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Contact: [email protected] 01400 273323 or Sec. at LCC on 01522 552066 www.independentvoice.org.uk © Marianne Overton
Lincolnshire County Council LCC
North Kesteven District Council NKDC
OCTOBER 2013 News from your local, Independent Councillor,
MARIANNE OVERTON Jilly Burr’s skydive for Help the Heroes Congratulations to Jilly from Nocton for a great fund-raising skydive with the Red Devils raising over £700. You can still add to it on www.
bmycharity.com/jillyisjumping
NKDC Awards Congratulations to Paul McGlade, skilled joiner from Navenby who won the NKDC Community Award against very strong competition. We are setting up a means of continuing the voluntary support network within our communities. Nocton artist, Cliff Baxendale and Sleaford Paul McCarthy also won their sections. Well done all! Support for village facilities: Thank you for voting. Both Branston and Dunston were shortlisted, and Branston Skate Park won £1000 from Ringrose Law, beating off strong competition from all over the County. Well done all. Rural Funding Rural Fair Share Campaign comprises over 100 cross-party MP’s aiming to ensure public services in rural areas receive a fair share of Government funding. Write to Graham Stuart MP or use the e-petition on Heritage worth keeping?
The next service “under review” is the heritage service. Please take five minutes to respond and comment on whether you think the heritage service is wanted. www.surveymonkey.com/s/HeritageLincs
Branston Biz The Branston network teamed up with new neighbour Bracebridge Heath Business Network in a joint event this week, part of a regular series. They heard from LN6, another network sharing good ideas. We meet monthly on the last Thursday at the Branston Waggon and Horses 5.30 for 6pm start. It’s a great way to network, showcase your business and encourage local purchasing. All welcome. Our next big event will be the Christmas Market in Branston.
Lincoln Pitch Event £1000, mini pad and a personal flight were won by three small businesses at the Lincoln Pitch Event with Dragons’ Den success story Andrew Harsley, and Virgin Media Pioneers Regional Ambassador, Michael Overton. “Dragons” included Jon Thornes, Dragon’s Den success story Andrew Harsley. The event launched the Virgin Media Pioneers East Midlands Network, which you can google and join, ready for the next opportunity.
Voluntary Car Scheme We are having a meeting to re-launch our Voluntary Car Scheme for the Cliff Villages, Harmston to Leadenham. The Navenby Scheme is working fine, and the Louth scheme has been extending to our area. Our Cliff Villages Scheme is now looking for all the support we can get. The Council support staff is coming along. Hence the mini coffee morning on Friday 18th October in The Venue, Navenby at 10am. It is a small but important service and your support is hugely appreciated.
Jilly’s jump
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Global Corporate Challenge Independents tackled the challenge. Our valiant team of four walked 2,672 miles in 112 days over the summer, enough to relay across the Atlantic. Mrs Smith’s Cottage Best wishes to Dr Rodney Wilson, our Chairman who fell ill recently and is on the mend. Best wishes to Jenny Chandler who is also unfortunately not well. Malcolm Smith has kindly taken the reins during this phase of helping NKDC get the Cottage roof beam repairs funded and done, hopefully with a grand re-opening next year.
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Parish Council Tax Properties where residents are on low income are no longer counted in the govt grants from central govt, so parishes may need to make this up. NKDC covered it with an extra grant last year for one year, so that Parishes could plan for it. Do have a look at the precept calculator on NKDC website Sleaford Community larder [email protected] Held at the New Life Church, Mareham Lane. Donate or collect food. 01529 413063 Looking for a home? www.lincshomefinder.co.uk
Campaigns Thank you very much to all who kindly took up the cudgels in support. Letters from me are on www.lincolnshireindependents.org.uk and on the Lincolnite. Massive Housing We all want some housing, but the idea of flooding the market in the hope of forcing prices down has not worked elsewhere, where new houses lie empty or, if occupied as people are encouraged to take on more debt, there is a risk of not enough jobs and a strain on local services.
