Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

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.

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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 …..

                                               Thanks Discovering Whittlesea©

From the Fenland Youth Radio Newsroom

November 1st marks a significant date in the history of the Whittlesey Emergency Food Aid (WEFA) has moved to a new home thanks to Fenland District Council and Freedom Leisure as an old football changing room has been renovated to store emergency food supplies for those in greatest need.
The Mayor of Whittlesey David Mason was joined by representatives of a number of organisations to officially launch the new venue marked with the cutting of a cake. A dedicated WEFA phone line has been set up and your details will be confidential 07375143146 Photo Courtesy Robert Windle RWT Photography / Fenland Youth Radio.

At our meeting today the 5 remaining members/committee decided that there will be
an AGM to be held on Tuesday 07th March 2023.
On the agenda for that  meeting will be whether the group carries on or desolve.
They need at least 2 or 3 more people, who are interested in our history and Mud Walls.

More closer the date.

If you would like to be a member or attend the March meeting please contact.
Mike Shearing – scorpionmike57@googlemail.com

Just a small selection of ‘Poppy Boards’ out on display around Town Centre & Garden of Rest.

The public who read my post(s) about the recent funding of the Heritage Centre,
having now being put in hibernation and the ‘suggested’ alternatives – would have read
ALL the Facts – Unfortunately I can only presume via the usual inaccuracies and false news on Social Media, many and I mean many have got the Facts – wrong.

All 4 Fenland Market Towns were allocated £1M from The Cambridge & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) – A committee was formed under what is known as
The Growing Fenland Partnership. In Whittlesey’s case consists of 3 Councillors and 5 Members of the Public.

A full consultation was given for the General Public to put forward ideas of what they wanted to do with the monies. I attach the report at the end.

The Heritage Centre is no more (for the short term anyway) – so some £455,000 was left to allocate for other projects.
Myself and Cllr Mason, with some supported by other Whittlesey Town Councillors put forward that this money ‘could’ be allocated towards our Manor Centre/Field/Sports and Young People.
However this was never an option from the original decisions from the consultation, plus ‘a’ Councillor indicated that due governance had not been followed correctly.

So last week the Growing Fenland Group (Whittlesey) had a meeting where Cllr Mason who asked to attend put forward the ‘Manor’ proposal, this received no support from those
attending. Their own option was put forward (Leveling of the Market Place/Must Farm artifacts to the Library/£200+K towards the next stage for Consultants to put together a case for The Relief Road/Bypass – + Manor Tennis/Netball Courts & Solar Panels Swimming Pool.

This option was voted through and will now go the the CPCA.

Disappointed – Yes very much so – however ‘We’ will carry on the campaign and hope that we will get support from ALL Whittlesey Town/Fenland/County Councillors in our quest for future funding.

There you have The Facts (hopefuly I’ve got them correct)

Some Councillors have received a vast amount of ‘abuse’ because of this decision – I do not wish anyone especially Councillors to be sujected to abuse – I’ve had it myself…
Have a grown up argument by all means… robust – yes – but abuse No.