Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Local Social Precriber Charlie Chittenden –
At Jenner Health Centre Whittlesey

Won the award :-
Social Prescribing Link Worker of the Year
which recognises an inspirational Social Prescribing Link Worker, representing excellence in Social Prescribing Link Worker professional practice, and has been in the post for a minimum of 1 year.
This person is a transformer who has gone beyond day-to-day expectations to overcome significant challenges to achieve success in transforming Healthcare for All and can evidence the impact of their work.

Well deserved – Charlie.

You may have seen, or be aware of, a large police presence in Whittlesey today.

We carried out warrants at two houses in Pinewood Avenue at about 10am where large amounts of cannabis were seized from both addresses, as well as cash from one.

Searches of the properties have been ongoing throughout the day.

Two men aged 34 and 53 and a 33-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of cannabis.
All remain in custody at Thorpe Wood Police Station in Peterborough.

If you’ve got information or concerns about drugs, you can report via the dedicated drugs information page on our website.

My apologies for those not interested…..
However those who are, I hope that you will make time to vote today – I am realy wishing that you will vote ‘For The Person’ not the ‘Political Party’ – having said that several people I have come across are convinced that is the way to go.

Not so in many other parts of the country – Why does Whittlesey have to be different I wonder.
Polling Stations are open and remember you will need to take some form of identification with you.

I understand that the Postal Votes sent in so far are well below expectation.

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Thank you to all those who vote for me – GERSTNER

Some shops have made an effort, WTC has today put up ‘bunting’ around the market square. Remember there are (2) planned ‘Free’ music events being put on for the public, this Saturday and Sunday.

We are all keeping an eye on the weather!

In the near future, all the lighting, fencing and surface of the Manor Netball Courts are been replaced/upgraded. Today Lighting Technicans were attempting to replace some of the broken lighting (they did have trouble) – they showed me photo’s of 10 sets of lighting around the Manor Centre/Swimming Pool which has been damaged due to – yes you guessed it – Vandalism – stones being thrown to smash the lens and then the lamp.

The good news being that when the lighting is replaced it should be fairly strait forward and LED should be more efficient and better than the current set up.
Hopefully they will have mesh guards to protect them.

The ‘Trolls’ have no idea?

It was reported to me late yesterday, the minor vandalism on the Wooden Bower Bridge.
This morning I had to find out who the Bridge asset it is…by experience I had contacts and within my advising the issue Cambs CC Highways got back to me, that they would investigate.
On my travels this afternoon (15:00) there was a Cambs Highways Engineer at the bridge,
fenced off the dangerous part and will return in the next couple of days to make repairs.
He told me – had they have sent their contractors out to investgate – initial cost £400.00
The prople responsible for this vandalism (remember I must not even point a finger on who it may be) don’t realise what this is costing us the rate-payer.

To the ‘Trolls’ – this is what some of us do as unpaid – volunteers (Town Council) almost daily.

So along with the Facebook Trolls, Crime reports and as below, more vandalism, this time on the small wooden bridge which goes over the Bower at the bottom of Briggate East, having slats kicked out, with luck local resident found one slat and put it back, the other still missing, more grafitti, some very unpleasant graphics in the small park off Churchfield Way.
All reported, all takes time and effort and as always a cost to us – the Ratepayer.