Friday 3rd August 2012Ferryhill & Chilton Chapter Issue 584 Page 1

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Ferryhill Town Council and the Friends of Surtees Doorstep Green were cel-ebrating this week after

being informed that the Town Council had been awarded a grant of £10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.

The grant will be used to provide an outdoor fitness area with six different pieces of gym equipment. Installation is expected to take place as early as next week, which will enable young people to enjoy the new facility during the school holidays.The grant will also enable a small celebration event to be organised on the site. The Surtees Doorstep Green has been hugely successful this year with a grant also being secured from Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK to enable wildflower plugs and seeds to be planted at the Doorstep Green together with the installation of bird, bat and hedgehog boxes.The Surtees Doorstep Green has also recently secured Green Flag status for the second consecu-tive year.Outdoor Fitness equipment will be

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The Friends of Surtees Doorstep Green and Ferryhill Town Council have re-ceived £10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to develop an outdoor fitness area on the Doorstep Green site.

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Chapter gains CIC status!The Chapter is delighted to announce that our umbrella organisation, The Community Newspaper Support Association Ltd, has gained Community Interest Company Status (CIC). For those who are unaware, The Chapter has two sister papers; The Shildon & District Town Crier and The Bishop Press, and they are all produced under the Community Newspaper Support banner, which will now be know as Community Newspaper Support CIC.Community interest companies are a type of limited company designed specifically for those wishing to operate for the benefit of the community, rather than for the benefit of the owners of the company.CICs have a statutory “asset lock” to prevent the assets and profits being distrib-uted, except as permitted

by legislation. This ensures the assets and profits are retained within the CIC for community purposes, or transferred to another asset-locked organisation, such as another CIC or charity.Chapter, Crier and Bishop Press Editor, Stephanie Ellis said, “We are absolutely delighted to have been granted CIC status. “We have always been a not-for-profit company, however this legally enshrines our status and underlines our ongoing commitment to the community. “Our three newspapers are popular in their respective communities because they provide the kind of local service that is generally overlooked by the larger, profit-oriented papers. “Any income we make always goes back into providing the type of intimate service a local community needs.”

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ideas are being brought to fruition.“The new equipment will be a welcome addition to the Doorstep Green which demonstrates just what can be achieved when the Town Council and local community work in part-nership together. “On behalf of both the Town Council and the Friends group I would like to say a huge thank you to the Big Lottery which has made this project possible.”

Outdoor fitness equipment

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The Mayor of Chilton, Councillor Elizabeth Bruce and her consort, Councillor Alan Bruce would like to invite readers to their next fundraising event.The Mayor’s Charity Evening will be held on Friday, 12th October at Chilton Workingmen’s Club from 7pm–11pm in the concert hall. Throughout the evening there will be live music by solo artist ‘Larry’ and group the ‘Stone Cutters’.

Tickets are £3 per person and are available in advance from Chilton Town Council and Chilton Workingmen’s Club. Alter-natively it will be possible to pay on the door on the night. All monies raised on the evening are in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance plus another charity still to be confirmed.For further details, telephone Chilton Town Council on 01388 721788.

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Sedgefield & District Citizens Advice Bureau has announced that funding has once again been confirmed for advice sessions in Sure Start Centres across our area.The sessions are open on a drop-in basis for parents and carers of children under school age along with any ‘parents-to-be’.The local session is available at the Children’s Centre in Dean Bank, Ferryhill, every Tuesday

from 1pm-2.30pm.Pauline Chambers, Chief Officer at the CAB said, “Our Sure Start sessions have always been well used in the past and we are delighted to be able to offer them again, thanks to funding from Durham County Council. “We look forward to being able to help families directly in their communi-ties once more.“Drop-in and see us and we will be happy to help you.”

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Community stalwart Margaret Taylor’s stomach was jumping at the thought of her royal ap-pointment.Margaret, 66, lives in Chilton and was nominated for a Durham County Council chairman’s medal for her work within the local community. The mother of four and grand-mother of three set up a community house in the town in 1998 when Chilton was still a village.Fourteen years later the building is the hub of the community and serves as a first stop shop for everyone’s needs providing coffee mornings, advice sessions and a food co-operative.

