Parish Council
     October 2009 Issue

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Parish Notes
October 2009



Recycling and Rubbish

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE!
Refuse and Recycling (green boxes) for the majority of Abbots Leigh and Leigh Woods are on Wednesdays except Manor Lane and Manor Road beyond Manor Close which are Thursdays. It is the same week for the different recycling collections for everyone.

October
Collections		 Green Waste Recycling Green Waste Recycling Green Waste
Most of
Parish		 Wed 30th Sep Wed 7th Wed 14th Wed 21st Wed 28th
Manor Rd & Lane Fri 1st Thu 8th Thu 15th Thu 22nd Thu 29th

Love Food Hate Waste? It pays to be a food lover

Did you know? Each month the average family throws away up to £50 worth of food that was bought and not eaten. This amounts to over 6.7 million tonnes of wasted food going to landfill.

North Somerset Council are running a competition to encourage you to think about the amount of food you waste (if any) and asking you to fill in a food diary for 7 days. Every diary received back will get a FREE recipe book.

If you include a suggestion on how to reduce your food waste, you will be entered in to a competition to win a cookery class worth £140 at the Cookery School at Bordeaux Quay in Bristol. 5 runners up will get a pack of goodies from Lakeland in Bath.

For more information, a diary and the terms and conditions please go to
www.n-somerset.gov.uk/lovefoodhatewaste
or call Streets and Open Spaces on 01934 888 802

Another way of Recycling

Items that may well be still of use but need a new home could be catered for by a local Freecycle Network.

Freecycle Logo The worldwide Freecycle Network is made up of individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots movement of people who are giving stuff for free. Each group is run by local volunteer moderators.

One rule: everything posted must be free. Whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano, toys or an old door. Or, maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself? Respond to the posting directly and you just might get it. After that it is up to the giver to set up a time for passing on the treasure.

The Bristol Group website is

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreecycleBristol/

and you can contact via email:-
at FreecycleBristol-owners@yahoogroups.com


Attend A Parish Council Meeting

The Parish Council welcomes residents at council meetings (2nd Monday of each month) . You may listen. If you wish to address the meeting, you should contact Clerk to the Parish Council (above), in advance.

The Next Meeting is at Monday 12th October at 7.30pm, John Butler Room in Abbots Leigh Village Hall


POLICE
Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111
Police (Nailsea): 0845 456 7000

Our Local Beat Officer PC Trevor Byford, new colleague Jock Cameron & 2 Community Support Officers Laura Wheeler & new colleague Penelope Gatenby can be contacted on local non urgent matters on 01934 638349. They cover Abbots Leigh, Leigh Woods & Long Ashton.

LOCAL POLICING PLEDGE

Our beat officer, PC Trevor Byford, would like all to know of the Policing Pledge: The police service will support law abiding citizens and pursue criminals relentlessly to keep you & your neighbourhood safe. Our promise to you:
  • We will always treat you fairly.
  • We will make sure you know how to contact, and work with, your Safer Stronger Neighbourhood (SSN) teams.
  • These teams will be visibly working for you 80 per cent of their time.
  • The SSN teams will get back to you within 24 hours. If necessary we will provide a more detailed response ASAP.
  • We will aim to answer 999 calls within 10 seconds, & will get to emergencies as soon as we safely can. We aim to reach you within 15 min. in towns & cities (20 min. in rural areas).
  • In other cases, if you need us, we'll aim to be there within an hour for neighbourhood priorities (you can see what they are on our website). If it's better for you we'll make an appointment within 48 hours, or give advice, answer questions, or put you in touch with someone who can help.
  • We want to meet with people in your neighbourhood at least once a month –in formal PACT (Partners & Communities Together) meetings, which are advertised, or you can invite us to your own group's meetings. We will come to groups like mother & toddlers, pensioners, football clubs or even the local supermarket.
  • We will provide updates every month on local issues either at meetings or on our website.
  • If you've been a victim of crime and you'd like us to visit, we will. We'll agree how often you want information on how the case is progressing – it could be as much as every month.
  • If you are not happy with our service, we'll work with you to resolve things.
We want to do our best for you. If we fail to meet our Pledge we will always explain why it has not been possible to deliver the standards to which we aspire and you deserve. Further details, and other info on local policing are on the N. Somerset pages of Avon & Somerset police website: http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/LocalPages/DistrictDetails.aspx?DistrictID=6

Meet the Police

The community police hold a local surgery on the second Wednesday of every month, between 2 and 4pm outside St Mary’s Leigh Woods to discuss local matters in Leigh Woods and Abbots Leigh. If you have any concerns or need advice please go and discuss it with them. Next surgery is Wed 14th October.


Meet Your District Councillor

Carl Francis-Pester holds a monthly “surgery” on the last Saturday of each month in the George Inn in Abbots Leigh between 10.30 and 12.00 noon. He welcomes local opinions - so call in and see him. His next visit is on Saturday 31st October.

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