Parish Council looking to appoint a new Clerk and RFO

PARISH CLERK AND RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL OFFICER (RFO) VACANCY

GREAT & LITTLE GIDDING PARISH COUNCIL

The Parish Council are looking to appoint a new Clerk and RFO.
This paid role is for 6.5hrs per week which includes 1 evening meeting per month.

If you are interested and would like some more information, or even an informal chat about the role, please contact:

The Parish Clerk, giddingspc1@btinternet.com or call 01832 293068.

Closing date: 17th December 2015

Download GG Clerk RFO Job description (PDF)

Download GG Application form for Clerk RFO role (PDF)

Parish Councillor Vacancy

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOUR COMMUNITY BY BECOMING A PARISH COUNCILLOR

Get involved with your community

Have a say about the local issues people care about

Influence local service delivery

Decide how local money is spent to improve your community

There is a Parish Councillor Vacancy.
If you think you might be interested and want to know more, please contact me, as below.

Caroline Bradley, Parish Clerk
01832 293068
Email: giddingspc1@btinternet.com

Vacancy – Police Service Volunteer – NHW Support

Vacancy - Police Service Volunteer - NHW Support

Cambridgeshire Police are currently seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual to help manage the Police messaging system, E-cops. Your main duties would be to support the Police Watch Schemes Coordinator (PWSC) with the management and administration of this system. You will be required to liaise with Police staff, NHW (Neighbourhood Watch) and its members which will require occasional attendance at promotional events. As part of your role you will also assist and support the PWSC with the training delivery of E-cops.

The suitable candidate will have the following key skills:

· A good understanding of IT including social media.
· Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
· You will be a professional team player with the ability to work on your own initiative.
· Excellent eye for detail.
· A car owner, which would be desirable.

Applicants are invited from all backgrounds to join our Police family.

26 July 2015 

Interviews will be held on the 4th and 5th August.

The link below will take you to the advert and application form:

https://tri-force.tal.net/vx/appcentre-cambs_ext/brand-4/candidate/so/pm/6/pl/16/opp/2771-VOL02-15-Neighbourhood-Watch-Support-Volunteer/en-GB

Lisa Raby (Police, Constable, Cambridgeshire)

2015 Notes from the Annual Parish Meeting 16th June

Notes from the Annual Parish Meeting
held on 19th May 2015, 7pm in the Village Hall

Brian Robins, Cambridgeshire Police Force Speedwatch Coordinator, presented to the residents.

Given the success of the Speedwatch group in Glatton, residents in Gidding have expressed an interest in forming a Speedwatch group here. Brian suggested a minimum of 5 volunteers get together to form a group, of which only 3 would need to be present at the time of monitoring the traffic. This way volunteers can take it in turns and spread the workload.

Training will take approx. 1 hour and the actual traffic monitoring can take place for approx. 30mins or for however long the group feel is beneficial.

To have what is considered an active Speedwatch group, volunteers would need to be monitoring traffic at least once every 2 months.
Evidence gained from monitoring can be used to form a proposal for funding for further speed prevention measures, in the future, however, Glatton have seen a significant reduction in speed just through drivers knowing the scheme is in force.

This is not a group that will be run by the Parish Council, so volunteers are needed. If speeding is a concern of yours and you would be willing to give a little of your time to help reduce the problem, please contact the Parish Clerk and she will pass your details onto the group.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Caroline Bradley, Parish Clerk
email giddingspc1@btinternet.com
call 01832 293068
or pop along to the office at the Village Hall on Mondays or Thursdays 12pm – 2pm

PARISH COUNCILLOR VACANCY

PARISH COUNCILLOR VACANCY

Did you know that there is a vacancy on the Parish Council?
This is a unique position where you can make a difference to your community.  It is voluntary, however, we only ask for an evening of your time, once a month.
If you would like to talk through the role with the Clerk, please feel free to pop down to the Village Hall on a Monday or a Thursday 12pm ’til 2pm, or send me an email, giddingspc1@btinternet.com.

Small villages like Gidding absolutely need an active Parish Council so I urge you to get involved.
You might be suprised.

Kind regards

Caroline Bradley
Clerk to the Parish of Great & Little Gidding

Latest from eCops

Latest from eCops

A male was assaulted on Main Street in Yaxley following an argument between a group of males walking and a group in a car. This happened between 23:45 and 00:15 on Sunday 23rd November 2014. If you think you may have witnessed anything to do with this or any other crime, then please contact us.

You can e-mail us at HuntsCops@cambs.pnn.police.uk or call police on 101. You can also call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

And good news regarding dwelling burglary:

A police operation yesterday Monday 24th November 2014 resulted in five males being arrested in relation to dwelling burglaries in Huntingdonshire. All have been interviewed and bailed while the investigation is on-going.

Information and advice survey

Cambridgeshire County Council is working with its colleagues and partners in health and the voluntary and community sector to improve how it provides information and advice for local people and would like to understand more about your concerns or worries about the future and staying independent, safe and well – what information you might need to help you to plan for yourself and those you care for, and where you would turn for advice.

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LSKLNY2

Prevention of rogue trading and doorstep crime

Prevention of rogue trading and doorstep crime

Our Supporting Businesses and Communities Service is actively involved in the prevention rogue trading and doorstep crime.