Instead, it seems to me we should start with the jobs, and then build houses to match the need, available infrastructure and services. I have also responded that we should have more of any forthcoming “roof tax” be spent locally rather than centrally in Lincoln. I have also encouraged a range of renewable energy sources and a less heavy reliance on wind turbines and solar panel farms. The county council has agreed. LCC has objected to the core strategy on this basis. The Core Strategy has listed that Lincolnshire is planning on having 60% of our electricity from renewable sources, such farmland used for wind turbines and solar arrays. The rest of the country is on 15%, so you can see what is likely to happen. I argued for it to be at 30%, same as Europe, which has been partially accepted. There are currently five solar array applications working their way through planning at NKDC. Applications range from 2 to 239 acres of solar panels. In the right place and scale, they seem to be a better option than huge wind turbines. The five year housing land supply for Mr Pickles is calculated at a rate of housing increase prior to 2009, when borrowings and new houses were going up at their fastest rate ever. I have objected to allowing new housing on a big scale without adequate infrastructure. I would like to see economic growth leading and housing and infrastructure following together as we can afford, not the other way around. Please let me know if you had any difficulty getting on the web to make your response. Libraries Thank you for writing and signing the petition which has been submitted registering that we should keep Metheringham and Branston libraries as a professional service. I met with Cllr Worth, the Parish Council and the secondary school to make the case for keeping Branston Library. It is a successful, well-used library, with shared costs and IT training available. Colleagues and I have also come up with an alternative where we keep our libraries and most mobile stops, with one professional staff, and voluntary support, which still makes the savings. The next meeting is on October 30th at LCC 10.30am to hear the results of the consultation. Public are welcome to attend.
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Navenby Archaeology Group The dig in Navenby has been going really well and is closing on November 2nd. To get involved, sign up on www.navenbyarchgp.org. Big Event for Children: PGL I have 24 places at PGL 9am-4.30pm for a special rate of £12 per head on Oct 27th. We have asked for Quad-biking, giant swing, high ropes, challenge course or climbing. Organised for Wildlife Watch and we have some spaces free. Book right away to secure your places. Contact me or Jean Martin on [email protected] 01636 626176 The Family Fungal Foray at Twyford Wood is our regular survey on Saturday November 9th. To join in more events, please contact me or Jean and we will send you a calendar of events. New Youth Club We have managed to get Potterhanworth Youth Club started in the Pavillion every Thursday. 6-7pm for 5-10 year olds and 7.30-9pm for 11-16 year olds. £1. Parent needed on the first night to register.
Some October Events 6th Grandparent’s Day! 6th Coleby Boot Sale cars £5 01522 810608 7.30am 6th Coleby Harvest Festival and supper 4.30pm 7th Potterhanworth Coffee morning. St Andrews 10-11.30am 9th St Peters’ Coffee Morning at 1 Headland way 10.30-noon 16th Everything stops for tea. A fun evening at Wellingore Memorial Hall. WI event, visitors welcome. 7.30pm 8th Voluntary car scheme coffee morning 9th Highway Robbery @ U3A Wellingore Memorial Ha. 10am 22nd Gardening with Wildflowers. Mark Schofield at Coleby Vill. Ha. £2 Why not try the club and see I you like it? 25th Potterhanworth playbus & climbing wall on playing field 11am-5pm 25th Chocolate evening at Folkingham 7.30pm 26th Navenby Coffee Morning @ Meth’ Church 10.30-noon 26th Bowjangles on the Box Harmston Mem. Ha. Entertaining string quartet 7pm 26th Branston Ghost Walks from 6pm 27th PGL Day out 9-4.30pm Book with Marianne or Jean 27th A Night out at the Movies and more! Leadenham 7.30pm 28th Fashion Show Nocton Vill Ha in aid of the Church 7.30pm 31st All Hallows’ Eve Children’s Party with a Harry Potter theme Nocton Church 6-7.30pm 31st 5.30 Branston Biz at the Branston and Waggon November 1st Harmston Halloween Family Friday 6pm fancy dress optional, pumpkin competition. With or without the kids! 2nd/3rd Picture this Harmston 11am-3pm Rosemary King’s photographic exhibition of Harmston. Teas 3rd Coleby Craft Fayre vill ha. 10.30am-4pm
Very Best Wishes to you all,
Marianne Overton
September Pictures
What lives beneath the water? Wildlife Watch at Ancaster
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Top Left to right Vulcan, Waddington Air Show Summer dusk over Welbourn Jack-Go-to-bed-at-noon or Meadow Goatsbeard Local fresh produce at the Leadenham Fete & dog show Coleby BBQ with a new star!
Dunston Scarecrow and Gnomes Festival The Lincoln Pitch to Dragons: Virgin Media Pioneers Event