Walgrave Village News

2012
04 February	Waste Food recycling - coming soon !
04 February	Dog Fouling and Littering
29 January	Bus service 39 timetable
09 January	Proposed cuts to PCSO funding
09 January	Walgrave Green Community Interest Company Ltd (WGCIC)
08 January	Tree Planting Week - press release from Walgrave School
	Mobile Library dates
2011	PCSOs Newsletter here St Peter's Church sponsored bicycle ride in September 2011 here Hannington - missing cat here Letter from District Councillor Ann Carter here Walgrave - Climate friendly award here Walgrave - Community Speed Watch results here Walgrave - Open Gardens 2011

 

 

WASTE FOOD RECYCLING - COMING SOON                                                 5 litre                     23 litre     Yes please You can put any raw or cooked food in your caddy, including any scraps or uneaten food. This includes: Meat and fish - raw and cooked including bones Fruit and vegetables - raw and cooked All dairy products such as eggs and cheese Bread, cakes and pastries Rice, pasta and beans Uneaten food from your plates and dishes Tea bags and coffee grinds Fats - solid and semi-solid but not liquid     No thanks Please do not put any of the following materials in your caddy: Food packaging or wrapping of any sort Plastic bags Liquids Kitchen towel   If you already compost, please continue to use your compost bin. You can use the food waste collection service for other types of food waste that you can’t compost such as meat, fish and leftovers.   More information: http://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/living/rubbish-and-recycling/what-can-i-recycle/food-waste

 

Dog fouling           Littering

 

29.01.12 Bus service 39 timetable

 

Your Growing Business:  Walgrave Green Community Interest Company Ltd (WGCIC)   WGCIC is born Many of you will already know Walgrave has won some monies in the last year for its ‘green activities’, and during the late summer it became apparent that we would have to let the monies rest somewhere else other than in the safe hands of Parish Council bank account! So, a few of us got our heads together and have formed a limited liability company, registered with Company House called Walgrave Green Community Interest Company, or WGCIC, with five village residents as initial Directors - Maggie Saxon, Alicia Schofield, Tom Parker, John Beale and Simon Mead. The stated aims of the company are to raise awareness about climate change; obtain up to date information about Walgrave’s carbon footprint; help villagers to make changes that will reduce their carbon footprint and to research and implement schemes that will assist in the reduction of Walgrave’s carbon footprint.   Carbon is MONEY Whilst you may already be yawning having been bombarded by messages from Government and Media about ‘Carbon footprint’ and if we were to swap carbon for Money; WGCIC exists to enable villagers to reduce their costs of energy, and perhaps make our environment more attractive. The first ACTIVITY We have already had our first activity, as many of you may have already noticed! We have purchased 112 mixed English native trees with the help of the Tree Council and local landowners Matt, David and Rowland Knight. A pleasurable day was spent, with the top classes of Walgrave Primary School [see below], James Ayton and Wendy Parker, together with Rowland, John and Simon, planting some forty-one mixed trees and staking and cosseting them. The local press came and photographed us in Atterbury’s Field. Thanks to the other villagers who toiled with the Oaks and Walnuts.   The FUTURE generation The children, armed with all the right gear, were expert tree planters, everyone participating in planting ‘their’ tree, along with a discussion of just how old and how big some of the trees would get. Within a couple of hours it was all done, a welcome break from the exciting classroom work! All the children were amazed at what the older trees around the village had experienced and went home thinking about what the future would be for their trees. Other trees were planted by Matt & John and their staff along the green lane off Newlands Road and by David and Simon above the village towards the Mere Way.   WHAT NEXT Over the next few months, we will be trying to make more people aware of what we are doing and certainly plan to be at the Annual Parish Meeting in late May. If you think you can help in any way or want further information, please contact any of the Directors named in this article.   Whilst four of the Directors of WGCIC are Parish Councillors and the fifth is the Parish Clerk, WGCIC is a separate organisation and has no financial connections to the Parish Council and the views expressed in this article are not endorsed by the PC.

 

Press Release from Walgrave School 29 November 2011     Walgrave Tree Planting Week   The children of Walgrave Primary School joined with members of the local community this week to celebrate National Tree Planting week. On Tuesday afternoon, thirty Year 5 and 6 children from the school made their way to Atterbury's Field in Walgrave where they had the opportunity to plant trees that will grow for hundreds of years. Head Teacher James Ayton said “This was a great opportunity for the children to get involved with the community whilst also supporting the Forest Schools curriculum the children already engage with every week. It is humbling to think that the small trees we planted today will establish themselves to become a part of the landscape to be enjoyed by future generations of children from the village.”   Harriet Eldridge (Age 9) said: It was fun planting the trees and finding out about the different trees and how big they will grow. We planted them near the site of the old village which was interesting to see.   Elinor Shepherd (Age 9) said: It was fun because we got to plant lots of different trees, like Walnut and Oak trees. We got to see how big our oak trees will grow to. In hundreds of years children could be making tree houses in the trees we planted.

 

MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE     The mobile library now visits Walgrave on the fourth SUNDAY of the month, between 2.15 and 3.15pm, parking at The Green.   Forthcoming dates in 2012 are: 22 January, 26 February, 25 March, 22 April, etc.   Enquiries to 01933 225365, quoting Route East 20.

 

nov.11 You can recycle the following materials in the kerbside collections:   Collected weekly    ✓ **NEW** Tetrapak cartons (e.g. juice, long-life milk) ✓Cardboard (previously in brown bin) - this should now be placed in the red box or     bundled by the side of the box. The collection process has been changed to improve the     value of the recyclates collected and keeps the costs of the service down for residents. ✓Wrapping paper (not metallic) ✓Shredded paper (can be placed in a bag) ✓Envelopes including those with windows ✓Junk mail ✓Telephone directories and Yellow Pages ✓Newspapers, magazines, paper, etc.     Collected weekly  ✓**NEW** Mixed rigid plastics such as yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and fruit punnets    (please do not add polystyrene or plant pots) ✓**NEW** Household batteries (bagged) ✓**NEW** Foil ✓**NEW** Glasses (spectacles) ✓Food and drink cans ✓Glass bottles & jars ✓Aerosols ✓Plastic bottles ✓Large tins (e.g. seasonal chocolates)       Collected fortnightly     ✓Garden waste ✓ Flowers and plants ✗No cardboard, envelopes or shredded paper (these now go in your red box) ✗No pet bedding    Collected fortnightly   Your black bin is also collected fortnightly on the alternate week to your brown bin collection. Please use it to dispose of any waste you cannot recycle and make sure the bin lid is closed. Do not put out any waste alongside it as it will not be collected.   Daventry District Council ~ recycling