Charlton Village

Parish Council News

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Would you be interested in becoming a Parish Councillor?

District and Parish council elections take place this year on Thursday 4th May. There is still time to put yourself forward for election to Charlton Parish Council.

To be eligible to stand as a councillor, you must be:


• At least 18 years old on the day of your nomination
• A British citizen, an eligible Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of any other member state of the European Union.

Secondly, you must meet at least one of the following qualifications:

  • You are, and will continue, to be, registered as a local government elector for the local authority area in which you wish to stand from the day of your nomination onwards
  • You have occupied as owner or tenant any land or other premises in the local authority area during the whole or the 12 months before the day of your nomination and the day of election.
  • Your main or only place of work during the 12 months prior to the day of your nomination and the day of election has been in the local authority area
  • You have during the whole of those 12 months resided in that parish or within 4.8 kilometres of it.If you qualify under more than one heading, it is good practice to include all those which apply.

Anyone interested in standing for election can find out more details on the process and download a nominations pack at:

https://www.wychavon.gov.uk/elections

Completed nominations forms must be returned by hand to the Returning Officer at the Committee Room, Civic Centre, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Pershore, WR10 1PT no later than 4:00pm on Tuesday 4th April 2023

Update on Community Transport Project

Recently all Villagers received a survey form from Charlton Parish Council relating to a project to gauge interest in the possibility of setting up a minibus service to either Pershore or Evesham on a twice-monthly basis to be run in conjunction with the Parish councils of adjacent villages.

Unfortunately, the number of positive responses received from Charlton residents was insufficient to justify the costs of setting up the service. None of the other Parish councils we spoke with was able to join with Charlton to co-fund a service. At the recent meeting of Charlton Parish council on 12th January the decision was reluctantly taken to terminate the project.

For Villagers who don’t drive or have access to their own transport, Pershore Plus Volunteer Centre does run a Social Car Scheme which can help people to get to where they need to go, whether that be a hospital appointment or the shops. Their drivers will make pick-ups from home and wait up to 2 hours for the return journey.

Pershore Plus Volunteer Centre’s offices are located at:

1 Billing House, Cherry Orchard, Pershore, WR10 1EY (behind Pershore retail market) 

You can find out more about the services that Pershore Plus Volunteer Centre can offer at:

http://pershorevolunteers.org.uk/

or by telephoning 01386 554299 

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