Felthorpe Parish Council

Felthorpe Parish Council would like to remind you that it meets on the first Tuesday of each month at the Pavilion (8pm) and that meetings are open to the public to attend and raise any issues that you have if necessary.  We have four new councillors after the recent election so if you would like to attend to meet your councillors please do so.

Felthorpe Parish Council is pleased to confirm that it has organised a heavily subsidised Family First Aid workshop which will be held on Saturday 29 August from 1pm.

It is a 3-4 hour workshop where delegates will receive training in how to deal with injuries/illness that may happen in the home, it will cover the following subjects:

CPR/Rescue Breathing (Adult, Child & Infant)
Choking
Bleeding
Burns/Scalds
Head injuries
Poisons
Febrile Convulsions
Meningitis

The cost of the course will be just £5 per person, with the option of buying the most up to date First Aid manual when you leave (£5).  Only Felthorpe residents are eligible to attend.

The course will be held at the Pavilion and will take up to 20 people.  Attendees will be strictly first-come first-served and you must pay for your place in advance.  Please post cheques to either the parish clerk or deliver to the chairman (details below) with your name, address and email address where possible, which a confirmation email will be sent to.  You can call / email the Parish Clerk to ensure availability before you post the cheque if you wish, and a space will be held for you for four days from that date to send your payment.  Bookings will be taken up to Tuesday 25 August.

Sonya Blythe – Parish Clerk
36 Acres Way
Drayton
Norwich
NR8 6UT
felthorpe_pc@yahoo.co.uk
01603 527095

Bob Clarke – Chairman
26 The Street,
Felthorpe,
NR10 4DQ
bobandriet@talktalk.net
26 The Street, NR10 4DQ

Thank you!

Kind regards

Sonya Blythe
Parish Clerk – Felthorpe Parish Council

Please note that in order for Anglian Water to repair a  sluice valve, Church Lane from its junction with  Brands Lane for 80m in a westerly direction in Felthorpe will be closed to traffic from 16^th June 2015 to 18^th June 2015.   If necessary the restriction could run for a maximum period of 21 days.

An alternative route is via  Brands Lane,  Reepham Road,  Taverham Road,  Lane and vice versa.

A cheese and wine evening will be held at Felthorpe Pavilion on Saturday 20 June at 7.30pm.

The price is £7.50 per person which includes a glass of wine and a selection of cheeses and accompaniments.

All proceeds to the Felthorpe Recreation Ground play area fund.

Tickets in advance from Louise Blake Tel: 01603 755142, Linda Barney Tel: 01603 860754 or June Culley Tel: 01603 754400

Felthorpe Parish Council is looking to co-opt new councillors onto the Parish Council to replace members who did not stand for re-election.

Ideally you will be able to attend the May meeting, being held on May 26th 2015, to meet the existing councillors and join the meeting. However joining from a later date will be considered.

Meetings are generally held on the first Tuesday of each month (we usually have a break in August and January unless urgent business comes up) at 8pm in the Felthorpe Pavilion.  However to fit in with election timescales the May meeting has been moved on this occasion to the 26th at 8pm and the June meeting has been cancelled. Meetings usually finish by 9.30pm.

Full, funded training is available for the successful candidate, which the clerk will be able to book you onto.

If you would like to contribute and have a positive say in how your local area is run then please email the Parish Clerk Sonya Blythe (felthorpe_pc@yahoo.co.uk) with a brief letter outlining why, before the closing date of 5pm on Tuesday 19 May 2015. Alternately call 01603 527095 to speak with the clerk.

Please note, that in order to fit in with election timescales, the May meeting has been moved from Tuesday 5th to Tuesday 26 May 2015. The meeting will be held at 8pm at the Pavilion.

Broadland District Council have passed a motion supporting the National Farmers’ Union campaign to the Government to ban the sale of and public use of releasing sky lanterns (commonly referred to as “Chinese lanterns”), as they are a danger to the environment and can harm animals.  The Parish Council have agreed to support this ban and as such are asking residents to also support this by agreeing to not release such lanterns within the parish of Felthorpe.  The Recreation Ground Committee have also agreed to support the ban by adding it into the terms and conditions of its hiring agreement.

The Parish Council is considering running a half-day essential first aid course at the Pavilion for interested parishioners for a small cost.  If you would be interested please email the clerk, Sonya Blythe, on the following email address so that numbers can be gauged. felthorpe_pc@yahoo.co.uk.

Don’t forget, as well as the General Election the May 2015 elections include the opportunity to choose your parish councillors for the next four years.  If you are interested in standing as a Parish Councillor from May 2015 until 2019,  the Electoral Services Manager at Broadland Council will be able to give you more information (linda.mockford@broadland.gov.uk).

Alternatively speak to your existing parish councillors who can give you any information that you require. Both the parish clerk, Sonya Blythe, or Linda Mockford can email you the relevant forms  which need to be completed in order to stand as a councillor (felthorpe_pc@yahoo.co.uk).

Please note that the nomination packs need to be delivered to Broadland between 31 March and 9 April.  They cannot be signed before 9 March.