Area Action Partnership coordinator Lee Copeland, housing provider Livin and members of the local community got together to nominate Margaret for the chairman’s medal and all of the nominees from across the county were invited to Palace Green for Her Majesty’s royal visit. Margaret’s dedication was further recognised when she was picked out to then take part in the line up to meet Her Majesty and Prince Phillip.Margaret said: “It felt like there was nothing available in 1998 when the project started. All of a sudden we had this facility and it gave us something

to aim for, something better for the village and something to get excited about.“Now we have a community worker on hand to offer advice and a coffee morning which 20 people regularly come to as well as family history sessions and a food co-op. You don’t know who is going to come through the door but we try to help everyone in any way that we can.“It was incredible to meet the Queen, certainly not something you do every day. My stomach was jumping, Prince Phillip even said well done for my work within the community!”

By Royal Appointment for Margaret

Margaret Taylor is joined by her nominators, including AAP coordinator, Lee Copeland, outside the community house Margaret originally set up in 1998 to assist the Chilton community.

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Police in County Durham are appealing for a young man who has gone missing to contact his family.Eighteen-year-old Kelvin Bradley has not returned to his home in Cleves Close, Ferryhill, since going out with friends in Newcastle on Saturday night.

Chief Inspector Graham Milne said: “Kelvin’s family are very worried about him as it is completely out of character for him not to return home, or to maintain contact with them. Also, he loves his job, but has not been into work at the graphic design company he is employed at in Hartlepool and, again, that is unusual. “I would urge Kelvin to contact his parents, or the police, so we can be reassured he is safe and well.”Chief Inspector Milne said enquiries suggested Kelvin was in the vicinity

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Ferryhill Town Council has organised for Noel Brookes the Magician to visit Ferryhill Library to perform his magic on Tuesday 7th August 2012, 2pm - 3pm. Noel has been keeping local children en-tertained for many years

in Ferryhill during the school holidays with his magic show. This session is suitable for children aged from 3 years to 11 years and is free of charge, so why not take your children along and join in the fun.

A free leaflet advertising the programme of events organised by Ferryhill Town Council in partner-ship with Ferryhill Branch Library for the 2012 school holidays is now available from the Town Hall and Ferryhill Library.

Children’s entertainment at Ferryhill Library

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LettersHave your say...

Dear Editor,

It is pleasing that we can now report that further progress has been made in relation to the opening of the Ferryhill Community Hub. The sport-based education and training organisation, ‘Seconds Out’, are very busy fitting out the rooms they are to use and an agreement has been reached which could see the Bar Bistro opening at the beginning of September. Arrangements for fitness through dancing activities are now well advanced and the Ferryhill Bowls Club are to begin their summer/autumn programme at the beginning of August. Bookings for the large Sports Hall can now be made by contacting Councillor Brian Gibson on 01740 652743. Anyone who has previously stated that they would like to play 5-a-side football in the hall should now make a formal booking. Membership fees have been agreed with the full membership being set at £25 per annum (less than 50p per week) and a social membership, for those seeking nothing more than an occasional visit to the Bar Bistro, being set at £5 per annum. Membership fees will be accepted on Friday mornings throughout August in the Hub from 9am onwards. Alternatively payments can be made to either Dave Farry or Brian Gibson. Finally, we would like to thank everyone who has given their support to this project over the past 14 months. It has been both a frustrating and difficult journey. This is now YOUR facility, please use it and help us to look after it.

Yours sincerely, Dave Farry, Brian Gibson and Paul Mountford.

Ferryhill Town Council was celebrating this week after being informed that it had been awarded five Green Flag awards. The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales. The

award scheme began in 1996 as a means of recog-nising and rewarding the best green spaces in the country. It was also seen as a way of encourag-ing others to achieve the same high environmental standards, creating a

benchmark of excellence in recreational green areas. The Green Flag Award Scheme is managed in the UK by a consortium, comprising Keep Britain Tidy, The Conserva-tion Volunteers and

Town Council celebrates after picking up five Green Flag Awards

Mainsforth Sports Complex is one of Ferryhill Town Council’s five Green Flag award-winning spaces.

