If you would like to contact one of your THIRTEEN local councillors, please feel free to call or email or visit our website:

Sealand www.sealandcommunitycouncil.gov.uk

Have a question about services or anything else in the local area? Get in touch.

Cllr Jean Fairbrother — [email protected] Council Cllr Barbara Hinds 07725 879654 [email protected] Cllr Bob James 07933 115120 [email protected] Local authority services for Sealand are Cllr Christine Jones 01244 811556 christine.m.jones@.gov.uk provided by Flintshire County Council and Sealand 07510 829041 Community Council. Cllr Norman Jones 01244 819883 [email protected] 07528 763538 Flintshire County Council Cllr Dr. Mikael Khan — [email protected] County Hall Cllr Alex Lewis 01244 288289 [email protected] Mold 07712 576870 CH7 6NF Cllr Mrs M Southall — [email protected] Tel: 01352 752121 Cllr Mike Walker 01244 881755 [email protected] 07710 488472 The services provided by the County Council include Education, Highways, Housing, Environmental Health, Social Services, Libraries, Recreation and Leisure etc. Cllr Shelley Webber 01244 831288 [email protected] 07974 333391 Sealand Community Council welcomes comments and feedback on its Cllr Rhondda Whittaker — [email protected] activities Cllr Sarah Wilson 07546 156166 [email protected] To get in touch: ■ Email: [email protected] Cllr David Wisinger 07799 825696 [email protected] ■ Phone: 07920 284026

Although the Community Council has limited statutory functions at present it Peter Richmond Sealand Community Council Clerk provides much appreciated services to Sealand including: 3 Blakeley Court, Raby Mere Wirral CH63 0ND  Street Lighting Tel: 07920 284026  Provision of free school milk to junior aged children at Sealand Primary School Email: [email protected]  Support for cost of travel for educational visits for children attending Sealand

Primary School Party Affiliated To  CCTV Councillors Bob James, Chris Jones, Norman Jones, Alex Lewis and  Match funding for play area equipment David Wisinger - Labour Party.  Grants to local organisations Remaining Councillors - No Party Affiliation  Match funding for play area equipment

 Defibrillator @ Griffiths Pharmacy, Welsh Road County Councillor – Mrs. Christine Jones 30 Welsh Road, Garden City. . Flintshire.

Tel: 01244 811556 / Mobile: 07510829041 / Email: [email protected] Council meetings are held on the third Monday of each month (except August) at Member of Parliament (Alyn Constituency) – Mark Tami 70 High Street, Connah’s Quay. Sealand Primary School at 6.30pm. Deeside. Flintshire Tel: 01244 819854 / Email – [email protected] The Annual Meeting is held in May. Welsh Assembly Member (Alyn Constituency) – Jack Sargeant 70 High Street, Connah’s The Annual Finance Meeting is held in January. Quay. Deeside. Flintshire Tel: 0300 200 6565 Email – jack.sargeant@assembly. Members of the public are encouraged to attend meetings of Council.

LOCAL GROUPS If you run a group in Sealand and aren’t mentioned, please email: STREETSCENE [email protected] GWASANAETHAU STRD MEMORY CAFÉ The Café is one of six cafés in Flintshire, working in partnership with Flintshire Tel: 01352 701234 County Council, Communities First, NEWCIS, Alzheimer’s Society and other Streetscene is about giving you an easy point of contact for ALL services associated with your streets, agencies Each café has a team of volunteers, a committee and support from local highways and open spaces. You can report a problem that affects the street scene like litter, dog Dementia Support Workers. The café runs every month on the 4th Monday of fouling, recycling, faulty streetlights, problems with the road or pavement. the month at the St Andrews Hub, Sealand Ave, Garden City, Deeside CH5 2HN.

Cleansing Highways All our volunteers have done the Dementia Friends training & we are proud to Abandoned vehicles Signs wear our badges. We want people to see that dementia does not take away a Dead animals on the highway Flooding person, they are still there inside and that it affects everybody differently, once Dog fouling Maintenance you have met one person with dementia, you have only met one person with Fly–posting Gritting and snow clearing dementia. The disease affects so many people and awareness is finally coming to Fly–tipping Street furniture, fences Graffiti removal Street lights the forefront and to us, that small part we all play will play a huge part in helping Pest control Street name signs beat dementia for good.

