Produced by NEWSLETTERWrockwardine Wood & Trench Parish Council. Issue No.16, October 2008 Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Parish Council Senior Citizens Christmas Party On Saturday 6th December 1pm onwards (Doors open at 12.30pm) at The Sutherland School, Gibbons Road, Trench Tickets will be available – FREE OF CHARGE - from the Parish Council Centre, Church Road, Wrockwardine Wood on Monday November 10th, 10am – 12 noon & 2pm – 4pm Tuesday, November 11th, 10am – 12 noon and 2pm – 4pm Please call in to collect a ticket or telephone 616363 To qualify for the party you must reside in the Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Parish. Please provide proof of identity – this can be anything with your name and address on. Youth Clubs Mondays 6 – 7pm at Oakengates Leisure Centre in the sports hall. This club will run until 26th January 2009, catering for ages 10 – 17 years. Activities will include basketball, netball, badminton and more. Wednesdays 6.30 – 9.30pm at Minnesota Fats, Cannongate, Oakengates for 13 – 17 years. Thursdays 5 – 6.30pm at the Parish Council Centre in the school hall for 6 – 11 years. The club held at Minnesota Fats is funded by Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Parish Council, St. Georges & Priorslee Parish Council and Oakengates Town Council. Volunteers are needed to keep these clubs running. If you can help please contact the Local Police Team on one of the numbers on the back page. Contents: Pages 2 & 3: Parish Council News Page 4: Coffee Morning Invitation, Classes at the Parish Council Centre and Council Meeting Dates Page 5: Parish Council Contacts and Useful Numbers Page 6: Trench Allotment & Leisure Gardeners Society News and News from Holy Trinity Church Page 7: Local Policing Team Message Page 8: PACT News and Ongoing PACT Survey Page 2: Parish Council News Statement of Accounts for year ending 31st March 2008 This statement of accounts formed part of the annual return that was submitted to the external auditor in Au- gust 2008. If you would like to inspect the full annual return please telephone us on 616363 to make an ap- pointment. Year ending Year ending 31 March Notes and guidance 31 March 2008 2007 Balances Total balances & reserves at the beginning of the 63,416 62,976 Brought forward year. (+) Annual Total amount of precept received 101,180 106,682 Precept In the year (+) Total other Total receipts or income as recorded in the 14,421 14,746 receipts cashbook less the precept. Total expenditure or payments made to all council (-) Staff costs (29,872) (31,024) employees. PAYE and NI, pension contributions and related expenses. (-) Loan interest/ Total payments of capital interest made during (28,008) (26,289) capital repayments the year on councils borrowings (-) Total other Total expenditure as recorded in the cash book (58,161) (60,712) payments less staff costs and loan repayments (=) Balances carried Total balances and reserves at end of year 62,976 66,379 forward Must equal (1+2+3) – (4+5+6) Total Cash and short The sum of all current & deposit bank accounts, 58,213 79,554 term investments cash holdings & short term investments. Total fixed assets The recorded book value at 31 March of all fixed and long term 367,090 367,090 assets owned by the council & any other long assets term assets The outstanding capital balance as at 31 March Total borrowings 25,000 Nil of all loans from third parties Our precept for the current year is £106,000, which is a slight reduction on the previous years precept. Projects for the current year include the replacement of fencing at Holy Trinity Church, Wrockwardine Wood the provision of more litter bins and the provision of benches. We will keep you updated on progress via our website and in the next newsletter. Website update: Introducing: www.wwtpc.org.uk/blog Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Parish Council Blog was started at the beginning of October. A blog is like an online diary. We will be able to give you up to date news immediately, before the monthly website update. You will also be able to leave your comments - each post on the blog has a link underneath for comments to be added. We will monitor the comments in case any undesirable messages are left. You can visit the blog at the above address or via a link from the website at www.wwtpc.org.uk Page 3: Parish Council News Environmental Visual Audit (EVA) On the first Wednesday of each month, The Chairman, Clerk and Cllr. Anne Watkins, together with a member of the Local Police Team walk around an area of the Parish of Wrockwardine Wood & Trench to look at any environmental problems such as litter, overgrown hedges, vandalism etc – anything that causes concern. We report these problems to the relevant authority for appropriate action. If you have any environmental problems in your area that we need to address, please let us know. You can ring us on 01952 616363. If you see us out please come and talk to us. The