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St Oswald & Llanymynech Local Joint Committee

PRESS RELEASE issued by Shropshire Council 

The St Oswald & Llanymynech Local Joint Committee covers the parishes of Oswestry Rural, Llanyblodwel, Llanymynech & Pant, Knockin, Kinnerley and Melverley. All people living in these areas are invited to attend the committee's meetings. 

 

9 June 2010 

Funding provides boost to community groups 

Llanyblodwel's village newsletter is set to increase its circulation after receiving almost £500 of funding from the area's Local Joint Committee. 

At its meeting last month, the St Oswald and Llanymynech Local Joint Committee (LJC) agreed to award £489.88 to The Messenger newsletter to cover printing and postage costs for the next 12 months. 

The newsletter was one of several community and voluntary groups in the Kinnerley, Knockin, Melverley and Llanymynech areas to receive funding from the committee's last round of funding.  

Other community groups receiving funding from the committee in May included:

  • Maesbrook village hall - awarded £269 for signage and water heaters
  • Cruse Bereavement care - awarded £1500 towards training and supervision costs for volunteers working in rural parishes.
  • Morton Minors - awarded £950 to spend on music, keyboards and percussion instruments for children's choir.

 

On behalf of The Messenger newsletter, Becky Hunt said: "We would like to thank the committee very much for giving us funding. It will help support our printing and distribution costs and enable the circulation to be increased to reach a wider audience as demand arises.  

"This is a widespread parish and The Messenger has been a good way to bring people together via the various charity events and group activities. Just the other week over 150 people joined friends and neighbours here for the annual Big Breakfast! Part of the charm of the newsletter is that it is hand delivered by a team of volunteers and it is free." 

Ron Argyle, Chairman of Llanyblodwel Parish Council said "The Messenger has become invaluable to the council as a vehicle to pass on information about current projects and initiatives." 

Councillor Arthur Walpole, Chairman of the St Oswald and Llanymynech Local Joint Committee, said: "I'm delighted that funding from the committee is proving so valuable in helping local community groups with their important work in this area. I encourage other groups in need of funding to send in their applications before our next deadline, and look forward to announcing the next successful bids at our next meeting in July." 

Groups wishing to apply for up to £2000 from the LJC's current round of funding are being reminded that they must do so by Monday 14 June.  

The successful bids will be announced at the committee's next meeting on Tuesday 20 July at 7pm, at Melverley Village Hall.  

Application forms and guidance on requesting funding can be found at www.shropshire.gov.uk/ communityworking or by calling 01939 237413. 

Residents asked to name important local issues 

Residents living in the parishes of Oswestry Rural, Kinnerley, Knockin, Llanyblodwel, Melverley, and Llanymynech and Pant are being asked to name the local issues that are of most interest or concern to them. 

A survey is being carried out by the area's Local Joint Committee (LJC) to help ensure that the subjects covered at its meetings in the next year are those that people feel are most important. 

The St Oswald and Llanymynech LJC meets four times every year and gives local people the chance to find out more, and have their say, about local issues. 

Councillor Arthur Walpole, Chairman of the St Oswald and Llanymynech Local Joint Committee, said: "We are currently planning our meetings for the next year, and we want to be sure that we discuss things that matter to local people. In the past we have discussed a wide range of issues that people told us were important to them, and we want to do the same again this year to ensure that our meetings remain relevant and interesting." 

The survey - which can be found on the Shropshire Council website at www.shropshire.gov.uk/ stoswaldsurvey - is asking people what they like most, and least, about living in their area; what they think are the most important issues in the area at the moment; and what they think could or should be done to improve the area. 

They are also being asked what would make them more likely to attend a meeting of the LJC in future 

People are asked to complete and submit the survey by Friday 16 July. 

Responses will be considered at the next meeting of the St Oswald and Llanymynech Local Joint Committee on Tuesday 20 July at Melverley Village Hall. The meeting starts at 7pm and all local people are invited to attend. 

Items discussed by the LJC in the past year at the suggestion of local people have included highways and road safety, affordable local housing, local health services, dog fouling, local tourism, waste and recycling, footpaths and funding for older children. 
For more information contact Gareth Proffitt, Communications Officer. Tel (01743) 252828 

Shropshire Council community regeneration officer, Debbie Marais, can offer support and guidance to groups wishing to apply for grants from the LJC as well as other sources of funding.  Call 01939 237413. 

  

PRESS RELEASE issued by Shropshire Council

15 July 2010

Meeting to ask for views on council spending plans

Residents living in the parishes of Oswestry Rural, Kinnerley, Knockin, Llanyblodwel, Melverley, and Llanymynech and Pant will next week be able to find out more about the scale of the cuts Shropshire Council will have to make, and the implications for the way the council does things in the future.

Members of Shropshire Council's Cabinet will be attending the St Oswald & Llanymynech Local Joint Committee meeting on Tuesday (20 July) as part of an extensive consultation into the council's budget. As well as making a presentation, they will also be inviting suggestions from local people about how the council should spend its money.

The meeting will be held at Melverley Village Hall. Doors open at 6.30pm for a chance to talk to local councillors, and the meeting proper begins at 7pm.

There will also be a presentation on the new Shropshire Council-led Flood Forum and how local people can feed in their views to this.

The meeting will also consider responses to an online survey which is asking people what they like most, and least, about living in their area; what they think are the most important issues in the area at the moment; and what they think could or should be done to improve the area. The survey can be found on the Shropshire Council website at www.shropshire.gov.uk/stoswaldsurvey.

Decisions will be made about applications for funding from round two of the LJC's community fund.

Councillor Arthur Walpole, Chairman of the St Oswald and Llanymynech Local Joint Committee, said: "The council is facing some difficult decisions about how to spend its budget in the coming year. I urge all local people to come along to this meeting to find out more, and to tell us what they think the council's spending priorities should be."

The budget consultation will last into the autumn, and the council will be providing various ways for people to make their voices heard.  This will include a "budget simulator" on the council's website where people can propose their own budget, based on the services that are important to them. There will also be a public event in September, to which residents will be invited so they can have their say.  People will be able to make suggestions and comments in a variety of ways before, during and after the event.

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