Feedback Wanted on Fenland Railway Station Upgrade

Fenland residents have been invited to share their views on plans to upgrade Whittlesea Station at an event next month.

Current plans for the station include lengthening platforms, creating a new footbridge and a new car park.

Passenger shelters and a second ticket machine have already been added since the plans were first drawn up in 2013.

Later this month Fenland District Council is due to approve an agreement with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority to obtain £3m of funding set aside for the project.


©Google New shelters for passengers have already been added at the station

The latest phase of work on the project follows a decision in 2022 to upgrade the existing station rather than establish a new one.

A project board considered the possibility but ultimately concluded that the cost would be prohibitive.

A feedback event for residents will be hosted by Hereward Community Rail Partnership at Whittlesey Town Council offices on Queen Street on 28 June.

It will be part of a series of events aimed at gathering input about the station’s redevelopment.

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Pathway News This Week

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Man Controlled Partner For 7 Years

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Feedback on Quality of Life Survey Cambs CC.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/quality-of-life-survey-2024

(Takes 5+ minutes to complete)

As part of our vision to make Cambridgeshire greener, fairer and more caring, we have launched our second annual countywide Quality of Life survey.

The annual survey will reach a sample of 5,500 residents to understand their views on the quality of their lives. It aims to track the responses over time to see how changes to our decisions and policies – and the work of other public sector bodies in the county – affect people’s views, and to give Members vital insight when they make business planning decisions.

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More ‘Free’ Money Available

FYI – each of the below organisations listed has it’s own specific website page with further details. I’ve listed one as an example.

Funding for places

Our main grants programme provides support for places. These grants are for capital initiatives, i.e. buildings (new build or refurbishment) and equipment.

We fund a broad range of organisations working across the fields of education, science & medicine, health & disability, heritage, humanities & the arts.

Who can apply?

Before you apply for funding, please check the types of places we fund and their specific funding criteria. You can also take our eligibility quiz to see if we could support your project.

Charities working with disability funding
Charities working in mental health funding
Charities working with older people funding
Historic buildings & landscapes funding
Hospices & palliative care organisations funding
Places of worship funding
Libraries & archives funding
Museums & galleries funding
Performing arts organisations funding
Public engagement with science organisations funding
Secondary schools & sixth form colleges funding
Special needs schools & colleges funding
Universities & research institutions

Funding for charities working with disability

Eligibility

We support organisations working with disability. We award grants to capital projects which help people to live more independently. We are particularly interested in projects which focus on training, employment and supported housing, especially when the project helps young people transition from children’s services to adults’ services.

We are also keen to hear from organisations who, because of the nature of their work, may struggle to raise funds from the public.

Your organisation should:

be a registered charity or a local authority
if applicable, have at least a ‘Good’ rating from a regulator such as CQC or Ofsted.

Your project should be for a new building, refurbishment work or equipment with the following aims:

Increased access to services for new and existing users
Improved quality and range of services
Improved financial stability of the organisation.

Who can apply:
Registered or exempt charities (or equivalent) and local authority

Location of applicant and project:
UK only

Funding covers:
New build, refurbishment and equipment

Minimum grant amount:
£15,000

Usual grant range:
£20,000 – £75,000

Match funding required:
Yes, if project cost is >£50,000

Decision dates:
June and December annually. Projects must not be completed before a funding decision is made

https://www.wolfson.org.uk/funding/funding-for-places/

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Active Fenland – May Edition

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Proposed Road Closure, Bassenhally Road & Drybread Road,

From 05th August until 09th August 2024

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WTC Councillors Details Update

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Rotary Whittlesey Celebrating 70th Anniversary


Coming next week Rotary Club of Whittlesey will be celebrating their 70th anniversary.

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Latest Court News 14/05/2024

Please find below summaries of the latest news from our courts over the last week – click on each headline to read the full story.

Cambridgeshire

Woman repeatedly assaulted police officers

Man disqualified after officers spot his anti-social driving

Man jailed for indecent assaults in the 90s

Drink driver smashed into back of police car

Drink driver caught after crashing into parked car

Shop thief headbutted police officer

CBO for Cambridge thief

Drink driver crashed into roundabout following night out

Man threatened family with firearm in “terrifying” incident

Jail for rapist who attacked two women

Peterborough

Werrington home “closed” for further three months

Teens robbed 14-year-old boy in Peterborough

Drug dealer ordered to do unpaid work

Disqualified driver killed pedestrian in crash

Three-year ban for Peterborough drink driver
Fenland

Man jailed for strangling former friend

Jail for prolific Wisbech shoplifter

You can find more news from the force online here.

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Arthur Rank Hospice Charity

Please see the information below on behalf of Sharon Allen OBE Chief Executive of the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.

They know that still there are too many people who do not access hospice care either because they don’t know what the Arthur Rank Hospice can offer, don’t know how to contact or perhaps think that their care is not available to them or that they may have to pay. We are holding some engagement events aimed to hear community voices:

https://www.arhc.org.uk/fundraising/events-challenges/community-voices-event/

You’ll see that they are hosting two at the Rosmini Centre, and one in Ely and I’d be really grateful if you can help us to publicise (I realise the first one is very short notice, apologies, but I’ve only just been made aware).

Please feel free to share this with your contacts.

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PPG Meeting @ NQS This Monday

Unfortunately the Patients Participation Group can not take up individual complaint cases. I am contacted very regularly about the ongoing issues and complaints about the service patients are not receiving at NQS. ‘We’ as a PPG can highlight as I did very robustly at the last meeting to the attending Doctor and Practice Manager.
There is a set mechanism for making complaints and these should be directed to the Practice Manager.

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