Town and Parish Newsletter – Jun’24
Please find below a link to the latest edition of the Town & Parish Briefing
Maidwell-Being – Next Event Saturday 8th June, 10-12noon
The next meeting will be held at Loder Hall on Saturday , 10-12noon.
Come along to see what it is all about !
Town & Parish Briefing – May’24
Please find below a link to the latest edition of the Town & Parish Briefing
Annual Report 23/24 – from Cllr Jonathan Harris
Brixworth Ward Councillor Jonathan Harris has published an Annual Report for 2023/24
You can download it here
WNC Consultations – SEND Funding and West Northants Carer Strategy 2024-29
Please visit the West Northamptonshire Consultation Hub for more information about all consultation or engagement activities and how to have your say.
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West Northamptonshire Council: SEND Funding Recommendations
West Northamptonshire Council Children and Young People’s Services are looking to gather feedback on the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) funding recommendations established following previous consultation and engagements. This makes up a final stage of consultation before presenting the arrangements to Northamptonshire School Forum in July, with the WNC SEND funding changes happening in September 2024.
Give us your views
Please visit the West Northamptonshire Council: SEND Funding Recommendations for further information and how to have your say.
This consultation closes midnight Sunday 2 June 2024.
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Consultation: Your views on the (draft) West Northants Carer Strategy 2024-2029
By working with local unpaid carers locally, West Northamptonshire Council has developed a new strategy on how we would like to support them. We recognise the increasingly important role that unpaid carers play and how together with partners, we should improve the help and support available to them. We would like your feedback on our draft Carer Strategy 2024-29.
Give us your views
Please visit the Consultation: Your views on the (draft) West Northants Carer Strategy 2024-2029 for further information and how to have your say.
This consultation closes midnight Thursday 30 May 2024.
Grant scheme launched to help people develop skills and find employment in West Northants
West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) has launched a new grant scheme which aims to support local people to develop their learning and skills and help them get into work.
The Skills for Communities grant scheme is open to community, voluntary and social enterprise organisations that operate, or are prepared to operate, within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire and must be used to provide support to residents aged 16+ who are no longer in full-time education and who would like to develop existing or learn new skills.
Local voluntary and community organisations including registered charities, community interest companies and social enterprises are invited to apply for the grants of between £10,000 and £300,000.
Funded using £500,000 of UK Shared Prosperity Funding (UKSPF), a central part of the Government’s Levelling Up agenda, this grant funding will be available over the 2024/25 financial year and will be awarded to organisations who address an identified local need by supporting people to enter the world of work, including voluntary work.
Examples of how the grant can be used include:
- – delivering training towards qualifications or building life skills
- – improving communication skills and social skills
- – increasing confidence, work experience, coaching or other support
- – supporting literacy and digital skills
The Skills for Communities grant scheme compliments WNC’s existing Multiply programme which is already delivering numeracy skills to local people. The grants cannot be used to fund activity already supported through other funding streams such as the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
Cllr Daniel Lister, Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Town Centre Regeneration and Growth, said: “The Skills for Communities grant scheme is one of many ways in which we are actively investing in local people and communities to make West Northants the perfect place to live, work, visit and thrive.
“This grant funding will help to boost core skills and support those aged 16+ to progress in work whilst encouraging innovative approaches to reducing adult learning barriers, both of which will help more people into employment and support a thriving economy here in West Northants.
“I encourage all eligible Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations to submit an application for this funding.”
For more information email economy@westnorthants.gov.uk The guidance document and application forms will then be sent to you electronically.
The deadline for submitting your completed application to WNC is 5pm on Friday, 24 May 2024.
Contact Information
West Northamptonshire Council Communications Team
communications@westnorthants.gov.uk
Notes to editors
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.
The UKSPF underpins the Government’s agenda to support Levelling Up. Its primary goal is to build pride in place and increase life chances across all parts of the UK. These ambitions are built on three investment priorities:
- Communities and place
- Supporting businesses
- People and skills
Each area of the UK received a UKSPF allocation for local investment, with £5.4M awarded to West Northamptonshire.
To secure its allocation the Authority submitted an Investment Plan setting out delivery priorities aligned to local needs; aiming to tackle issues critical to West Northamptonshire’s growth, productivity, and economic inclusion. The plan, which was shaped through engagement and consultation with local partners and stakeholders and is underpinned by business intelligence and research data received Government sign off in December 2022.
For more information visit GOV.UK – UK Shared Prosperity Fund Prospectus.
News from Maidwell – May 2024
All news can be found here on the Parish Magazine page
News from Maidwell – May 2024
Church Services
5 May Family Service 11:00 am
19 May Holy Communion 11:00 am
2 June Family Service 11:00 am
16 June Holy Communion 11:00 am
The family service is for all the benefice and beyond- the more families the better.
Events for the diary
National Open Gardens – Sunday 19 May and Sunday 21 July 10am-5pm, Nightingale Cottage and Wyatts, where teas, coffees, cakes and sandwiches will be served.
Cancelled, not enough interest – Dog Show – Saturday 15 June 12-4pm – more details to follow. If anyone would like to help with this, please let Amanda know.
