Halberton Newsletter

1 Halberton Newsletter Edition 138 : August September 2018. On-line Our FREE Parish Newsletter 1. Newsletter TEAM NEWS. I am looking for someone who can use Microsoft Publisher as we do need to be using this programme for the Newsletter to make editing it easier. If you do have this, please can you get in touch with me to discuss this. Thank you Caroline . PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE DATE BELOW. FOR THE OCTOBER / NOVEMBER EDITION. I AM AWAY FROM THE FOLLOWING WEEK FOR. 2 WEEKS WHICH WILL BE TOO LATE FOR ANY. ARTICLES SUBMITTED AFTER 3RD SEPTEMBER. TO BE INCLUDED IN THE Newsletter . PLEASE NOTE DEADLINE. for the Newsletters is Monday 3rd September 2018. Articles submitted after this date WILL NOT be included in the Newsletter due to holiday commitments Please send all articles to 2. SPECIAL NOTICE. This November, on Sunday the 11th, here in Halberton we will be commemorating one hundred years since the end of the First World War. To mark the occasion the Community Association and the History Group are planning a bring 'n'.

2 Share lunch, exhibitions and events in addition to the Remembrance Services at St Andrews and the Village Hall. There will be further details in the next Newsletter but PLEASE KEEP THE DATE FREE. In the meantime, we need your help : Have you family links with any who served? Have you any stories from that time? Have you any more ideas for events on the day? Please contact Alison Thomas, HCA Secretary, on 820496 or email 3. Halberton VILLAGE HALL. WHAT'S ON IN THE VILLAGE HALL. MONDAYS. Calligraphy - NEW CLASS STARTING 10TH SEPTEMBER. Contact: Jo Turner - 01884 266895 Ballroom Dance Classes Contacts: Judy -01769 572384 or Syd -01271 325800. TUESDAYS. Pilates - Contact: Jen - 07980 008726. Parish Council Meetings - See Notice Boards or website for details Village Hall Meetings - - 3rd Tuesday of each month Contact Barrie 01884 82056. WEDNESDAYS. Luncheon Club - 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month Contact: Charmaine 01884 820561. - 3rd Wednesday of each month Contact: Margaret Drew 01392 860545.

3 Post Office U3A Members Folk Dancing 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month - Contact Pat Robertson - 820932. THURSDAYS. Fitness Group - FRIDAYS. History Group Room Contact: Joy Wooding 01884 820325. Senior Citizens Club (fortnightly). Contact for dates and details : Bill Jones 01884 243849. SATURDAYS. Quiz and Supper (First Saturday of every month). Contact: Judy 01884 820648 or Barrie 01884 820566. 4. WHAT'S ON IN OUR LOCAL AREA. ASH THOMAS VILLAGE HALL. **. A 'GREEN-LETTER' DATE FOR YOUR DIARY. *SATURDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 2018*. *UFFCULME GREEN DAY, MAGELAKE PAVILION, UFFCULME EX15 3DP 10am - 4pm*. Another Green Day is taking place in Uffculme this year - the 3rd such event. It will be opened by Prof Patrick Devine-Wright from Exeter University and Chairman of Exeter Community Energy. There will be a great variety of stalls, organisations and children's activities, and this year we have a mixed programme of Pop-up- entertainment and short talks/questions sessions on a variety of subjects throughout the Day.

4 The lunch-time refreshments will be provided by volunteers from 'REROOTED' - the Tiverton Surplus Food Cafe using surplus food from supermarkets and shops. They produce amazing meals at the monthly Food Cafe in Tiverton, so come and see for yourself the tempting food on offer on Green Day for a very reasonable price. Of course there will be plenty of other refreshments available throughout the day and as always there will be the all-important DRAW with excellent PRIZES. Some surprises being worked on as well! Most importantly it won't cost you anything - it is A FREE-ENTRY. COMMUNITY EVENT - generously supported by Uffculme Parish Council. Come and join us - it will be an educational family fun day! UFFCULME GREEN TEAM. **. Halberton SCOUT HUT. is available for bookings from other organisations. Please contact 01884 820480. 5. UFFCULME TABLE TENNIS CLUB. Second Saturday morning of each month in Magelake Hall Uffculme. until , Fourth Thursday evening of each month, from 7 until 9 pm.

