Audlem Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan Audlem's Neighbourhood Plan has now gone Business Summary, October 2 015 through four of seven stages and, at the time of writing, is undergoing stage five - lndependent Playing Field Complex Examination. Subject to the Examiner being happy ln response to positive communty feedbacl<, the thar the Plan meets the Basic Condltions and is a Parlsh Council submitted a formal proposal, including robust document ln planning terms, we should then cost projections, to Cheshire East CoLrncil at the end be rn a posiL on to proLeed to staSe six - .i of .July to taCheshire East formaly adopts the Plan. The good November is the time that the Parish Councillors news is that the Plan was recently lsed by Cheshire look to set the budget for the fo lowing financia year- East Councillors as a material consideration in Th s year is more cornp icated than normal as there ref!sing a local planning application. wi I be slgr]ificant additional expendlture because of lwo dec s ons taCrewe tractor" house the light is outside that was adapted by Crewe Worl

Alrernatively, if you do not have access to the internet, you can cal the Parish Cer< on 01610 658456 and she wi report the lssle on your behalf. Cheshire East Highways Customer Services can a so be contacted on 0300 123 5020.

lfyou feel rhar the fau t you have reported has not been dealt with in a timely manner, please contact the Parish ln October a small selection of photographs from our Cler< with the detais of your report, but please bear in summer display about "Growlng up in Audlem" was mind that Cheshlre East will wait utti they have a few exhibited at the History Fair in AlsaSer. We arc hoping geographical area before dispatching a issues within a to repeat the fu d splay jn the near future so if you repair team dLe to the costs invo ved. missed seeing lt ln July then watch o!t for further Kirstin Dixon, Clerk Dorothy rones ii'l [, : r,, i.i it:]l..lr:i

Representatives ofAudlem and Hankelow attended the awards cerernony for the Cheshire Community Action Community Pride Competition in Eilesmere Port on 5th Tom Hassall. local Hankelow resldent and Probus member, recelved the Legion dHonneur France's Ocrobe :r'd cane away wrLl- a 'is( fd" of p'7es. - hjghest honour on 28 September 2015 for hls flora Hankelow won a "Little Gem" award for the contribution to the D Day landings in Wor d war ll display at the steps by the publlc footpath near Hanl(e ow whilst a member of the West Yorl

Audlem wonr a "Little Gem" award for the mill stone outside StJamesi Church;the Best Community Website; the Besr KeptVillage award for a village with a population of l00l-2500i the Best Commun ty Spirit award and, Along with l4 other veterans, elghty-nine year old finaly, we were crowned Overall Champions of the Tom recelved his medal at a ceremony in the French Comrnunity Pride Best Kept VillaSe award, receiving a embassy in London. He was alerted to the possibility painring of the village from Gordon Wilkinson. of rece v rg rrc honorr arrer " r ewtpaper irer sFen by Shirley and Tom Firth that the French were seekinS well done Audlen and Hankelow Congratu ations to to award the Leglon d'Honneur to veterans of the D al who were nvolved in any way! Day andings for rheir bravery. Pam Seddon Adapt Auturnn R.ep0rt lf you are interested ln becorning an ADCAVolun.eer. please contact Ronni by emai on [email protected] Wlth ihe Summer activties behind Ls. s time to take it or leave a rnessage on our ofilc€ telephone [0 ]270 7471631 stocl(. Once aga n our Apple Pressing evenc was a for her to contacr you.You will receive flrll information, resoundlng success - so much so that our members were lnduction and training and will really enjoy the activities you kept busy well beyond the time we had publicised. Our s!PPortl Saturday St.r has again proved very popu ar even though tle weather I r) 8r.er us r ve / urever gro{i'tg

For patien.s who order thelr own medication, Audlem Patient Participation Grcup is urging patients to requesr their prescdpt ons at east seven days befor€ they rln o!t.

Patien.s can order their repeat prescriptions from Audlem l'ledical Practice either online httpJ/wwwaud emmedlcalpractice.nhs.u

Adrian Leighton 5As next pantomime wlll be The Litte-ish llermaid" written by Car Maddocks who has pedormed with and

been involved with sAs for many years. Peformances w I be in the Pub ic Hal, starting at 7.30 pm, from Wednesday At the ADCA (Audlem & District Community Action) 27th to Saturday 3Orh There wi I also be a Saturday Annual Ceneral lleeting in September, we were abe to January. Matinee Pedorrnance at 2pm on 30th uary.Ti.