The Loder Hall
Forthcoming events
- Annual General Meeting – Saturday 27 April, 10.30am at the Loder Hall. Villagers are most welcome to attend.
- Quiz night and fish ‘n’ chip supper – Saturday 11 May, 7.00pm for 7.30pm. Tickets will be £16.00 and are available from Ann Rabjohn: 01604 686967 or 07939 124521
- Summer BBQ – Saturday 10 August. Further information to follow.
Additional events may be organised, keep a lookout on the village WhatsApp group and Facebook page.
The Loder Hall, tables, chairs etc are available for hire at a reasonable rate.
The Hall is great spaces for private events, meetings, classes etc. Please contact Ann on 01604 686967 or 07939 124521 for further information and booking details.
The Loder Hall is a registered charity and is entirely self-funding via hire charges, social events and occasional donations. It receives no funding from the local authority.
Parish Council
Defibrillators
At our last meeting on 13 March, we agreed to purchase two defibrillators: one for Draughton which currently does not have one and a new one for Maidwell, which will be very visibly located at the Loder Hall, with thanks to the Loder Hall Committee. We would like to express our thanks to Rob Willoughby at The Stag for housing the current machine, which is being donated to the pub. Both machines have been purchased with the help of a grant from the Government Community Fund as well as funds we had budgeted for and are important assets for the villages to have.
New website
Please go and have a look at the new Maidwell with Draughton parish website. This is now fully operational and you can find all the Parish Council news and papers there as well as updates from Maidwell-being and other local news. The website can be found at https://maidwellwithdraughtonparishcouncil.gov.uk/ and you can subscribe for regular updates to go into your inbox.
You can find all the contact details for your local councillors on the site and please do let us have your feedback. If you would like any news items adding to the website then please contact maidwellwithdraughton@gmail.com.
Neighbourhood Plan
It is five years since our Plan was created. Pete Redman joined our meeting, having reviewed these first five years for us. You can read the update in the minutes for the meeting.
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Parish Council will be held on Wednesday 8 May at 7.30pm. All residents are welcome to join for that or the regular meeting which will take place afterwards (approximately 7.45pm).
Maidwell-being
Our next meeting will be on Saturday 11 May in the Loder Hall from 10am-12noon. We will be having a representative from Climate Action West Northants to discuss what West Northants is doing about climate control, as well as sharing what some other local groups are doing/have done. Can we get away from consumerism and move towards community?
Contacts: Amanda (07707 530720), Lynne (07785 790265), Paul (07710 096590), Mary (07703 291169) and Fiona (07903 137219)
Maidwell Wombles
A big THANK YOU to all those who wombled in April – Alan, Andrew M, Andrew S, Colin, David, Julie, Lynne, Mick and Steve. Between them they collected 19 bags of rubbish and found half a car! Well done to all!
If you would like to join us, even if just for one session a year, it would help enormously – please contact Colin on 07771 806094.
The forthcoming dates (weather permitting) are: Friday 10 May (10am), Friday 7 June (10am), Saturday 6 July (9am), Saturday 3 August (9am), Saturday 6 September (10am), Saturday 5 October (9am), Saturday 2 November (9am) and Friday 6 December (9am).
Dog waste
As noted on the village WhatsApp group, there has been an increase in dog waste around the village. As it is an offence not to clear up after your dog in public areas, please ensure that you remove any waste and take it home for disposal. The supply of further dog waste bins has been noted for discussion by the Parish Council.
Maidwell Primary School
As I write, we are preparing for our final assembly at the end of this second spring term and are about to embark on our Easter break.
With signs of the weather gradually improving we have already managed to spend some time outside on our playing field. When we return after the holidays, we will hopefully enjoy our outdoor space even more.
Our summer terms, once we have the SATs completed, will include our residential for the Key Stage 2 children and our whole school performance at the end of the school year with lots of learning and play throughout.
Latest Speed Data 08.05.24
As you may or may not know, the Parish Council installed 2 speed signs outside of Loder Hall to capture the speed of vehicles travelling in both directions along the A508.
A dedicated page has been set up to display this information to you and can be viewed here
The latest information can be found at the top of the page and below downloads of older information is available.
Below is a comparison of a week in March and April 2023 and March and April 2024.
Summary of one week in march and April 2023 24 for PC 08.05.24
NEW Defibrillator – Draughton Clubroom
The Parish Council is currently in the process of installing 2 new defibrillators in Maidwell and Draughton
Locations
Locations of these devices are :
Draughton Clubroom (next to the Church), Draughton, NN6 9JQ
Maidwell – Coming Soon
There is currently a defibrillator located at The Stag pub, Harborough Road, Maidwell, NN6 9JA
This may be removed in the future once the new units are installed.
Both will be registered on The Circuit, the National Defibrillator Network, once fully up and running.
https://www.defibfinder.uk/
In an emergency please call 999
The ambulance service will know where these devices are located and will provide the relevant codes.
Training
The Parish Council is looking into organising training for residents. Details of this will be published shortly.