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Ripponden Parish Council » Annual Report 2016-17 Ripponden Parish Council » Annual Report 2016-17 Your Councillors 2016 - 2017 Barkisland Rishworth Ripponden Councillor Susan Russell Councillor Peter Hunt Parish Council Councillor Melvyn Smith JP Councillor Craig Johnson Councillor Alan Watson Councillor Geoff Potts Ripponden Soyland Councillor Geraldine Carter Councillor Jane Moran Councillor Steve McCarley Councillor Andrew Naylor Councillor Jayne Smith Councillor Sharon Robins Grants Grants totalling £6,066 have been made during 2016/2017 year to the following groups: Barkisland Old People’s Young at Heart Group Welfare In Bloom Groups for Barkisland, Ripponden Children’s Day Soyland and Ripponden Ripponden Festive Market Rishworth Environmental Group st Ryburn United Football 1 Ripponden Brownies rd Club 3 Ripponden Cubs Getting in touch with the Parish Council Clerk to the Council and Responsible Officer: Anne Haynes 107 Halifax Road, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 4DA Office Hours 11.00am – 1.00pm Monday to Friday Telephone 01422 823245 Email:[email protected] www.rippondenparishcouncil.co.uk www.rippondenneighbourhoodplan.co.uk Have your Say! The Parish Council welcomes feedback on this publication and other issues local residents have on matters concerning the Parish Council. The Parish Council would like 2016 - 2017 to thank everyone whose photographs have been used in this publication. Annual Report © Ripponden Parish Council 2017 4 Ripponden Parish Council » Annual Report 2016-17 Ripponden Parish Council » Annual Report 2016-17 The Council and Its Work New Initiatives Welcome to the 11th Annual Report Environment The Neighbourhood Planning The Council has committed to an action Committee was set up to develop a from Ripponden Parish Council, Events plan to increase awareness of dementia summarising the work carried out by Civic Events Neighbourhood Plan (NP) in and encourage our four villages to the Council over the past year. Christmas Lights consultation with residents. We are become dementia friendly The Parish Council is made up of 12 Communications keen to have as many people as communities. Already four dementia volunteers led by our chairman for Buildings possible tell us what is important to awareness training events, open to the 2016/17 Cllr Jayne Smith and supported Neighbourhood Planning them about planning and development public and local businesses, have been by our Clerk and Responsible Officer, in the Ripponden Parish. Once the NP held. We have set up a committee to We have representatives on the Anne Haynes. is in place it will form a part of the guide this initiative with following Committees: planning policies for this area. Get representatives from our churches, old The full Council meets every two weeks Soyland Charities involved now as this has the potential peoples welfare, parish councillors and on Thursday evening, and has a number Yorkshire Local Councils Association to be really powerful in directing medical professionals. As part of the of smaller committees which report to Calderdale Council’s Town and development in Ripponden Parish. Visit initiative, a dementia friendly café, ‘The the full Council and manage different Parish Council Liaison Group www.rippondenneighbourhoodplan.co.uk Riverside Café’, has been set up by St areas of work, some of which include: or call at the Council office. Our thanks Bart.’s church, open on the 2nd and 4th go to Hebden Royd Town Council for Wednesday of each month. It looks like Around the Parish sharing its experience and knowledge being an invaluable facility for people to help progress our Neighbourhood with dementia and their carers. The Parish Council successfully 2016. Well done and thank you to all Plan. obtained a Tesco Bags of Help grant of volunteers of the Parish for the work £12,000 which has been used to assist that you do. The Good Citizen’s Award 2016 in the refurbishment of the Mill Fold At our Annual Michaelmas Show in playground, with some additional costs September, we were impressed by the This year’s winner of the Good Citizen Bespoke Imagery Photography met from Parish Council funds. huge number of entries in the Award, Mrs Susan Bell, has for many children’s classes and the photography years been a Community First class. The prizes for our annual Garden Responder, attending local emergency Competition were also presented at the calls and providing life saving first aid in show. those vital minutes before an Once again Diggle Band were key to our ambulance arrives. She is now an NHS Remembrance Sunday services, held at emergency care technician. Sue also Rishworth, Ripponden and Barkisland does voluntary work for the British War Memorials, in addition to the Heart Foundation training people to service held at Ripponden church. For use defibrillators and organises First Many local residents are involved in our the first time road closures took place Aid courses. Mrs Sue Bell receiving her award In Bloom groups which make a huge for the Act of Remembrance. difference to the area by planting and The Civic Ball managing planters and public areas This year’s ‘Christmas Lights Switch-On’ such as the garden opposite the Co-op. was a great success, with several The annual Civic Ball was held at the Local Youth Groups within the Parish hundred people attending both the newly refurbished Venue at Barkisland and, together with donations, the After many years of hard work switch-on and the carol concert at St. and was a great success. Proceeds this evening raised an impressive sum of Ripponden achieved a Gold Award in Bartholomew’s Church that preceded it. year went to the Chairman’s Charity – £900. 2 3 .