PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
Wick Village Hall
7.15pm on Thursday 13th April 2023
AGENDA
The agenda will appear here in due course.
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FREE TREES FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
FROM THE WOODLAND TRUST
We want to make sure everybody in the UK has the chance to plant a tree. So we’re giving away hundreds of thousands of trees to schools and communities. Together, we’ll get millions more trees in the ground. More information here:
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/schools-and-communities/
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COST OF LIVING CRISIS SUPPORT
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FREE BUSINESS SUPPORT
SGC is offering fully funded business support to residents who are thinking of starting a business or looking for a second income, small businesses (SMEs)/franchises and local groups. Established local charities/CiCs/NFP are eligible if based in South Gloucestershire.
Registrations must be in before the end of March and places are limited on a first come first served basis. There must be many groups and businesses that need free training to launch, grow or just improve on what they do post pandemic.
More information here:
https://coolventures.co.uk/funded-support/business-scale-up-programme-south-gloucestershire/
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YOUTH URBIE BUS
A new mobile youth club bus is on the road in South Gloucestershire to help youth workers keep in contact with local youngsters. The vehicle is known as the Urbie – the Urban Vehicle for Information and Education. The Urbie will be used by the detached youth team whose work is funded by the council to get around the area and engage with young people.
Buying the bus was made possible by the support of a number of local organisations and businesses, including Merlin Housing Society, the Avon and Somerset Police Community Trust, engineering firm Renishaw, One Stop Carriers for Causes, Sodbury and Yate Business Association and Yate and District Rotary Club.
The Urbie Bus will be in Brockwell Park car park on Mondays from 3.45 pm to 5.45 pm for all teenagers and young people in Wick. Snacks and hot drinks will be provided.
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WICK COMMUNITY FREECYCLE
Do you have items which you no longer need but do not want to go to landfill
For full details of how to recycle items in your community please click on the following link:
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Community Warm Spaces
SGC has announced financial support for organisers of community warm spaces who are welcoming residents who are struggling to heat their homes this winter. More information is available here:
Community Welcome Spaces Flyer
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It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas …..
Following up on a suggestion from a local resident for some festive cheer in the village, the Parish Council arranged for the pine tree by the village hall to be decorated with 1400 fairy lights and an unfortunate elf who landed upside down in the top of the tree!
Thank you to the volunteers, donors and councillors who made this happen and especially to the dozens of villagers who turned out on a chilly night for the grand illumination.
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