Youth Service Threat
We are disturbed to hear of the proposed reduction in
funding for the Youth Service in Warwickshire. Councillor David Johnston, one
of our County Councillors, is equally concerned. He writes,
“There is a proposal being put forward by the current
leadership of the Council that the County should cease the whole of the Youth
Service. Some provision may be outsourced with reduced budgets.
If that is not amended it can only mean that the existing few hours of service
funded by the County Council will end. Several people from the Parish Church
have expressed great concern. Clearly savings have to be made but this is an
important service, not for its buildings, but the personal relationships which
the Youth Service staff has with young people, frequently young people who
other services find hard to reach. I fear also that this will be a false
economy because the lack of this sort of preventative service, will mean that
the only way some young people will be able to access the support they need
will be by becoming in need of more formal family support, or even police
action, as a result of antisocial behaviour or crime.
The Youth Service was closed some years ago, and the present service has been
rebuilt in subsequent years. Whilst reductions have to made, I shall argue for
a more targeted service, and investment in training and support for volunteer
youth leaders, and seek to rebuild the service as resources become available as
the economy turns round.”
These short sighted proposals will have a devastating effect on the hard working
staff and volunteers as well as the young people they serve. There is no doubt
that bureaucracy, waste and inefficiency should be tackled before the Council
consider cutting services to the more vulnerable members of our society.
So make your feelings known,
lobby all your Councillors and our MP.
USEFUL CONTACTS ARE:-
Cllr Alan Farnell, The Chairman of Warwickshire County Council,
20 Woodcote Avenue, Nuneaton, 024 7634 8849,
e-mail cllrfarnell@warwickshire.gov.uk
Cllrs Stephen Gray & Sue Wixey,
Chairman & Vice-chairman of the District Council,
e-mail stephen.gray@stratford-dc.gov.uk
sue.wixey@stratford-dc.gov.uk
Member of Parliament
Jeremy Wright,
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Constituency Office 01926 859125,
e-mail wrightjp@parliament.uk
and, of course, David Johnston, Chairman of our Parish Council, at the Council Offices, School Road,
e-mail davwjohnston@hotmail.com .
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An Interview with the Blooms
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Alan (John Tompkins) Carr's
audience with the Wellesbourne Blooms, brought an amazing six months of a
calendar in the making to a resounding climax. “Alan” was welcomed by a room
filled to capacity — Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor certainly took second
place on this particular Saturday evening.
After a re-run of the film “With
a little help from my friends”, “Alan's” entrance on set was brilliantly
received. His guests, who sipped champagne on studio couches, gave an
entertaining banter, with humour and good fun. Adrian and Jane Cure spoke of
their fund raising projects for the James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer, which
for 2010 has topped £15,000. Again, there were humorous clips of
the couple, brought to life in
“Alan's” superbly written script and directed by Rachel McArthur. David Clarke,
on the other hand with the aid of two videographers, controlled the screen
clips via monitors and vision mixer.
The climax of the evening was
the interviewing of three calendar girls, including Wellesbourne's Post
Mistress Karen Pettigrew, who arrived on set in a car mechanic's overall and
wellington boots. She invited Alan (J.T.) Carr to peel off her overall and
wellies to reveal a glamorous evening dress and her Miss October 2011 sash!
All in all, it was a brilliant
production raising a further £760 towards the James Whale Fund for Kidney
Cancer and there are still calendars available at £10 each (phone 01789
470194).
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people
appear bright until you hear them speak.
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County Council gets
Ready for Winter
Warwickshire
County Council is enlisting a team of Voluntary Snow Wardens for the first time
this year as part of its preparations for winter.
After two severe winters, the county council has stepped up its resilience to
the weather by stockpiling 14,000 tonnes of salt, five thousand more than
previous years.
The introduction of Voluntary Snow Wardens from parishes will keep residents
informed at a local level and assist with implementing Warwickshire's Severe
Weather Plan by planning and responding to the demands of the situation.
Another improvement to the service will be ensuring that customers are kept
informed and signposted to the up-to-date gritting news, road temperatures and
weather forecasts on the Warwickshire County Council website at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/gritting .
County Highways operates 26 gritters and replenishes 1,700 Parish-owned grit bins across the county.
The correct answer is that you jump
into the river and swim across. All the crocodiles are attending the Animal
Meeting remember? Obviously you're not quite with it. Haven't you been
listening? This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to Anderson Consulting
Worldwide, around 90% of the Professionals they tested got all questions wrong,
but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says
this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains
of a four-year-old.
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