Cockshutt, Wrockwardine Wood On one of our EVAs (see article above) we walked over the large piece of the Cockshutt that is in our Parish. The author of a document in our keeping, entitled ‘A Short History & Profile of Wrockwardine Wood’ wrote the following article on The Cockshutt: “The name Cockshutt or Cockshoote is synonymous with woodland. It would be hard to imagine a treeless Cockshutt, yet the mining efforts of the 17th and 18th Century left parts of the Parish appearing derelict. A survey of trees in 1837 found only 252 trees remaining. The Lilleshall Company was responsible for the re-afforestation of the area in 1865.” You can find more history on the Cockshutt and Wrockwardine Wood at www.british-history.ac.uk Because we enjoyed our EVA of the Cockshutt so much we were inspired to take some photographs showing the natural beauty of the area. The photograph below is one of many that you will find on our website at www.wwtpc.org.uk or call in to the Parish Council Centre where we have copies. The photographs on our website show the autumn colours. Page 4: Coffee Morning, Classes, Meetings Coffee Morning Invitation Please join us at our free Coffee Morning on Friday 14th November 2008 at The Parish Council Centre, Church Road, Wrockwardine Wood at 10am. The coffee morning is aimed at our more senior residents with a view to setting up a weekly group to look at topics of interest to members or just to meet and socialise. Telephone Yvonne on 01952 616363 for further details. Classes at Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Parish Council Centre MONDAY Brownies (7 –11 years). 6pm – 7.15pm Telephone Mrs Lawlor: 617002 Keep fit for the over 50s 7pm – 8pm Telephone Yvonne 616363 for details. TUESDAY Toddler Group 9.15 – 11.15am Parents, grandparents, child minders welcome Telephone Tracy: 528150 Art Class with Bob Spendlove 7pm – 9pm Telephone Bob: 412918 for details WEDNESDAY Art Class with Stuart Mann NEW CLASS 10am – 12 noon Contact the WEA: 583886 or just turn up. Slimming World 7pm Contact Donna: 251140 or just turn up. THURSDAY Art Class with Pauline Jones 9.30 – 11.30am Starting February 2009. Telephone Melanie Duncan on 642339 to book. Course code JP410C Youth Club for 6 – 11 years Run by the local Police Team 5pm – 6.30pm Parish Council Meetings All our meetings are held at the Parish Council Centre. Full Council Meetings include a 15 minute public session near the start of the meeting. Tuesday 11th November Full Council Meeting 7pm Tuesday 9th December Full Council Meeting 7pm Tuesday 13th January 2009 Full Council Meeting 7pm Tuesday 10th February 2009 Full Council Meeting 7pm Page 5: Parish Council Contacts, Useful Numbers Parish Council Contacts: Les Brayne 616363 (via Council office) Charles Smith 380223 Karen Hanmer 07852 477 987 Helen Smith 605645 Michael Hanmer 07873 288 355 John Thompson 606363 – Vice Chair Derek Pearce 279181 Jhalman Singh Uppal 670127 Derek Plant 620274 Anne Watkins 271764 Yvonne Taylor 616363 – Clerk Keith Watkins 271764 – Chair Email us at [email protected] or visit our website on www.wwtpc.org.uk or our new blog at www.wwtpc.org.uk/blog Borough Councillors: Charles Smith 380223 Bob Groom 380200 Borough Councillors for St. Georges which includes Wrockwardine Wood East Ward and most of Wrockwardine Wood Parish Ward: (Briggs Way, Cappoquin Drive (part) Cockshutt Road, Hudson Close, Iris Crescent, Johnstone Close, Lincoln Crescent, Lincoln Road, Lincoln Villas, Mafeking Drive, Mafeking Terrace, Middle Road, Moss Road, New Road, Old Incline, Proctors Place, Rocfield Terrace, Stafford Road (part), Summer Crescent, The Woodlands, Union Road, Urban Road, Woodland Villas and Woodlands Drive) Richard Overton 380215 John Minor 380214 Useful Numbers: Police 08457 444 888 Princess Royal Hospital 641 222 Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 Shropdoc (24 hours) 08450 202 131 Transco (if you smell gas) 0888 111 999 NHS Direct (24 hours) 0845 4647 Electricity (loss of supply) 0800 328 1111 Age Concern 587 821 Telford & Wrekin Council 380 000 Oakengates Leisure Centre 382 810 Council Tax/Housing Benefit 383 838 Oakengates Theatre – The Place 382 382 Stray Dogs/Abandoned Cars, Schools: Refuse Collection & large items 384 384 Wrock Wood Infants & Nursery 387 860 Street Light Repairs 616 363 Wrock Wood Juniors 387 880 Wrekin Housing Trust 217 100 St. Lukes RC Junior School 388 222 Samaritans 256 161 Wrock Wood Arts College 388 300 Domestic Violence Helpline 0800 783 1359 The Sutherland School 387 800 Wrockwardine Wood Infant School & Nursery Christmas Fayre Thursday 27th November 2008 At 6pm in the school hall There will be lots of stalls and a visit from the real Father Christmas All Welcome! Page 6: News from Allotment Society & Holy Trinity Trench Allotment & Leisure Gardeners Society The Committee and members would like to thank all those who supported our Produce Show in September which resulted in the Auction of Produce raising £63.20 for Severn Hospice, Telford.