GreenSpace. This year Ferryhill Town Council was awarded Green Flag status for Mainsforth Sports Complex, Duncombe Cemetery, Dean Bank Recreation Park, the Surtees Doorstep Green and King George V Playing Fields (Broom Rec).In addition to the five facilities receiving Green Flag status, the Town Council also provides many other community facilities and services including a youth café, allotments, flowerbeds, public toilets, market, street furniture and many local events including an annual Summer Gala and Christmas Fayre.Communities Minister, Andrew Stunell said: “Great parks and green spaces have a huge impact on local commu-nities, providing places to play and relax as well as bringing generations together in a variety of ways. They are fundamen-tal to our quality of life,

whether in cities, towns or villages, and the Green Flag Award scheme seeks to help raise the standards of them all. The many excellent stories coming from the scheme prove what communities and volunteers can achieve by working together with professionals in our green spaces. Well done to all those involved in creating these inspirational places for everyone to enjoy.”Paul Todd, Green Flag Award Scheme Manager, said: “We are thrilled to announce yet another record-breaking year for Green Flag Award parks and green spaces. A Green Flag Award provides national recognition for the achievements of all those whose hard work and dedication has helped to create these fantastic places for all to enjoy. “I must also thank all this year’s 800+ volunteer judges for their magnifi-cent efforts in assessing an astounding number of applications.”

Dear Editor,

At Ferryhill Station, near the Commercial Hotel, there is a grass triangle around a triangular flowerbed where three trees have thrived for many years.

Two of those trees bear blossom every year to the delight of the local people.

This year, however, the flowerbed looks dead with not even a weed after all the heavy rain.

The two blossom trees look as if they are dying, their twigs are easy to snap off.

If this is all down to nature then we have to accept it, but if this flowerbed has been sprayed with a strong solution of weed killer, strong enough to produce an adverse effect on the trees, then there is something wrong.

Time will tell.

Yours sincerely, Albert Curle,Ferryhill.

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The staff at B & M Bargains recently held a raffle to raise funds for the Ferryhill Senior Citizens’ Trip. The raffle was drawn on Saturday 21st July and the fantastic amount of £395 was raised towards the cost of the trip, Councillor Mel Brown added £5 to make the total £400.Councillor Peter Atkinson, portfolio holder for events said “I would like to thank Mel and staff of B & M for

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There are two new junior displays at Chilton Library.The first is called ‘Summer Reads’, which includes the book ‘Six Words and a Wish’ by Karen McCombie: Ever since Jem’s sister Gracie ran away from home, Jem’s wondered whether she’s to blame. Something she said to Gracie before she disap-pearance is preying on her mind - Jem couldn’t be the reason behind her vanishing, could she? But one summer, a series of strangely spooky coinci-dences make Jem wonder if there’s more to Gracie’s disappearance than she thought... Can Jem find out the real story behind Gracie going? And will her big sister ever come home?The second display is a non-fiction collection of books all about encour-aging children to cook. The display includes the book ‘Even More Revolting Recipes’ by Roald Dahl:

This disgusterously delicious collection of recipes from the books of Roald Dahl features such dainty delights as Boiled Slobbages, Glumptious Globgobblers, Nishnob-blers, Plushnuggets and many, many more. With wonderful witty illustra-tions from Quentin Blake, mouth-watering photo-graphs from Jan Baldwin and an introduction from Felicity Dahl, it is a marvellous treat for Dahl fans and discerning chefs everywhere.“With new stock arriving, now is a good time to come along to the library and take a Spoken Word in either CD or tape format,” said a library spokesper-son, adding, “There is a charge of £1.25 for a three week issue or free for concessionary borrowers. Come along to the library and have a look.”The programmes of free events at Chilton library for summer 2012 are:

Summer at Chilton Library Reading Challenge: Monday, 23rd July until Saturday, 11th August, and Lucky Dip: from Monday, 13th August until Saturday, 1st September.In addition, there is a Cancer Awareness and Early Detection display available to view within the adult non-fiction area until Monday 13th August.There are three craft events coming up, each of which has a 50p charge:Thursday, 2nd August: Decorating Bangles; Thursday, 9th August: Designing Masks; and Thursday, 16th August: Designing Flags.There will be a Magic Show on Thursday, 23rd August, with Charlie the Magician. There is a 50p charge to see the show.A library spokesperson said that booking is essential and must be made in advance. More details are available from the library, or by calling 01740 651236.

