What is September 2016 this? It is a QR Code: get No. 164 a QR reader on a Nailsworth smartphone, scan this and it will take you to News our website! A free monthly community paper for the parish of Nailsworth, available in colour on our website www.nailsworth news.org.uk ee Centre Spread for details of our glorious SNailsworth Market. We are blessed to have such things on our doorstep with local people selling local produce. Take a peek! Nailsworth has a new Ambassador! “I’m Elsie Heslop. I am 13 years old and I am a pupil at Sir William Romney’s school in Tetbury. This year I have again been lucky enough to be selected as the school’s ambassador for Forest Green Rovers. My role as an Ambassador is to help promote the local football club both within the school and also the local community. I like to do reports on matches and the Club and inform my friends about what is going on. I was an ambassador last season and was lucky enough to be voted runner up for ‘Secondary School Ambassador of the Year’ and as a result of that, I have been lucky to be chosen again to carry on my role throughout this season. My reports will be about various things at the Club and emembering young lives lost too regular updates about FGR and ‘Rsoon’ is the theme behind a stunning what they’re doing. Hopefully sculpture recently unveiled in Cossack Square. you will enjoy my reports!” Elsie will be writing every two Please turn to page 4 for details of the months or so for the NN and we poignant, yet inspirational and beautiful are delighted welcome her on tribute to Jinny-Mae Cook. board! 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What a great result for Pete and the New Deputy Clerk Men’s Eight! The Team GB Olympics As a result of an administration and staffing review, results were remarkable, and to have we have now recruited a new part time Deputy Clerk our Town a part of that success made it for council. all the better. We are looking at having a suitable celebration for Pete in town We were cautious in setting up the new structure - probably the weekend of 24th Sept. and are still understaffed when compared with other Keep an eye on the Council’s website similar councils in the District. Localism and austerity and other news outlets. mean more responsibility at our level of government and there has been much change in the responsibilities Hedges of Town Councils over the last ten years or so. We’ve had a very good growing season We would be irresponsible if we did not respond to with wonderful green colours about town. However getting these changes. about town on many pavements can be much harder with excessive hedge growth. CLT Referendum Can I ask people to check their hedges and make sure they Fantastic news on the result of the Nailsworth Referendum, aren’t encroaching on to the pavements. covered elsewhere in this issue. There is an urgent need for affordable housing to rent in Nailsworth and these 10 homes Children’s Centre will help greatly. Gloucestershire County Council has been reviewing [email protected] Childrens’ Services: NTC has been monitoring closely and or tel: 07813 641732 care and attention to the nearly 9,000 patients registered with Prices Mill Patient Participation Group the surgery.” (PPG) was one of the groups interviewed by the Care Any registered patient can join the Quality Commission earlier this year to undertake an PPG. inspection of the GP surgery. www.pricesmill.co.uk/ppg.aspx The outcome was that the surgery achieved “Good” in all areas of the inspection and considered safe, effective, caring, Have you ever had ‘flu? responsive and well led. It also gave a “Good” rating for It is an unpredictable virus that can specific services cause mild or unpleasant illness in Nailsworth such as provided most people.