Discarded needles and syringes Grass cutting

Enforcement e.g. litter, dog fouling EYE2EYE is a social club for the visually impaired. Street cleansing – litter and leaves Waste Litter bins Recycling collections  Visually Impaired?

Waste collection and disposal  Fed up of the same four walls?

Maintenance of  Need to get out more? Car parks www.flintshire.gov.uk/streetscene  Meet new people?  Does this sound like someone you know? 50+ ACTION GROUP  Tell them about us  Contact us WHO ARE THE 50+ Action Group (Flintshire)? A group of dynamic and diverse We might be just what they need! “older” people from across Flintshire who come together to work towards ensuring that the concerns and hopes of those aged 50 and over are not overlooked when For more information contact Pauline on 01244 810567

decisions affecting them are considered. Our members are active in their own WE ARE A SOCIAL CLUB FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE WE MEET communities and passionate about ensuring that the voice of Flintshire’s mature EVERY WEDNESDAY AT ST ANDREWS CHURCH HUB, GARDEN CITY 10.00 – 2.30 population is heard. WHAT DO WE DO? As an integral part of the Welsh Assembly Government’s SEALAND HAPPY GROUP Strategy for Older People, we work with any organisation with the potential to The group meets every other Tuesday i.e. every fortnight at Sealand Youth Club, impact on older people’s lives; from social groups, charities to the County Council. Sandy Lane, 12 until 3.00 pm. We enjoy meals together, have a variety of talks, We meet once a month. trips out to interesting and fascinating places. So if you are over fifty years old WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO JOIN? Any club or organisation whose primary objectives and live within Sealand and Deeside you are very welcome benefit people aged 50 and over, and the majority of its membership are within this Subscriptions are £2.00, lunch usually is £4.00 .

age group. We would prefer these organisations to have a written constitution, but Contact: Maureen Telephone: 01244 819883 are willing to consider those that do not. Contact: Ursula Telephone: 01244 535591 HOW CAN WE BE CONTACTED? If your organisation is interested or requires any Contact: Joan Telephone: 01244 813979 further information, please contact the Chair, Barry Harrison at [email protected] or 01745 560738

SEALAND FLOOD WARDENS Contact Details and Areas of Responsibility There are 8 volunteer flood wardens in Sealand to work with Natural Resources OWL is used in by associations and partnerships to build and Wales and the Emergency Services in the event of a breach in the communicate with 1,000's of watch schemes across the county. Northern Embankment which covers from Tata Steel to Bumpers Lane OWL is an advanced solution for police & communities to grow and manage Neighbourhood Watch, School Watch, Pub Watch, Business Watch and many FLOOD WARNINGS other schemes. OWL provides watch members with the latest messages and crime To sign up for flood warnings, you’ll need to provide: alerts sent by email, telephone, SMS or fax., NEWCIS, Alzheimer’s Society and other agencies . the address or location you are registering for To join your local Neighbourhood Watch or FIND out more information, go to: a phone number you can be contacted on day or night https://www.owl.co.uk/northwales/ an email address The service is free. OMMUNITY ESSAGING C M If you don't fancy joining Neighbourhood Watch but would still like to receive THER WAYS TO REGISTER crime alerts and crime prevention information, then why not sign up to O Community Messaging? It only takes a minute and is completely free. You can also register, update your details or cancel your account by calling Floodline below https://www.owl.co.uk/su/northwales62.cfm FLOODLINE TEL: 0345 988 1188 After you have signed up to Community Messaging they will be able to send you messages of interest relating to North Wales and/or specific to your neighbour- hood or district. OWL will send you around one or two messages a fortnight, although you may be sent additional messages should the need arise. SEALAND SPEED WATCH This service is completely free. What is the Community Speed Watch FREE SMOKE ALARMS Scheme? North Wales Fire and Rescue Service offer you a FREE smoke alarm and instal- Community Speed Watch enables local people to be lation service. The FREE safe and well check takes about 20 minutes and will be arranged at your convenience. Fully trained fire and rescue service staff, who come actively involved in helping to slow down traffic always carry an identification card, will: within their community.  Supply and install lifesaving, free home smoke detectors or ensure that your The groups can operate within 20, 30 and 40 MPH limits. existing alarms are in working order For more information please look here:  Provide advice on how to make your home safe from fire  Help you prepare an escape plan to assist you and your family in safely https://www.north-wales.police.uk/recruitment-home/volunteers/what-to- making your way out of the property in the event of fire expect/community-speed-watch  Provide specialised equipment for deaf and hard of hearing people If you would like to get involved, please contact Peter Richmond, Sealand Community Council Clerk Call 0800 169 1234 at any time of the day or night to register 3 Blakeley Court, Raby Mere, Wirral CH63 0ND OR VISIT Tel: 07920 284026 https://www.nwales-fireservice.org.uk/keeping-you-safe/at-home/free-smoke- Email: [email protected] alarm/