Are you a member of Generation 1992?The European Commission is calling on young people born in 1992 – the year the single European market was launched – to enter a competition, with prizes including a trip to Brussels, Inter-rail passes, cameras and iPods up for grabs.To enter young people must creatively express what it means to them to be part of the single European community, where there is free movement of people, goods and

services between member countries.They can enter by writing an article or submitting photographs, cartoons, videos or even apps for mobile devices.Entries must follow one of four themes – education and citizenship; jobs and entrepreneurship; culture and leisure; and consumers and the environment.Europe Direct North East, which is hosted by Durham County Council, is promoting the compe-tition in the region on behalf of the European

Calling all members of Generation 1992

Commission.Brian Stobie, Europe Direct manager at Durham County Council, said: “This is a chance for young people to get creative and express what it means to them to be part of a wider community.”Full details can be found at www.generation1992.eu/en or by contacting Europe Direct North East on 0191 383 3448 or europe.direct@durham.gov.uk Entries must be submitted online by midday on 9th September 2012.

Kirk Watson will return before magistrates at Newton Aycliffe on 15th August having been released on unconditional bail. The 23-year-old, of Darlington Road, Ferryhill, had previously pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal damage and another of assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty, in Shildon, on 14th July. At around 5pm that day, a witness watched from his vehicle as Watson behaved erratically before punching the wing mirror of a parked car, the owner of which, was known to the witness. The witness contacted the owner and both men followed Watson, who tried to gain entry to a house in Laurel Grove but was refused access, before they approached him and asked why he had caused the criminal damage.Watson replied by offering to fight and so the police were called. The officer attending then called for

further assistance and a caged vehicle arrived.Watson resisted officers’ efforts to get him into the van and spat twice, on the second occasion into an officer’s face. He was taken to Bishop Auckland Police Station where, in interview, Watson stated that he had been drinking with six other males since about 12.30pm and had consumed six cans of lager, which would normally not have affected him too much, leading him to believe that someone had spiked his drink, as he had no recollection of events. The court heard that the defendant, who is currently supervised by public protection, was in breach of a twelve months condi-tional discharge imposed in August last year and that he had served time in prison for an offence of grievous bodily harm.The Probation Service was requested to provide a full pre-sentence report and matters were adjourned.

Pre-sentence report requested

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Tenlands Care Home will be holding a charity night in aid of their residents fund at Dean Road Catholic Club on Saturday, 25th August from 7pm–11pm.Tickets for the event are £4 each but include Pie & Pea supper. Dixon J Scott will be providing the evening’s entertainment. On the night there will also be a raffle and bingo. Bev Poulson, Social life Fa-cilitator said, “All residents families and friends past and present and the public are all welcome to join us.

The more the merrier.” Bev said, “It’s very important to have events like this because we need to make money so our residents can continue to have trips out, birthday and Christmas presents and entertainers into our home.” Disability access and disabled toilets are available. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased from the Catholic Club or Tenlands Care Home. Contact Bev Poulson at Tenlands on 01740 657200 for further information.

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The next meeting of the Police and Communities Together (PACT) group at Chilton will take place on Tuesday, 28th August in Henderson House, Coleridge Road at 7pm. The meetings will be attended by a representa-tive from your neighbour-

hood policing team and will be specific to your area and individual neigh-bourhood priorities will be discussed.“All members of the community are welcome, so please do come along and share your views,” said a PACT spokesperson.

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There are still seats available for the Chapter’s two coach trips in August; to Beverley and to Bury Market.Beverley is in the heart of East Yorkshire. This bustling market town boasts an attractive blend of past and present with lots to see and lots to do. The medieval town is famous for its 13th century Minster, its market and its music.Tucked away down these narrow streets are antique shops and craft arcades, and on every other corner is a pub full of history and atmosphere. And market day is as lively and colourful as ever.At one end of the town

stands the magnificent Minster and at the other is the equally breathtaking St Mary’s Church.Take a step back in time and discover what life was like in Medieval Beverley by taking a stroll along the Beverley Town Trail. The trip will take place on Saturday 25th August - which is a bank holiday weekend. The Bury Market trip will take place on Saturday, 24th November.With 370 stalls, Bury Market is one of the biggest and busiest markets in the country - as well as one of the oldest. But there are other reasons to visit Bury. In the town centre there’s also the Millgate shopping

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The stunning Beverley Minster is a ‘must see’.centre, the award winning East Lancashire Steam Railway and a wonderful museum and art gallery too, all accessible on foot.Both day trips will cost £12 each and will pick up in Chilton (8.10am), Ferryhill (8.20am) and Ferryhill Station (8.25am).Seats are filling up quickly for these popular trips and as we go to press, there are 12 seats remaining for the Beverley trip and just 10 remaining for the Bury trip. Payment by cash or cheque can be left at the library, along with name and address details.Alternatively, call Les on 01388 775896 for more details or to book.

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