Community, Parish Council & Village
Following the resignation of two councillors, West Bergholt Parish Council currently has vacancies. Would you make a good parish councillor? Why not visit the next full council meeting on 26th January at 7:30 pm in the Orpen Hall; you will be able to see our councillors working for you. Contact the Parish Clerk – Laura Walkingshaw – at [email protected] for more details if interested,.
The Environment & Highways Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 11th November 2021 with topics including:
Last year’s Giant Advent Calendar windows trail was so successful St Mary’s thought they would do it again for 2021! The idea is for 24 windows around the village to be decorated with a scene from the Christmas story, with 1 new window being revealed each day in December, up until Christmas Eve.
The video below shows the amazing designs people created last year (speakers on):
If you would like your house or business to be part of this year’s calendar, please contact [email protected] by Thursday 25 November. You can use an upstairs or downstairs window, as long as it is visible from the road.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) operates a specialist centre to coordinate on all matters related to County Lines. They have identified Essex as a county where there is limited awareness of the signs of exploitation of children by County Lines groups.
To address this a webinar has been prepared for parents with little or no understanding of what exploitation looks like. All parents will have access to it.
Continue reading “What do you know about County Lines?”
Festival Field 2022 is the working title for next year’s Village Fete. Planned to take place on 4th June 2022 it will be closely linked to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations with the beacon lighting on 2nd June. Planning started in September with a group of parish councillors and members of the public sharing ideas. Their outline plans for Festival Field include:
Sporting plans so far include:
Continue reading “Planning for Festival Field 2022”
Not normally known to go together, enjoying Mulled Wine & seasonal treats followed with a visit to Active Essex’s website. Why not?
The next Local History Group meeting focuses on Colchester’s Victorian water tower, Jumbo. Andrew Crayston, a Trustee of the Colchester & North East Essex Building Preservation Trust, will lead the talk. You will hear about the past & future of the Balkerne water tower, affectionately referred to as Jumbo. There are some useful links below to find out more about Jumbo.
UPDATE: read the meeting report here.
The meeting will take place on November 10th in Orpen Hall starting at 7:30 pm. Members & non-members are welcome for £2 and £5 respectively (membership £10 per year). Please email the group at [email protected] if you want to attend; the group will then be able to keep you informed if there are any last minute changes to the meeting.
Revd Heather Wilcox introducing herself kicks off this, November, edition there is also news on:
Continue reading “St Mary’s Welcomes Revd Heather Edition”
The Environment & Highways Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 14th October 2021 with topics including:
Current legislation limits Energy prices to a ‘capped’ amount but we know that this cap increases over time to reflect wholesale costs of energy sources (which are soaring right now). There are some things, though, that you can do to mitigate this to some extent. The following has been prepared by the Planning & Development Committee to give you some options.
There are many ways to save money, some simply require an adjustment to the way you use these supplies, others require significant investment. What follows tries to guide you through these possible solutions in increasing orders of cost.