An update was provided by our Coordinatoi Ronni Briggs, who described all the actvitles and prcSress of the services during the year Specia thanks were Siven to al vo !nteers and supporters. Ronni also expla ned that the BefriendjnS Scheme needed more volLnteers to help out Rehearsals have begun,lines are being earnt and wlth vsits and the l'4edical Transport Scheme was costumes are b€lng made all r€ady to give our audiences a desperate y in need of more volunteer drivers as requests night to rememberThis pantomime is one for the whole for these services were continua y growing. Lynn lloreai famlly with fun,slap-stlc < comedy for the litt e ones and over- our Assisrant Coordinator described how Carers' Support the-head humour for the aduhs.A night not to be missed. and Breal< Days that had taken p ace during the last twelve nronths was h€lpin8 carers in a number of ways. Lucy Davenport At the end of November the count down to Christmas Audlem Voices a Lhe p wil rar rh he oe.or., n8 of " llage epdrdlo, Audlem Voices, wlch rheir llusical Director Jenny Colis- for the Blg Switch on Friday 27th November The evenlng Smith. will be presenting a cornbined Chrlstmas Caro wil feature the arrival of Facher Christmas on theAudlem Lass, the lighting of Christmas Wish Cand es on the canal, Concert with the angelic voices of St James' School Choir on Saturday 12 December at 7.00 pm in StJarnes chur.h. the Switching on of the Big ChristmasTree lights, singing by ALd em St pupils and, after visiting the traders open It shou d be a truly memorable concert. James for late nlght shopping, Father Christmas wil meet chidren We are expect ng itto include another"raising the roof" in his Grotto. range of Christmas Carols with the two choirs cornbining ADAS wil round off its Chrlstmas ce ebrations with on some ofthe pieces to provide everyone with an inspiring Carols in the Square on Friday lSth December, start to the Chrlstmas festive period. Ticl€ts are f5, with accompanled by Crewe Brass. Carols start at 7.30pm and The Lord Combermere Team will again be providing Stephanie Richardson warming soup d!ring the singing. Bryony Dixon Christmas at St James' , . lSth December: I lam Christingle Dates for Your Diary , rhe service with the orange November 20th December:6.30pm 2 At 7.30 pm: village memorial service at St james' Vilage Carol Service church to rememberthose we have loved and lost 24th December christmas Eve:4pm - 7 ASET! Bonfire Night and firework on the playing Crib Service an all age celebration and I L l5pm field, pm. from Post First communion of Christmas from 4 Tickets cost {5 the Office Christmas Day:8.l5am Holy Co nn Lnron. ,d l0.lodr Tarily Corrnlr.rio.r 8 Service of remembrance at St James' Church at I 0.45 am Everyone is welcome Helen Chantry 27 "The Big Switch-on" of the viliaget lights at 5.45 pm and late night shopping Audlem Methodist Church News ln October we we comed back our minisrer. lennifer l4atth€ws,after her period of medicaltreatment. Parents of very young children rnay ike to note that w€ can now prov de a creche fo- o r S r.lda) 'norri.g se vrce .rL l0.30arn.

The Summer Garden Party he ped to raise f 1572 for church funds and Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. lYany than

Our Chrlstmas Services are at 7.30pm on Christmas Eve, and ar 10.00 am on Christrnas Day. There wil be a jolnt 14isslon Area servlce in Audlem on Sunday 27th December December at 10.30 am. l2 7.00 pmAudlemVoices and StJames'school choir Christine Lawson in concert in StJames' church.Tickets cost 45 ,4udnem Dlstrlct Ainaen-lties l7 concerr the story of Dickens' "Ch ristmas Carol" at the l4ethodist Church with the Grove Singers S,oc.ie.ty {AmASj l8 Carols round the tree in the Square On rhe evening ofThursday l2th NovemberADAS will be holding its AGM atAud em Pub ic Hall. lt is an opportunity 20 loint Christmas churches' service at 6.30pm in for ADAS to reflect on the past year and celebrate StJames'church slccesses in the vi lage. A I are welcome to join Lrs for the meeting and drin

The .l osi.g da te for items for the winter is 15 lanuary 2 0 16 for d istrib ution duri ng the first week of rebruarf. Pleasc contact thc Editor, Pam Seddon, on 8112a2,'ssue at n€wsl€ttercnaudlcm,or-e, or leave your contrib ution at the Post Ofii ce.