Myself and Cllr Eamonn Dorling have now ‘clocked’ several hundreds of hours on this wonderful Town Council project – very much ongoing with help from our small group of volunteers.
Deer caught by night camera – QEII Jubilee Wood Whittlesey
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WTC Paperwork 240718To many residents here in Fenland/Whittlesey this was a life-line in the short term.
Household Support Fund. Closure 240718The new Government is planning the early release of some of those in Prisons.
Below, states some of the concerns this may/will have on our local communities, here in Fenland – eg – need for housing, need for medical support.
The sucessful Household Support Fund – Many within Fenland have received help.
Originally funded by the Government, when this finished Cambs CC made money available, however the success has been overwhelming – that the funding is about to run out.
Fenland residents where the highest number in Cambs applying and receiving help from HSF –
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The public tickets will open on 14th June.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/quality-of-life-survey-2024
Takes around 7/8 minutes to complete. – Tell the County Council YOUR views/thoughts.
The closing date for comments is Friday 19 July 2024
Kings Dyke Nature Reserve has now shut due to a land slip. Forterra is funding the repair work, which may take a year. The attached letter gives all the details.
Like Saxon Pit this is a former brickworks. Given that works are ongoing at Saxon Pit
(not owned by Forterra) to shore up the Eastern Buttress, that works will then be needed there to shore up the Southern Buttress and now we have a slippage at Kings Dyke,
it makes you question the quality of restoration work carried out by the original owners when the sites were handed over (before Forterra’s time).
Going forward, residents need to take a much greater interest in matters like this.
Thankfully Forterra is acting as a good neighbour and has shared its plans to remedy the issue at Kings Dyke. Once completed the town should see the nature reserve fully restored and free for the local community to enjoy again in perpetuity.
On Saturday a Street Pride volunteer reported an abandoned moped in the Station Road play area. I reported it. The police recovered the moped as it had been reported stolen. Another good result.
Eamonn Dorling (Chairman Whittlesey Street Pride)
