Category: Community

North Dorset Community Accessible Transport (NORDCAT)

NORDCAT is a charitable organisation which provides a door-to-door minibus service in the north Dorset area primarily for the elderly, disabled and socially excluded.

For more information on any of the NORDCAT services please contact:

  • NORDCAT Community Transport Manager
    Name: Helen Reed
    T: 01258 472 164
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Stourpaine Parish Plan Update – Request for Help

View the original form: UPDATE questionnaire – Help Form

STOURPAINE PARISH PLAN UPDATE

Would you be willing to help with any of the following?

  • Advise us by 02 December 2012.
  • If you are unable to use your delivered form, you can download the one above.

In due course, we may wish to request that improvements are made to the roads that run through and in our village to help reduce speeding and improve road safety.

Also, to help control development in Stourpaine, we may need to produce a Village Design Statement and a Neighbourhood Plan. All of these require help from volunteers from within the Parish. Can you let us know if you would like to participate / help with any of the following at some time in the future?

1. I would be interested in participating in a traffic management workshop to find out about the examples given of other similar schemes and to explore what might be appropriate for Stourpaine.
2. I would you be willing to help in the preparation of a Village Design Statement for Stourpaine
3. I would you be willing to help in the preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan for Stourpaine

  • Name: __________________________________________
  • Telephone number: _____________________________
  • Address & postcode: ________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________
  • E-mail address: _____________________________

4. Can you tell us if you have any specialist knowledge / expertise in any of the following areas which you would be willing to use in helping?

  • Accountancy / book keeping
  • Architectural knowledge
  • Communications / Publicity
  • Computer skills
  • Good local knowledge
  • Organising events
  • Planning policy
  • Printing & graphics
  • Secretarial

5. What other skills or help you could offer, if any?

Gardening Club – Jobs for December

Now is the time for a general tidy-up.

  1. With the fresh memory of planting, move plants to a new home, at the same time splitting perennials to make more plants. Whilst doing this give the borders a good dig over, feeding the soil and planting bulbs at the same time.
  2. Containers will need freshening up for the winter, so these can be planted up with bulbs and other fresh material. Exotic plants need to be protected from frost, so either move inside or wrap next month. Don’t wait until it’s too late.
  3. Pick fruit and compost fallen fruit that is too bad to use. This in turn will remove wasps to one spot therefore making the garden safer for children and grandchildren. This is now the time to prune raspberries and blackberries.
  4. Greenhouses, especially if you have had blight, can now be cleared out and cleaned, to allow the sowing of winter salad crops etc. You could also pin up bubble polythene insulation for warmth.
  5. This is also a good time to clean your pond. Use a rod or pole to remove blanket weed by twisting it round the pole. Be careful to return any wildlife which gets caught up in it.
  6. If your lawn is the worse for wear, aerate, scarify and dress ,sowing a thin layer of seed at the same time.

Gardening Club – Assistance

Some committee members are currently working odd days at the Village Hall.

We are trying to make it a more pleasant venue for our guests and visitors.

Should you like to help either in the grounds or cleaning inside the Hall for the odd afternoon, please contact  Jan & Pete Palmer T: 01258 453 470 or Pete Jones T: 01258 458 557 to arrange a suitable time.

You can also offer here by leaving a Comment.

Gardening Club – Suggestions Welcome

Gardening Club

We are currently planning next years’ programme

Jan would like to hear from you if you have any ideas for talks or visits in 2013.

Please either phone T: 01258 453 470 or give one of the Committee details on a slip of paper when you next see them.

You can also leave a Comment to this Post.

STOURPAINE MATTERS!

This is another chance for you to help shape the future development of our Parish

The Stourpaine Parish Plan 2007 is being updated.  An Open Day was held on the 6th October in the Village Hall for residents to make comments and voice their opinions.

Following analysis of the comments made, questionnaires have been prepared that will be distributed to all residents in the Parish.

The questionnaires will be delivered between the 12th and 18th November.  We hope that you will complete your questionnaire by the 25th November and then either:

  •  return it to your distributor (you will be given their details with the questionnaires)
  • leave it in the collection box in the Village Shop
  • or wait for it to be collected by your distributor