REPORT AN INCIDENT OF AIR POLLUTION SEALAND COMMUNITY COUNCIL If anyone notices an incident of air pollution / emissions it should be reported to Natural Resources Wales on their 24-hour incident hotline 03000 65 3000 IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL Doctors ASSISTANCE – VOLUNTARY GROUPS Deeside Medical Centre Road East 01244 831698 Shotton Lane Surgery, Shotton Lane 01244 812094 Each year the Council considers applications for financial assistance. Queensferry Medical Centre Pierce St 01244 813340 Understandably, the Council can be inundated with applications, the majority of Connah's Quay Medical Centre, Fron Rd 01244 812751 which are for worthy causes. In these circumstances the Council formulated a Dr. Kumar, Rowleys Drive 01244 830449 policy whereby, in the main, grants are restricted to organisations from within the Chemists community or those which may have a link with the community and /or its Boots Chemist 7-9, Chester Rd 01244 830452 residents. There are a number of organisations within the community which Harry Crooks Chester Road East 01244 830047 provide a valuable service and the Council is keen to help those organisations Griffiths Welsh Road, Garden City 01244 822977 which help themselves. Applications are considered whenever they have been Rowlands, Station Road 01244 812073 submitted to Council. Hospitals Any organisation making application must have its own bank account and the Deeside Community Hospital, Plough Lane 01244 830461 Council cannot make grants to an individual member of the public. Countess of Chester, Liverpool Rd 01244 365000 Wrexham , Wrexham 01978 291100 FLINTSHIRE FOODBANK Glan , Bodelwyddan, St. Asaph 01745 583910 Arrowe Park Hospital, Arrowe Park Road 0151 678 5111 ELPING LOCAL PEOPLE IN CRISIS H Police Sealand Community Council and Flintshire Foodbank don’t think anyone in our Deeside Police Station, Wepre Drive 101 community should have to face going hungry. That’s why the Flintshire Foodbank Home Fire Safety Advice 0800 169 1234 provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch, Mold 01352 708118 people who are referred to them in crisis. They are part of a nationwide network Bike Register - The National Cycle Database 0800 587 4739 of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and Crime Stoppers 0800 555 1111 hunger across the UK. Dental Foodbanks partner with a wide range of care professionals such as doctors, Queensferry Dental Surgery 4 Gladstone Street 01244 831181 health visitors, social workers and police to identify people in crisis and issue Connah's Quay Dental Practice 107a, High St 01244 831896 them with a foodbank voucher. The Headteacher of Sealand Primary School is Deeside Dental 55 High Street, Connah's Quay 01244 813867 also able to issue food bank vouchers. Schools Connah's Quay High, Golftyn Lane 01244 813491 DONATE FOOD St.Richard Gwyn Catholic High, Albert Ave, Flint 01352 736900 FLINTSHIRE FOODBANK RELIES ON YOUR GOODWILL St David's High, St Davids Terr, Saltney Ferry 01244 671583 AND SUPPORT Sealand Primary, Farm Rd, Garden City 01244 830089 Over 90% of the food distributed by foodbanks in The Trussell Trust network is Queensferry C.P. School, Chester Rd. West 01244 812136 donated by the public – that’s why your food do- Shotton Infant School Plymouth St. Shotton 01244 812806 nations are absolutely vital to their ability to give Vet OR Sealand Primary School everyone referred to them a balanced and nutri- Daleside Vet Group, Chester Rd. East, Shotton 01244 830065 tious three day supply of food. Supplies of sanitary school opening times Local Groups products are also available. Flintshire District Scout Groups 0845 300 1818 Location of food donation point Former Library HQ, Raikes Lane, Mold, CH7 6NW Sealand Youth Club 01244 830129 Tuesday and Friday 10.00 until 14.00 Phone us 01352 757235 or 07900 387907