilets Recent planning application decisions are Mrs Abigail Smith was the successful during the winter months with the reported on page 19. candidate. The Chairman congratulated exception of the disabled toilet which Mrs Smith and thanked the candidates would remain open for general use. It PARISH COUNCIL for their interest in seeking membership would operate on a timer lock. This was The Council Chairman, Councillor Martin of the Parish Council. agreed. She then asked the Council to Slinger, began the meeting by offering agree to seek costs to convert the men’s his and the Members congratulations Council Membership toilet into a unisex/disabled toilet with to Councillor Jason Bullingham on his Councillor Smith’s election means that baby changing facilities. The costs would election as County Councillor for the the Council now is at full strength. The include the stripping out of the ladies and Bisley and Painswick Division. Members are: current disabled toilets. This was also Edge Ward: Martin Slinger. Painswick agreed with the further proposal that the Apologies. Apologies for absence were Ward: Jason Bullingham, Ann Daniels, Council consider alternative uses for the received from Councillors Ian James and Rob Lewis, Ben Nicholls, Ela Pathak Sen, remaining part of the toilet complex. Anne Smith. Councillor Ela Pathak Sen Abigail Smith, Anne Smith. Sheepscombe Cemetery Chapel. It was agreed to accept had given notice of late arrival. Ward: Ian James, Roey Parker. Slad Ward: a quote of £3,900 for works required to the Steve Morris, Caroline White. Cemetery Chapel. Cemetery Lodge. It Painswick Youth Club project was agreed to purchase a new cooker up Councillor Caroline White reported on the County Councillor’s report to the value of £300. status of the project. The Clerk confirmed Councillor Bullingham referred to the St Mary’s Church. The members that the Parish Council awaited the increase in Government funding for approved the request of the Parochial District Council’s response to the planning highway maintenance. He confirmed Church Council that a dog litter bin be application for the modernisation works to the recent announcement that Urbaser installed in the Churchyard close to the the former Rugby Club pavilion. Balfour Beatty was to appeal against the St Mary’s Street exit. Town Hall. It was decision of the County Council’s planning agreed to purchase 120 new stacking Post Office provision Committee to refuse the application for a chairs together with a trolley for the chairs The Clerk told the meeting that there had wasted incinerator at Javelin Park. and 2 trollies for stacking the tables. The been no decision to date concerning a District Councillor’s report cost of each chair was £14 and a trolley location for the post office.