Charlton Village in Worcestershire
Charlton Coronation Celebration Photos
The celebrations on the Village green and in the Old Schoolroom on Sunday attracted a large attendance, helped by glorious sunshine. Thanks are due to everyone involved with the planning and staging of the event, and also the many volunteers serving food and drinks during the event.
Some pictures of villagers enjoying the events are shown here:
Wychavon Business News – May 2023
The latest edition of Wychavon District Council’s Business e-newsletter is available for download here:
This month’s edition contains articles on setting up apprenticeships for your business and the financial help available from Wychavon, Evesham’s Basepoint centre which offers professional offices and a business address for start-ups and small businesses, a new 2-year project which aims to stimulate the development and growth of community enterprises that provide a wide range of help and support for older and disabled people, and much more.
Download and read the full e-newsletter now.
Agenda for the meeting of Charlton Parish Council on Thursday 11th May
The next meeting of Charlton Parish Council will take place in the Old Schoolroom, Ryden Lane, at 7:30pm on Thursday 11th May 2023. All residents of Charlton are invited to attend.
You can download and read the agenda for this meeting here:
https://charlton-worcestershire.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CPC-AGENDA-11-MAY-2023.pdf
Old Schoolroom 100 Club April Draw results
The winners of the April 100 club draw were as follows:
1st Prize £50.00 Peter Pawsey # 92
2nd Prize £30.00 Andy Wadmore # 2
3rd Prize £20.00 Jane Wadmore # 14
Fladbury KIT – May 2023
The latest edition of Fladbury’s Keeping in Touch (KIT) newsletter is available for download here:
https://mailchi.mp/1c1d63f531d2/kit-january-17061183?e=3501a6f3e4
This month’s edition contains articles on the Cropthorne Walkabout, held over the upcoming May Bank Holiday weekend (30th April ~ 1st May), shopping trips to Pershore organised by the Pershore Volunteer Centre, Fladbury’s celebrations of the coronation of King Charles lll, the Eurovision party on Saturday 13th May, news from the Water Quality Action Group, details of Fladbury Walkabout over the weekend 1st ~ 2nd July, details of the regular clubs and meetings held in Fladbury village and much more.
West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner’s April Newsletter
You can download and read the latest edition of John Campion’s monthly newsletter here:
https://www.westmercia-pcc.gov.uk/news/newsletters/
This month’s newsletter includes articles on the record number of police officers, 2494 in total, who are now serving in West Mercia, a survey showing that confidence in West Mercia Police is at a 9-month high, with 84% of residents and victims of crime who completed the survey from January to March 2023 in West Mercia having confidence in the force, the arrest of 100 individuals who cause the most harm in their communities during a force-wide week of action, a decrease of 6% in the number of alcohol related offences across West Mercia, and much more.
Notice of Election – Uncontested Parish & Contested District Councils
The list of persons elected to Charlton Parish Council uncontested can be viewed here:
The list of persons standing for election to Wychavon District Council in all wards can be viewed here:
Elections will take place on Thursday 4th May 2023. The local polling station will be sited in the Old Schoolroom, Ryden Lane, and will be open between 7:00am and 10:00pm.
Please remember to bring your polling card and a means of photo identity.
Evesham Safer Neighbourhood Team Newsletter
The latest edition of the newsletter published by West Mercia Police’s Evesham Safer Neighbourhood Team is available for download at:
https://charlton-worcestershire.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/SNT-newletter-4.23.pdf
Pershore Times – Download the April edition
The April edition of the Pershore Times is available for download. This month you can read all of the usual features including gardening tips, recipe ideas, physical and mental well-being, news from Gregory Sidaway, studying at Exeter College Oxford, personal finance, puzzles and much more.
You can download the magazine here:
http://www.pershoretimes.co.uk/index_htm_files/Current Month.pdf
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Latest News on installation of Full Fibre Broadband in Charlton – Update from the Charlton Broadband Team
You may have noticed that over the last two months Openreach and their contractors have been in the village planning for the installation of the fibre cables to our houses.
As previously advised the project is unfortunately running behind schedule mainly due to the popularity of the scheme and the pressure this is putting on Openreach’s resources. However it has been good to
see some action on the ground.
Unfortunately the voucher scheme that we all signed up to with DCMS has expired as they were time limited. We are all about to receive fresh emails which we expect to come from either BDUK, (Building Digital UK), or Gigabit Vouchers <gigabit.vouchers@notifications.service.gov.uk> or Funding Platform
<funding.platform@notifications.service.gov.uk> and will be headed up “UK Gigabit Voucher Scheme – action required”.
These emails should arrive early this week and as before it is important for us all to sign up to these again. If you previously signed up as a business then you should do this again.
Please rest assured that we are not the only community having to undertake this action again. Openreach tell us that plenty of other communities have recently had to repeat this exercise however the wording of the document has been slightly altered to avoid the need for this to be repeated again.
The project is apparently still on target to be completed around the end of August so your help in promptly responding to the emails in a timely manner would be appreciated.