We’re just starting to gear up for National Consumer Week, which is led by the Trading Standards Institute, Citizens Advice and the National Trading Standards Board. It will take place between 3-7 November and is designed to highlight and prevent this type of crime. The ‘Good neighbours stop rogue traders’ campaign focuses on preventing doorstep crime by encouraging neighbours, family, friends and carers to look out for those most at risk in their communities. More can be seen here online:
http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/events/events-ncw.cfm

We would like to ask for your help in promoting this initiative within the local community. If you have any queries regarding the initiative or National Consumer Week, please do not hesitate to get in touch with myself or Andrew Fayers mailto:andrew.fayers@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Becky Smoothy, Community and Business Officer, Tel: 01954 284653, Email: rebecca.smoothy@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
SBC Cambridgeshire County Council, PO Box 450, Great Cambourne, CB23 6ZR

GoodNeighboursPoster

Great & Little Gidding Parish Council meeting on Tuesday 19th August 2014 at 7.30pm

TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL:

You are hereby summoned to attend the Great & Little Gidding Parish Council meeting on Tuesday 19th August 2014 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall, for the purpose of transacting the following business.
Members of the Press and Public are invited to attend and participate. If you wish to address the council, please inform the Clerk or Chair ahead of the meeting. Thank you.

AGENDA

379.14 Chair’s welcome
380.14 Apologies and reasons for absence
381.14 Member’s declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests
382.14 Public and press participation session with respect to items on the agenda
383.14 To confirm and accept minutes of 15th July 2014
384.14 Matters arising from minutes (information only)
385.14 Clerk’s report
386.14 Implications of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests following Internal Audit
387.14 Correspondence received inc:-
Safe+Well, (purchase of daily living aids) – letter and poster
Glasdon – brochure of bins etc
Hallmark Green Power re wind turbine on Hemington Lodge Farm – letter
Give as you Live (website) – email
Streetlife re strengthening community – email
Planning for Climate Change Conference – email
Fixing the price of oil – email
Anglia in Bloom Awards invitation – email
eCops Distraction Theft – email
eCops Telephone Scam – email
Connecting Cambridgeshire – email
The Directory of Grant Making Trusts – email
Improving Older People’s Healthcare- email
388.14 Planning inc:-
Application 1401099FUL Continuing discussion, 48 Main Street
Application 1401066FUL Erection of replacement dwelling (ABORICULTURAL REPORT RECEIVED) 87 Main Street
Application 1401050FUL Change of use of barn to separate residential unit to include subdivision of rear garden and access, 59 Main Street
389.14 Health and safety matters inc:-
Street lighting in Chapel End
Drainage soak away, Top Farm development, Main Street

390.14 Communication from District and County Cllrs
391.14 Communication from Parish Cllrs
392.14 Communication from Village Hall and Recreation Ground Charity
Committee – minutes communicated ahead of meeting
393.14 Village Hall notice board replacement
394.14 Anglian Water, continued discussion regarding water pressure issues
395.14 Gains Lane resurfacing
396.14 Siting of benches on recreation ground
397.14 Skip on the recreation ground and quotations for review inc:-
Rose Plant Hire 6yd £160.00 plus VAT
Mick George 6yd £155.00 plus VAT
The Skip Company 6yd £160.00 plus VAT
398.14 PC Policies review inc:-
Risk Assessment, Financial Regulations (also Village Hall and Recreation Ground Committee Financial Regulations), Complaints Policy, Tree Policy, Standing Orders
399.14 Finance inc: – bank reconciliation and payment of accounts
Expenditure
£298.57 – Salaries (Paid by BACS)
£308.66 – CGM Landscapes (Paid by CHQ)
£1,000.00 – Grant paid to History Society (ref agenda item 336.14, 20/5/14) (Paid by CHQ 28/7/14, out of meeting)
£28.91 (14/3/14-10/6/14) – Anglian Water (Paid by DD)
£35.00 Data Protection registration (Paid by CHQ)
£8.34 CAPALC Clerk Training (£25.00 % 3 to inc. Old Weston and Conington PCs) (Paid by CHQ)
Progress for on-line login for Clerk to access accounts
400.14 Staffing matters
Pension Scheme
401.14 Items for the CLARION
402.14 Items for discussion on next agenda

To be followed by:

Great Gidding Charity Trustee Meeting

1.14 Reports from Trustees inc:-
Annual return submission
48 Main Street boundary
Allotments – unworked plots
Jubilee Wood – winter maintenance
Chapel End Pond – winter maintenance

Great & Little Gidding Parish Council Parish Council office, Village Hall, Main Street,
Great Gidding, Huntingdon PE28 5NU
Tel 01832 293068 email giddingspc1@btinternet.com

………………………………………… C Bradley, Clerk – 14 Aug 2014

Annual General Meeting

Annual General Meeting

The present committee will not be seeking re election. Therefore a new management  committee must be found or the Village Hall may have to close until a way forward is found.

The Village Hall has been thoroughly modernised internally and is a very useful meeting space or event function location.

The Recreation Field is a valued asset and has just been awarded Fields In Trust status.

If you would like to help then please attend the next committee meeting or the May 12th AGM.

 

 

 

Annual General Meeting date fixed

Monday 12th May from 7.30pm

 

Parishioners are welcome to attend all meetings which are usually held in one of the side rooms of the Village Hall. Start time 7.30pm