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Following the success of the event last year, Radcliffe
on Trent Parish Council is to stage another village Pride Day on
Saturday July 31.
Volunteers are being sought to join local councillors for an
organised litter pick and clean up session in the village, with
the event being based at The Grange. Volunteers will be asked to
join councillors at 10am to go off into the village for an hour
to pick up litter and weeds etc.
Everyone taking part will be provided with gloves, a litter
‘snatcher’ and a black bag for the rubbish collected.
Coffee and biscuits will be served in The Grange for those
returning after their 60-minute collecting stint, with the black
sacks being returned to the start point from where they will be
collected by the Rushcliffe Borough Council Streetwise team.
Efforts are being made to form a
local group to stage a
Greening Campaign in Radcliffe.
The parish council is facilitating the
initial move and one meeting has already been held.
What is a
Greening Campaign?
Well, it is
an initiative that encourages communities to come together and
make a difference to the environment within the local community.
The Greening Campaign joins individuals, groups, councils,
schools and government together in a joint programme that is
simple and very effective - more info on
www.greening-campaign.co.uk/About.html
The parish
council is supporting the launch of a Greening Campaign, and
have agreed to facilitate the formation of a group, along with
the support of Nigel Hamshere of the Greening Campaign.
In order to
take the initiative forward a public meeting has been called on
Thursday October 14 when it is hoped to form a group of
volunteers. This will hopefully involve all
aspects and groups of our communities including schools,
businesses, voluntary groups and residents of Radcliffe.
The
latest edition of the popular parish council newsletter is out
and is available for download from the website. To get an
electronic copy of the 8-page magazine please
click here
The village has been placed in the
top four for Section A in the first round of this year’s Notts Best Kept Village
Competition, organised by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
The parish council is appealing to householders
and business owners to play a part and keep their frontages neat
and tidy.
The competition is organised annually and
judging in the final round has taken place
with a different set of judges from the first round and we await
their decision.
Thursday August 12 is the date of
this year’s Summer Fun Day organised by the parish council and
taking place in the grounds of Grange Hall.
The theme for 2010 is Heroes and the
people who provide emergency services in the village — police,
fire and ambulance — will be represented. There will be an
appearance of the mounted police.
The event will begin at 10.30am and
admission will again be just £1 for adults and children free.
Refreshments will be served in Grange Hall. There will be trade
stalls and applications for these can be made to the council
office on 0115 933 5808.
The Dayncourt group of
schools in Radcliffe and Cotgrave is aiming to award unsung
people in the community.
A scheme ‘Every Child matters’ will honour
those people who strive to support children and young people to
do the best they can.
There are two awards to be won — one is
for anyone under 16, the other is for anyone 16 and over. Both
awards have the same aim which is to celebrate and acknowledge
members of the communities
who go the extra mile to help children and
young people achieve their goals.
Nominations for the awards are being
sought and these will be presented by BBC Midlands weatherman
Des Coleman at the Communities Together Fun Day on Saturday,
September 25, in the grounds of Grange Hall.
On Sunday September 12, Carlton Brass Band will be
entertaining visitors to the grounds of The Grange with a summer
concert.
Admission will be £5.00 and the concert will start at 3pm.
There will be a bar in Grange Hall and should the weather be
unkind the event will take place in the hall.
This is the first summer band concert staged by the parish
council and it is hoped it will be the forerunner to others.
Further details including tickets sales will be announced soon.
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to download the parish council's Annual Report 2009
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download the parish council's Annual Report 2010
Plans have been finalised for a
visit next year to Grange Hall by the internationally famous
singing group The Searchers. The show will be taking place on
the evening of Sunday April 3, 2011.
Tickets reservations at £20.00 each can be
made to the parish council office on 0115 933 5808.
The group, who were formed 48 years ago,
have just completed a highly successful tour of Australia and
the USA. The Searchers are one of the few British pop groups who
have maintained their position at the top for well over 45
years. Second only to The Beatles as Liverpool's finest 60's
group, they are the most underrated British band to emerge
during the Mersey beat era.
Rushcliffe Borough Council has introduced a Controlled Drinking Zone for Radcliffe. The Order does not stop
drinking on the street or café/pub forecourts but gives the police the power to
order it to be stopped and/or to confiscate the drink in question. It also gives
them power to take drink from people carrying it in the street if they are
suspected to be under the influence of alcohol or going to consume it in a
public place. The order covers all the grounds of the parish council. Currently
police officers can only arrest people for being drunk and disorderly. The new
order would allow them to confiscate alcohol and arrest or fine anyone who fails
to co-operate. The Order has now been confirmed by the full Borough Council.
The council is receiving more and more complaints over the
nuisance of dog fouling, particularly on the Cliff Top area, and
wishes to confirm it has a zero tolerance attitude towards these
incidents and will not hesitate to take action against offending
dog owners.
The
council appeals to residents to assist us in this matter both by
ensuring they pick up any mess left by the dog or acting as an
observer and report to us any incident they see. The council
will seek assistance from Rushcliffe Borough Council in taking
the necessary action against a dog owner who fails to clear up
any mess left by their animal.
Pc Steve Mathias is the Police Beat
Manager for Radcliffe-on-Trent. His contacted details are as follows:
On-duty mobile: 07525 226687
Phone: 0115
940 0999 ext 6570
Pc Mathias is assisted by PCSO Matthew Adcock who can be
contacted on the following numbers:
On-duty Mobile: 07525226455
Phone: 0115
940 0999 ext 6570
Residents are being invited to report any problems in the
parish that they feel require attention by using the
"REPORT-A-PROBLEM" forms. These can be downloaded here or could
be obtained from the parish council office on request.
To
download a PDF version of the form please
click here
To
download a WORD DOC version of the form please
click here
The WORD DOC file
could be saved on your computer and emailed to
clerk@rotpc.com after
completion. The PDF version only allows to be printed off and
will need handing in to the parish council office.
A Civil Ceremonies Licence for Grange Hall has been obtained
which makes the building now
fully licensed for
Civil Ceremonies – such as weddings and naming ceremonies – and bookings are now being
taken for future events of that kind. For further information
contact Yvonne at the Council office.
All meetings of the Parish Council and its Committees are
open to members of the public and there are agenda items on each
allowing them to take part.
A number
of residents have attended recent meetings of the council and
this has been welcomed. Notices of the meetings are posted on
the village notice boards and on this web-site under Meetings.
Information can of course also be obtained from the Council
office where the email address is
clerk@rotpc.com
RUSHCLIFFE BOROUGH COUNCIL
would welcome
input from local organisers of dates of events to be included in
their Rushcliffe Reports Publication. Entries are welcome via
http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/yourevents
All
organisations
in Radcliffe are invited to make use of a display cabinet in the
foyer at Grange Hall for their own use from time to time.
The cabinet has been provided by the Radcliffe Twinning
Association and is available free to use for village
organisations. Ask at the Council office for available dates.
A permanent
display of old pictures of Radcliffe — as well as some modern
ones — is on display in the Trent Room of
Grange Hall.
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