Dear All

Looking for volunteers to help spruce up the playpark at 5.00pm on Saturday the 3rd of August.

We will need brushes, power sanders, long flex (to reach Hazel’s house) etc, so if you’ve got those all the better. Also, if there are any professional painters in the village, expert advice would be much appreciated.

Let me know if you are interested in helping on 01620 830 307 (or using form below).

Please spread the word – the more people that come along, the quicker the job!

All the best

Rufus

The minutes for the June Meeting of the Garvald and Morham Community Council have now been approved and are available to download on the GMCC page. Items of interest are the results of the AGM, provisional decisions on the Crystal Rig fund allocations and an update on the Garvald Woodland project.

The minutes for the April Meeting of the Garvald and Morham Community Council have now been approved and published. Among the issues discussed were the community broadband service, road potholes and Crystal Rig funding. Minutes can be downloaded from the GMCC webpage.

The next meeting of the Garvald and Morham Community Council will be held on Monday the 3rd June 2013, at 7pm in Garvald Village Hall. Everyone welcome.

1. Attendance and Apologies
2. Minutes of Last Meeting
3. Matters Arising from Minutes
4. Councillors’ Report
5. Update from Kirstie Shearer, Council Liaison Rep
6. Update from Ian Smith, Broadband Rep
7. Update from Phillip White, Funding Rep – applications received from Crystal Rig
8. Update from Ian Middlemas, Funding Rep
9. Local Planning Applications
10. Garvald and Morham Updates
11. Garvald Woodland Project
12. A.O.C.B.

Dear All

You will remember that the idea has been put forward that we put together a gang of volunteers to help clear snow from in front of the homes of people who are too old/infirm to do it themselves. Before the summer arrives and we forget all about this issue, can I ask you to think about the following questions:

1) Would you be willing to be part of such a group?
2) Have you needed this sort of help in the past / do you know anyone in the village who does?

Please let me know using the form below, so that I can get a feel for the scope of the challenge and the potential size of the group we might be able to put together.

Many thanks

Rufus

The minutes from the Garvald and Morham Community Council Meeting on the 4th February 2013 have been uploaded to the GMCC page.

For this month only Councillor John McMillan will be holding his surgery in the Village Hall in Garvald on Monday 20th May (instead of Thursday 16th May). The time remains the same… 5.15pm to 6.00pm.

For future reference, Councillor McMillan holds his regular monthly surgery at Garvald on every 3rd Thursday of the month at 5.15pm.

Dear All

Please take a look at the following police information leaflets, which were sent to the last Community Council meeting. Police_Pamphlet_1 is about stopping the theft of Red Diesel; Police_Pamphlet_2 is about stopping thefts from heating fuel tanks; and Police_Pamphlet_3 is about protecting off-road vehicles.

Hope they are useful.

Rufus

Time Running Out….Apply by 31st May!

Just a reminder about the Crystal Rig Windfarm fund. As you probably know, this is a community benefit fund that is available to enable the community of Garvald and Morham to carry out improvements to their local area in any sphere including the environment, local amenity or tourism.

Money available

Each year, the wind farm allocates an amount of money to the community council, who then administer its disbursement to the community.

How to apply

Application forms are available to download on the GMCC webpage and should be returned by 31st May. For more information, please see the Application Form.

Dear All

Following on from Tim’s post about the snow plough idea, the Community Council would just like to clarify that the idea was only turned down after lengthy debate on the grounds that: 1) Crystal Rig had indicated in writing that it would not support it as it was work ‘the Council should do’. 2) There were widely held concerns about issues of liability, health and safety etc; 3) It was felt that as the problem was sporadic and relatively infrequent, community funding of the levels needed would be best spent elsewhere.

That said, everyone agreed that the problem was something that should be addressed, so it was felt that – as Tim explained – we would do the following: 1) Scope out the extent of the problem; 2) Work out what cost-effective equipment is needed (eg. grit bins, shovels, etc); 3) Get together a group of volunteers to help dig out those in need when the
time comes; 4) Work to ensure that the Council upholds its statutory duties so that main roads (and as many side roads as possible) are kept clear.

Rufus has said that he is happy to move this forward, but would like help (Indeed, if anyone would like to take on the co-ordination of a group to tackle this, that would be great). Anyone who is interested in lending a hand both in terms of collecting information and/or wielding a shovel please use the contact form below.

Cheers

The Community Council