Annual Village Meeting – Change of Date to May 15th
The Annual Village Meeting will now take place at the Chapel on the 15th May 8pm to coincide with the Parish Council A.G.M.
Money saving tips
Our former Parish Council Chairman, Bill Pilkington, has this week brought to my attention a couple of things I’d like to share with all of our residents.
Firstly, if you rely on oil or LPG to heat your home, visit the Gov.UK website to apply for a £200 ‘alternative fuel’ payment. The site provides a phone number – 0808 175 3287 – you will be required to provide evidence of the type of fuel you use, but a payment should be with you within six weeks.
Secondly, with a massive jump in postage stamp prices coming in on April 3rd, buying now (maybe for Christmas cards, dare I say) will save you a lot of money in the future.
Finally, please remember that anybody who is struggling financially can apply for a one-off grant from Mottram St Andrew United Charities by contacting me in complete confidence via email at cllr.hughes@mottramstandrewpc.org.uk
Thank you, and have a good weekend.
Winter Warmth vouchers from Age UK
Age UK Cheshire East Winter Warmth Vouchers – Funded by Cheshire Community Foundation
Are you working with someone in Cheshire East who is over 50 years of age, on a low income and struggling to keep warm? You can refer them to us for Winter Warmth Vouchers of up to £50 that can be spent in any Age UK Cheshire East charity shops, which are in Macclesfield, Knutsford, Alderley Edge and Poynton. The vouchers can be spent on anything in our shops, including clothing, blankets, curtains and household items.
This year the vouchers are personalised, so you just need to contact our Enquiries service on 01625 612958 or email enquiries@ageukce.org and we can email you a voucher for the person you are referring.
Vouchers cannot be exchanged for cash. We only have a limited number of vouchers again, so first come, first served.
Christmas Celebrations at Mottram St Andrew Chapel – This Saturday 10th Dec
Come and join the Christmas celebrations this Saturday at Mottram St Andrew Methodist Church.
10am – 12 Carols and Songs with coffee and mince pies (suggested donation £3)
1 – 3pm Over Alderley Brass Band with tea and Christmas cake (suggested donation £3)
Christmas Hampers Raffle – draw to be made on the day
Volunteering opportunity: Secretarial role at the North East Cheshire Community Partnership
NECCP ADVERT
A volunteering role has arisen to join the North East Cheshire Community Partnership (NECCP) team as our Secretary.
The NECCP represents the communities of Adlington, Bollington, Disley, Kettleshulme, Mottram St Andrew, Pott Shrigley, Poynton, Prestbury and Rainow, and receives annual funding from Cheshire East Council.
Grants are awarded from these funds to support fresh initiatives that are judged to be beneficial to residents, generally to promote their wellbeing, and support other community needs.
This role involves circulating an agenda by e-mail (agreed with the Chair) around ten days before each NECCP meeting. Meetings are held on a bi-monthly basis.
The Secretary takes a record of the meetings, which generally last around 2 hours. Those present are encouraged to forward their contributions to the Secretary electronically, and so can form much of the record. The draft record is sent by e-mail to the Chair for approval, and then distributed, again by e-mail, to the NECCP representatives.
Meetings are held in central Poynton, and occasionally at venues in the other member towns and parishes.
Please forward expressions of interest to
Robert Hughes, outgoing Chair of NECCP
Village Remembrance Service – Sun 13th November
The service will be held on Sunday 13th November in the village chapel in Priest Lane and will commence at 10.30 and the two minutes silence will be observed at 11 o’clock.
Road safety in the village
On the afternoon of Thursday October 13th a white Ford Fiesta travelling from Wilmslow back to Mottram was turning right into Wilmslow Old Road when it was struck on the passenger side by a black BMW 3-series travelling towards Wilmslow from Prestbury. In the Fiesta were three young Ukrainian women, one of whom had only arrived here with her three daughters two weeks previously. The car is a write-off. Miraculously they all survived but the newest arrival has been left with a fractured eye socket and may require facial surgery. The driver of the BMW was unhurt.
My reason for writing to you all (and please share this information with any friends or neighbours not on my circulation list) is to make you aware of the problems at that junction. Last Wednesday I arranged a meeting at the crash site with a member of Cheshire East’s road safety team. Also in attendance, at my request, was Roger Taylor-Jackson, whose farm fields and hedges often end up with cars in them which have misjudged the bend. Twelve months ago, in another accident, the warning chevrons on the grass triangle were demolished, and Cheshire East have still not replaced them. The person I met with checked the road surface by running his hand over it and declared it to be “polished”. He said that in damp conditions, a car travelling even within the speed limit, would struggle to stop.
I am now campaigning for improvements to the junction. There are many things that can be done, including changing priorities, adding a right turn-only lane, resurfacing the road, adding more warning signs and even reducing the speed limit to 40mph (it is currently 50mph). You can help me by writing to Cheshire East at the address below and demanding that something be done. I have supplied the address below.
I spoke with a witness this morning who recently posted on Facebook that the BMW driver was “a maniac driving at around 60mph”. Of course, there is no empirical evidence to support this, but if measures at that junction were in place to prevent speeding and to make drivers more aware of the dangers, perhaps this accident could have been avoided. To flee a war zone and end up in hospital anyway is a tragic turn of events that I never want to see repeated.
Please help if you can.
Kind regards, and best wishes from Kath and me.
Highways
Floor 6
Delamere House
Delamere Street Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 2LL
Robert Hughes
Chairman
Mottram St Andrew Parish Council
Important Information – Burglaries in Newton
There has been a burglary in Newton in the last couple of days where a house was broken into, this happened during the afternoon. There was also an attempted burglary where the intruder was disturbed, this was during the evening at around 9pm.
Please be aware and keep your properties secure. If anything happens then it is important to contact the police ASAP
