Parish council news round-up Issue 359 - Friday, July 12th 2024

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Council and district news

Some General Election statistics 🗳️

On Thursday, July 4th the Parliamentary Election was held to elect a Member of Parliament for Kingswinford & South Staffordshire and Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge.

Here are a few statistics below which gives an overview of the scale of the event:

618 people supported the delivery of the election.
137 Presiding Officers and 261 Poll Clerks worked at our polling stations.
129 Counting Assistants counted the ballot papers until the early hours of the morning - 88,836 ballot papers were counted.
We issued 24,033 postal voting packs and the Postal Voting team opened and processed 20,150 of returned postal voting packs.
This is the largest cross-boundary election we have ever run - taking on thousands of electors from both Dudley MBC and Stafford BC.

Celebrating 50 years!

We are officially on countdown with just under twelve weeks to go for our 50-year anniversary celebration!

As we prepare to commemorate this significant milestone, we will be sending out a survey shortly and are asking residents of South Staffordshire to send in their stories, photographs and memories of our borough to record our history.

It's a great chance to celebrate:

50 years of our borough
our communities
our borough's wonderful achievements and to look forward to the next chapter

Have you got a special memory of South Staffordshire? It could be of a particular place, view or building that you love and feel should be celebrated?

We would love to hear and see your photos of South Staffs in the last 50 years. Whether its a favourite spot or a special or unusual event, please share your memory with us to: Comms@sstaffs.gov.uk.

Councillor Roger Lees commented on this momentous occasion:

'It’s a huge honour to mark the start of the 50^th anniversary of South Staffordshire Council and it has been an honour to serve our community.’

Climate Action Fund to help local communities

Staffordshire County Council is dedicated to cutting greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change and acknowledges the necessity of adapting to our evolving climate.

Working together to reduce climate change impacts across Staffordshire is a top priority.

The Climate Change Action Fund offers financial assistance to local communities to build resilience and reduce Staffordshire’s contributions to climate change.

For more info please click on the link below ⬇️

Climate Action Fund - Staffordshire County Council

South Staffordshire shop front grant

South Staffordshire council is committed to supporting the district's business community.

We are targeting a portion of our UKSPF allocation to support our local business, with a focus on those operating in the village centres

We have established a ‘shop front’ grant scheme to support and sustain existing businesses in the village centres, this grant will help to improve the look and feel of our village centres, making those shops more attractive to passing visitors and local residents increasing trade and footfall.

The Shop Front Grant is available to independent retail and hospitality businesses and property owners in South Staffordshire’s village centres to improve their shop front or to bring vacant premises back into use.

The objective of the grant is to support traders and the local economy as well as improving the retail environment for shoppers, residents, and visitors.

For further information, please visit here.

Huntington Summer fete

South Staffordshire Council will be offering advice on benefits, energy efficiency, dementia support, as well as a back-to-school stationery giveaway and much more – this event is not to be missed!

Get your children school ready for the new term, stationery give away to support those in need.
Looking for ways to create a warmer home at a fraction of the price this winter? Pop along and meet our Community Homes Solutions team and see how we can help you.
Do you look after someone with dementia? Do you know someone who does and is struggling? Pop along to our stand today, we will have support materials on hand.
Creating brighter futures – Are you out of work and looking to launch a career but need the training?
Free doggy poo bags, courtesy of our Street Scene cleansing team. Help us to keep community play areas and streets clean.

➡️➡️Village Green, Huntington

📅 July, 21st

⏲️10am - 3pm

Chairman's Charity fundraiser

Message from Councillor Dan Kinsey, Chairman of South Staffordshire -

You may, or may not, be aware that my Chairman’s Charity this year is actually three – Papyrus, Staffordshire Blood Bikes, and South Staffordshire First Responders.

I will be putting on a number of charity fundraisers across the year, but already in the diary is a Sky Dive I will undertake in August (hoping it doesn’t get delayed by the weather…). So for this, you don’t need to purchase tickets, get dressed up, come to an event or anything like that – just make a donation to some very worthy causes!

Please see the link here to my JustGiving page, and please share this as far and as wide as you feel is appropriate.

https://www.justgiving.com/team/sstaffschairmancouncillordankinseyskydive

If anyone would like a sponsorship form to help me in this endeavour, please let us know, and we’ll get something to you.

I hope you can help me in this exciting challenge.

-Councillor Dan Kinsey

Vacancies

Street Scene Operative Level 4 (12 month fixed term), closing on July 16^th
Assistant Manager (Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre), closing on July 15^th
Planning Solicitor, open closing date

All vacancies can be viewed in full and applied for on our recruitment site: https://www.sstaffs.gov.uk/vacancies.

Leisure latest

Carbon Bubble is coming to Cheslyn Hay

Chez Fest Family Fun Day is a family event to highlight healthy lifestyle choices and wellbeing within the community.

The event is being organised by Cheslyn Hay & Great Wyrley Running Club to help promote healthy lifestyles and exercise with lots of local companies on hand throughout the day to share their knowledge and experience. South Staffordshire Council will be on hand to tell you all about their leisure offer, Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre and the opportunities for resident to get involved .

Also attending the event will be Staffordshire County Council and their ’Carbon Bubble’ which is an interactive way for us all to think about climate change issues and get handy tips for reducing our carbon footprint.

This is being led by Staffordshire County Council in partnership with Staffordshire’s eight district and borough councils and all part of plans to help the county reduce its carbon footprint and get to net zero by 2050.

There will be live music, entertainment along with cake and food stalls and something for all of the family.

Please do come along and say hello, we'd love to see you!

🏘️: Cheslyn Hay Park, Rosemary Road

📅 Saturday, 13th July

⏲️ 11am - 5pm

Get 10% off leisure centre activities with the ‘Leisure Advantage Card’

Adults and children can now sign up to a new 'Leisure Advantage Card' offering discounts of up to 10% off individual leisure centre activities including exercise classes, swimming and the gym.

Pop into your nearest leisure centre to get your card activated and start saving NOW.

Find out more here.

New exercise classes launch at Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre

Several brand-new classes are being introduced at Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre with the extended programme launching on Monday, July 15^th.

The programme will offer additional classes for Yoga, Pilates, Vibe Cycle, Legs, bums n tums and more!

To view the new programme go to ⬇️

CHLC NEW Exercise class timetable 2024

Summer holiday swimming timetables

The daytime swimming programmes will change slightly during the summer school holiday to offer more daytime swimming between Monday, July 22nd to Friday, August 30th.

For the summer holiday swimming timetables, click on the links below:

Cheslyn Hay summer swimming times

Codsall summer swimming times

Penkridge summer swimming times

Wombourne summer swimming times

The Space Scheme - summer discounts for young people

From Monday, July 29th to Friday, August 30th, young people aged 8-17 years, living in South Staffordshire can enjoy discounts on swimming, gym sessions and 3G pitch hire thanks to funding from the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner.

Swim for £1
Gym for £1
3G pitch hire for £10.

For full details, click here.

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