Tonight, along with Cllr Dave Wilcox and the other Cllr Mckeown, I had the privilage of attending this year’s Gamesley Community Awards. The awards which have been running for a few years now, started life (as I understand) as a way to mark the achivements of folk that had been completing adult education classes in […]
Photo with thanks to mancunian1001 Both myself and the other Cllr Mckeown have picked up over the last few week, a growing number of concerns, and complaints about local bus services. However to be able to have best impact with the various folks that monitor local services, we need to be able to give them concise and […]
This coming Saturday sees the latest ‘Shoppers surgery’ taking place from 10.00am until 11.30am in the Glossop Market Arcade (across the road from Norfolk Square). Please call in, if you’re passing but if you’re not and have an issues you want to raise, don’t forget councillor’s aren’t just available at surgeries and if you want […]
Tonight has seen a meeting of the council’s executive amongst the items up for consideration were two items that had been scrutinised by the corporate select committee around the council’s finances and performance framework, followed by two items discussed by the community select meeting last night one confidential around CCTV the other not around the […]
Tonight’s meeting of the community select community managed to get quite efficiently through its lengthy agenda, with the themes of health, housing, CCTV and community engagement all been amongst the business. The first item of note involved a presentation from the Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust around the current and forthcoming uses of the […]
This week starts off quite busy with a meeting of the Community Select Committee on Monday, followed by a meeting of the council’s executive on Tuesday. Wednesday sees the day start off bright and early for a trip to Matlock for the Community Safety Board, followed in the evening by this month’s constituency Labour Party […]
An interesting first day of the second session of the leadership academy, looking at a whole host of issues around improving who councillors carry out their leadership role. As posted on Monday one of the sessions was around looking at the future of local government in 2020, with the approach on the course been to […]
On Thursday morning (photo and further details to follow) we had the first formal hand back of some completed bungalows, along with a good opportunity to review some of the current issue and see some work in progress. In the next few days, private residents should be receiving the full details of the costs for […]
If you are involved in a local sport of community group you may be interested in the following, which I heard about via a tweet from Derbyshire Sports (@DerbysSport) Derbyshire County Council have announced a new £180,000 Sports Action Grant fund to encourage clubs and community groups to promote healthy and active lifestyles and that the fund […]
Although I unfortunately cannot be there, due to been away at a training course, tomorrow evening (Friday), the Friends of St Margaret’s School are hosting a karaoke and quiz night in aid of Children in Need. The event runs from 7.30 until 10.30pm at the school on Glossop Road, and tickets are £5 each. You […]