Warwickshire County Council have published a useful information leaflet for the forthcoming elections on May 4th:

• WCC Election Leaflet 2017

Oxfordshire are consulting on healthcare arrangements which will affect residents of Avon Dassett given its proximity to services at the Horton Hospital. We are grateful to the new District Councillor for Red Horse Ward, John Feilding, who is asking that residents of Warwickshire on the border with Oxfordshire are given the chance to raise their views on the proposed changes. The full consultation website is: www.oxonhealthcaretransformation.nhs.uk

Phase 1

They are asking for views on proposed changes to the following:

Acute hospital services:

• Changing the way hospital beds are used and increasing care closer to home in Oxfordshire
• Planned care at the Horton Hospital  (this includes tests and treatment planned in advance and not emergency care)
• Acute stroke services at Oxford
• Critical care at the Horton Hospital (critical care helps people with life-threatening or very serious injuries and illnesses)
• Maternity services at the Horton Hospital including obstetrics and the Special Care baby Unit

This consultation concerns Phase 1 only.

The questionnaire may be filled in online here.

Phase 2

The next phase of consultation will invite views on proposed changes to the following services in Oxfordshire.

Acute hospital services:

• Accident and Emergency services in Oxfordshire
• Children’s Services
• Community Hospitals

Please take the opportunity to have your views heard by completing the questionnaire by midnight on 9 April 2017.

CROPREDY TENNIS CLUB – 2017 SEASON NEWS

Club nights are from 24 April (6.00pm onwards) on Mondays for all members and on Wednesdays for ladies only. Anyone interested in joining the club can come along to any club night to meet and play along with the other members before deciding to join the club.

Junior coaching will start on 28 April on Fridays from 4.14 to 5.15pm.  Coaching is provided by coaches from Banbury Tennis Academy.  It is open to members and non members – a great opportunity for juniors to try tennis before they join the club.  Discounted fees are offered to members.  Coaching application forms are downloadable from the Cropredy Tennis Club website.

2016 Events include

• Free junior taster session will be held on 7 May.  Open to members and non members.
• Club social event. An Open Afternoon will be held on 9 July from 2.00pm, for members and non members.  Come along and try some tennis – beginners and returners welcome.
• Free adult coaching sessions to be held during two Monday club nights in May and June.  Watch the club’s website for details

New members of all ages and abilities are welcome. Further information and contact details are on the club’s website: www.cropredytennisclub.co.uk

Do you know anyone with an interest in wild plants or who would like to learn more about them? As the weather warms and the days get longer we are looking for people to help us.

The National Plant Monitoring Scheme is helping us to understand what is happening to different habitats across the UK and is set to run for a number of years. The Scheme has been running for two survey seasons and over 900 volunteers have signed up and been out surveying. One of the reasons the scheme has enjoyed such good success in attracting volunteers is because of the support of local parish councils. Many of these volunteers are new to plant surveying and have found the scheme accessible, are enjoying taking part and are exploring places to close to them and finding out new things. Volunteers are supported by materials which are sent to them, online resources and free training courses.

Do you know somebody who enjoys being outside? There are still opportunities to get involved with the scheme as a volunteer. In fact the more volunteers we have the more information is generated allowing us to get an even better understanding of what is happening in the landscape.

Who we are and what we need:

This scheme is a partnership between Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI); JNCC; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) and Plantlife and is backed by the government. Volunteers are recruited and supported to survey 5 plots in a kilometre square close to where they live. The plots will be surveyed twice a year. The kilometre squares to monitor have been identified by stratified random sampling. The plants have been chosen as indicators of the health of individual habitats. There are 3 levels volunteers can participate at depending on confidence and knowledge and support will be provided both through training; web and telephone.

More help please:

Across Warwickshire there are still 19 squares available to survey.

For more information see the NPMS flyer:

• NPMS flyer

The live map on the NPMS website shows the squares that are available: http://www.npms.org.uk/square-near-me-public?dynamic-return_all_squares=true

We particularly need to promote the scheme in remote areas as well as areas contain including those with coastal and upland habitats.

To sign up please visit www.npms.org.uk or for further information please email support@npms.org.uk or phone 01722 342743.

Thank you for your support

Kineton and Red Horse NOE

1. An Election is to be held of One County Councillor for Kineton and Red Horse Division.
2. Forms of nomination for County Elections may be obtained at Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6HX from the Deputy County Returning Officer during normal office hours.
3. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Deputy County Returning Officer, Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6HX on any day after the date of this notice but no later than 4pm on Tuesday 4th April 2017.
4. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 4th May 2017.
5. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6HX by 5pm on Tuesday 18th April 2017.
6. New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6HX by 5pm on Tuesday 25th April 2017.
7. Applications to vote by proxy at this election applied for on grounds of physical incapacity, where that physical incapacity occurred after 5pm on Tuesday 25th April 2017, must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6HX by 5pm on Thursday 4th May 2017.

A key was found on 24th March 2017 at the entrance to Avon Carrow. Is it yours? Get in touch to be reunited.

Avon Dassett Gardening Club have published their new programme of activities for 2017-18:

• Avon Dassett Gardening Club 2017-18

The result is:

John Henry Christopher Feilding (Conservative)             –        476 Elected          

Edward Leslie Fila (UKIP)                                             –               92

Pat Hotson (Green Party)                                              –               58

Philip Peter John Vial   (Liberal Democrat)                       –               266

Turnout

The electorate for the Red Horse District ward is     2661

Turnout for this election was 33.63%

2 rejected ballot papers

Total: 894

The By-election was called due to the resignation of District Councillor Bart Dalla Mura

New Composition of District Council

Following the by-election the Council make up is:

Conservatives – 30 seats

Liberal Democrats – 4 seats

Labour – 1 seat

Independent – 1 seat
36 seats in total

If you can’t get a speed of 2Mb per second you could be eligible for a subsidy of up to £350 to improve your internet connection. Find out more at basicbroadbandchecker.culture.gov.uk

Please see below the notice of the election on 9th March 2017 for a councillor for the Red Horse ward of Stratford District Council:

• Notice of Poll