SummerFREE 2019 Haydon Wick living PRODUCED BY HAYDON WICK PARISH COUNCIL Celebrating125(see page 24) years Regular Events: Thursday Meat Draw at 9.30 Saturday Live Bands/Soloists/Discos Sunday Bingo at 8.00 – New members and their families welcome – Sky TV and BT Sport Major sporting events always on our back bar 8 ft dropdown screen and 3 large screens in front bar. Check out the website to see what's on www.haydonwickclub.co.uk Room Hire: Members only, full catering facilities for up to 200 Anniversaries – Birthdays – Special Events – Weddings Enquiries and correspondence to: The Secretary, Haydon Wick Club, 10 Blunsdon Road, Swindon SN25 1JD. Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01793 721028 Haydon Wick Club 2 Haydon Wick ‘living’ is assembled and Summer produced by Haydon in the Parish of Haydon Wick Wick Parish Council Issue No 131 Summer 2019 Contents Letter from the Editorial Team Bus Survey........................................4 This is the first newsletter post 2nd May, Office Staff ........................................7 when the Parish Council Elections took place. Annual Assembly ..............................8 All the Councillors stood down leaving 18 Meeting Dates 2019/20 ................... 17 seats to be filled. The Parish is divided into Tuesday Art Group .......................... 19 two wards “Haydon Wick” & “Haydon End”. Haydon Wick Over 60s Club ...........20 In Haydon End there were only 7 candidates Young at Heart ................................21 for the 9 seats, so all 7 candidates were HW Petanque Club..........................23 elected unopposed. In Haydon Wick there HW Club 125 years ......................... 24 were 12 candidates for the 9 seats hence Domestic Abuse ..............................25 there was a Parish Election for some of our To mow or not to mow .....................28 residents and not others. New Councillors .............................. 31 Indoor Bowling ................................35 The centre 4 pages have the names and Cliffords Field ..................................36 pictures of the new Council. By the next Media Savvy Course .......................40 issue we should know the names of the two Terry Powell .................................... 41 Councillors co-opted to the two vacancies Haydon Artists ................................42 in Haydon End Ward. Leaving Abuse ................................45 London Marathon ............................46 We don’t have the usual committee reports, Haydon Wick Bowls Club ................ 47 but we have published the reports from the Justin Tomlinson MP .......................49 Annual Assembly held on the 19th of March. Railway ...........................................52 Grass cutting and hedge cutting figures a lot SBC Councillors ..............................54 in our discussions; on pages 28/29 & 36/37 Puzzle Page ....................................56 we have two articles explaining why we Haydon Wick Parish Council Members .........................................57 should have a bit of wilderness in our Parish. Who Does What ..............................58 We are back on the map (well road sign), What's on in Haydon Wick ..............59 having been missed off the new signs, Important Numbers ......................... 61 Haydon Wick has now been re-added. Now serving Communities of Oakhurst, Keep your letter, emails etc coming. Taw Hill, Priory Vale, Haydon View, Haydon Bye for now. Wick Village, Abbey Meads, Haydonleigh, Haydon End, Greenmeadow, Pembroke Park, Woodhall Park and Western Moredon. Front cover picture ‘John Fuller’ www.haydonwick.gov.uk 3 Haydon Wick Community Bus Review Haydon Wick’s Community Bus service is subsidised by the Parish Council and driven by volunteer drivers. It provides door to door transport for the elderly and disabled residents of the Parish. The service includes regular trips to local shops, local groups and day trips. The bus is also available for private appointments or bookings for organised trips, subject to driver availability. The Parish Council would like to understand how the current bus service is being used and how we can make it a better service for our residents. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey (pages 5 & 6) and return it to the Parish Office on Thames Avenue. The Parish Council will review all the feedback and an update will be available in the summer. The information we collect from you is meant for internal use only and will not be shared with third parties. For further information on our privacy policy please contact the Clerk or visit the Haydon Wick Parish Council website. Your input into the review is important to help shape and protect the future of the community bus service. Graham Witts Motor Repairs • Full recovery and repair service, M.O.T.’s arranged • Mobile service... we come to you • Free collection and delivery • All work guaranteed – Reasonable rates Telephone: 01793 723544 Mobile 07790 098859 ✁ 4 Please answer the following questions: Q1: Which area in the Parish do you live in? Haydon Wick Abbey Meads Greenmeadow Moredon Haydon End Q2: How often have you used the Community Bus service? Just Once At least once a month At least once a week I have never used the Community Bus If you have never used the bus can you say why? _________________________ Q3: Why have you used the Community Bus? (please tick all that apply) To visit friends or family To go to work / to volunteer To go shopping To go to an appointment To have a day out (Theatre, Cinema, Lunch) To access walking routes Other (please specify) ________________________________________________ Q4: Without this service, what would you have done? Travelled by own car Travelled by bus Travelled by taxi Travelled by patient transport Travelled with relative / friend Would not have been able to attend or cancelled the appointment Other (please specify) ________________________________________________ ✁ 5 Q5: How satisfied were you with the service you received on your last journey? 1 = Poor 2 3 = Moderate 4 5 = Excellent Q6: How likely are you to use the service again? 1 = Never 2 3 4 5 = Definitely Please can you explain the reason for your answer/rating? _______________________________________________________________________ Q7: We would like to find out if residents using the bus service have found it beneficial – and why. Please could you tell us what benefits there are to you personally? You can choose as many options as you like, or add another reason: Convenience Reduces the amount of money I have to spend on transport Improved emotional wellbeing Improved physical health No specific benefit Other (please specify) ________________________________________________ Q8: How could we improve the Community Bus service? _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Q9: Which age category you fit into? Q10: What is your gender? Up to 65 years Male 66 – 71 years Female 72 – 76 years Trans gendered 77+ years Trans sexual Rather not say Rather not say HAYDON WICK PARISH COUNCIL, THAMES AVENUE, SWINDON, SN25 1QQ ✁ 6 Introducing Our Office Staff Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer Georgina Morgan-Denn BA(Hons) PSLCC Email: [email protected] • Telephone number: 01793 722446 Administration Assistants Laura Cutter and Sandra Kelly Email: [email protected] • Telephone number: 01793 722446 ✁ 7 Annual assembly 19th March 2019 Report from Chairman of the Council Linda Brown Introduction Normally just the Chairman of the Parish holds the meeting but, as in the past, I’m Welcome, ladies and gentlemen sharing the responsibility with the Vice- to this year’s Annual Assembly. chair, Cllr McDermott and the Chair of This is one of the meetings each year that Policy and Finance, Cllr Callen. Sarah will we are legally required to hold between be covering Community Engagement and 1st March and 1st June. For the future aspirations, Sue will be dealing with newcomers, it is best described as the the precept. annual shareholders meeting where the Final Months in Office Directors (we, the Councillors) tell the shareholders (you, the residents) what As we approach election day, I am keenly we've done, what we want to do and to give aware of this may be, for some, their last a brief financial overview. As this is an few months in office. I know that some of election year for all the HW councillors, this us will not be standing again for election. meeting needs to be held before 2nd May For many years this Council has been this year, just in case the people sat up justifiably proud of being apolitical. Yes, here aren’t re-elected, especially as this some of our councillors are card-carrying meeting has to be called by the Chairman members of various political parties. But of the Parish Council. on the whole, those party affiliations remain outside the door. Most councillors If any votes are taken at this meeting, they are here for the benefit of their are not binding on the Parish Council communities not their political parties. although we should consider them at the next relevant meeting of the Council. Only The elections put some tacit constraints registered electors can vote on an issue. on the workings of the Parish Council and especially the councillors. It is frowned Due to the informality of the meeting, upon to use our position to promote registered electors, including councillors, ourselves during this period over possible may ask questions of the Council, which we candidates