Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Disclaimer: These observations are not the ‘official’ minutes of the meeting, these are supplied by Whittlesey Town Council, normally (1) month following this meeting and can be viewed on their website.
Decisions and Voting at this meeting may be ratified and confirmed at the following months meeting.

Community Projects :
1/ The Clerk advised that some 30 people are on the waiting list for an allotment.
A recent allotment inspection identified 16 rated as being in poor condition, a further inspection will take place and if no improvement – they will be served eviction notices.

2/ The members present discussed a future plan for the upcoming ‘Kings Coronation’ and agreed that a sub-committee/working group be set up as to the arrangements that Whittlesey Town Council put in place for the event – more to follow.
Buckingham Palace is pleased to announce that the Coronation of His Majesty The King will take place on Saturday 6^th May, 2023.
The Coronation Ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey,
London, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Ceremony will see His Majesty King Charles III crowned alongside The Queen Consort.
The Coronation will reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry.
Further details will be announced in due course.

3/ An update on Whittlesey Town Council – Community ‘Platinum Wood’ project.
Cllr Gerstner adviced that all is going to plan, and that Cllr Dorling has taken on the prime role of co-ordinator whilst RG is unavailable.
The tree’s have been ordered and are expected to be delivered end November/beginning December. Logistical support from Mr Jonathan Dale and PECT is established.
All sponsors will be invited to ‘Plant-A-Tree’ on the day.

The first set of unrounded estimates from Census 2021 have been released covering demography and migration, including age and sex, country of birth, household size and people’s living arrangements.

Our new interactive maps will help you find out what people’s lives were like across England and Wales when they answered Census 2021. And they’ll allow you to see the data not just for your local authority area, but your local neighbourhood as well.

And in our article Voices of our ageing population: Living longer lives, we go beyond the numbers to provide expert views on issues related to ageing and explain why census data are particularly useful. What do we know about the lives of older people and the challenges they face? How do the data help to plan for an older population? And, what do older people themselves think about ageing and how we could all age better?

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

Cambridge

Driver killed “truly special individual” after covering camera

Man jailed after threatening shop worker with knives and burgling an elderly woman

Duo who ambushed two men in premeditated attack jailed for combined 48 years 

Peterborough

Burglar caught red handed by police

Drug dealers caught out after ordering room service at hotel

Peterborough woman jailed for shoplifting 

Rapist jailed five years on

Fenland

Rape survivor praises police after seeing attacker jailed

Man did “donuts” in graveyard

You can find more news from the force online here.

We were informed last night the hard work in planning for this years event is in place, finance/sponsorship has been worked on and again through some very hard work will make this years event bigger and better.

The small team of ‘Volunteers’ of which I am proud to be part of, work for some 10 months ahead of the event to make it a success.
Date – 10th December – 15:00 – Market Place/Market Street/High Causeway.

You can Help !!!! – Buy a Draw Ticket for £1 …..