5 Cost per session is 1, no joining fee. Children are welcome Saturday mornings with an adult. Ann Hill - 01884-849067. **. SAMPFORD PEVERELL HISTORIC VEHICLE SHOW. The show this year will be on Sunday 12th August at Uplowman Village Hall in aid of our designated charity, Devon Freewheelers also known as the Blood Bikes This is an important and well deserving charity which transports blood, organs, medication and breast milk to hospitals and people in the county As always any type of vehicle welcome, no age restrictions. There will also be craft/trade stands, all day bar, raffle and a hog roast. The show is growing in size every year and we are in desperate need of committee members and volunteers to help out behind the scenes and on the day. No matter how small anything would be appreciated! For more information and application forms or if you would like to help out please contact Lindy Astbury ( Secretary ) on 01884 820527 or **. SAMPFORD PEVERELL AND DISTRICT.

6 TWINNING ASSOCIATION. Our friends from our twin villages around Notre Dame De Courson in the Pays D'Auge, Normandy, will be visiting from 10th to 14th August. All the visitors this time will actually be staying in Sampford Peverell and Uplowman but you may see them around. Please make them welcome. 6. LETTER FROM COLIN SLADE. Devon County Councillor Tiverton East I was delighted that the new A361 junction was completed on time in June and that traffic is flowing normally for the summer. The contract for the next phase of the resurfacing through to Junction 27 has been awarded to Mildren Construction and work is expected to commence in September. In the meantime, preliminary improvement scheme layouts for improvements to the North Devon Link Road have been approved by Devon County Council's Cabinet. Following agreement from councillors, a full business case for the scheme will now be prepared to be submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT). Devon County Council made a successful bid for 83 million of Local Majors Funding from the DfT in May which will go towards the 93 million scheme.

7 The funding is subject to a final decision by the DfT once a full business case has been presented by the County Council. The upgrade will widen of the North Devon Link Road from South Molton to Barnstaple to provide more overtaking opportunities. There will also be junction improvements and safety upgrades from South Molton to Bideford. Another good news story, Devon County Council has been named the winner of the Best Overall Report at the PATROL PARC Awards (Parking Annual Report Awards by Councils). The council received the honour at PATROL's annual awards ceremony at the Houses of Parliament last on Tuesday 10 July. The awards recognise the local authorities who have published the best reports on their parking services, as part of their civil enforcement reporting. Councillor Stuart Hughes, the County Council's Cabinet Member for Highway Management, and Chris Rook, Devon's Traffic Management Team Manager, were presented with the award by broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth.

8 The Best Report Award is judged on how helpful it is to the local community, the policies, scheme design and the quality of the information provided as well as the overall presentation. 7. Moving on from roads to rail. I recently attended a meeting of the Devon and Exeter Rail Project Working Party which is hosted by Devon County Council. We were given an update from Great Western Railway with a presentation by the Assistant Regional Development Manager, Lewis Ward. This included a report on the improvements at Exeter St David's, both to the public areas and the nearby depot due for completion soon. There are improvements on the way later this year to our trains, and while several areas are under review no timetable changes are planned in the near future. The Department for Transport is carrying out a consultation on the new Cross-Country franchise. The consultation refers to the new franchise to start in late 2019 and is available on-line at: This is available for any individual or organisation to respond to with responses required by 2345 hrs on Thursday 30 August 2018.

9 If you are a rail user on this service I urge you to have your say. I think it is vital that we retain our full services from Tiverton parkway and Taunton. Devon Councils and Devon and Cornwall Police are launching a pilot scheme to help raise finance for local community projects. Devon County, District Councils, Exeter City Council and the Police, are all working with Crowdfunder, to build opportunities for community groups to bid for finance to help local projects get off the ground. The pilot partnership will be called Crowdfund Devon. Crowdfunding is a way of raising money from people who are happy to donate it to good causes, or it's given in return for some sort of reward later. It's an idea that has grown in popularity each year, along with other alternative ways of raising cash. You can find out more here On the subject of funding a reminder my Locality Budget is open for applications as is the newly renamed Communities Together Fund (formerly the TAP fund).

10 You can find full details on the Devon County Council website or please contact me direct for more information. Colin Slade Devon County Councillor for Tiverton East. 07948 432942. 8. LETTER FROM RAY RADFORD. County and District Councillor Dear Residents You must have enjoyed the summer to date, let`s hope it keeps up for a while. My Policy Development Group deal with issues relating to Environment and we get various Motions to consider. One we rejected was to give Disabled/Handicap Residents a trolley to bring their recycling black boxes to the point of collection for the Recycling Operator. This was defeated because, any such Resident, and we have 662 in MDDC, can apply to MDDC for assisted collection, which means that the Operator will come to your door, empty the box and return it. If you find you are one who needs assistance, then apply to MDDC for that help at no cost. If we supplied the trolleys the Resident would have to pay for it and still take it to the normal collection point.