VILLAGE CENTRE COMMITTEE
A meeting of the Village Centre Committee will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 at Tangmere Village Centre, Malcolm Road, Tangmere. Members of the public are welcome and have a right to attend. Please click on the link below for the meeting's agenda.
Village Centre Agenda
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PARISH COUNCIL REPORT
At the Parish Council meeting in January we heard about the three new priorities that the Police would be concentrating on under the Neighbourhood Management Panel. One of these was to crack down on the nuisance caused by youths disturbing users of the Village Centre. There will be a zero tolerance to such antisocial behaviour, and the Police will use all their powers to stop this nuisance from continuing.
Both WSCC and CDC were criticised over their failure to make pavements safe during the icy conditions in January. Not only were avoidable accidents caused by the ice being left for over a week, but many residents were effectively housebound as a result. This is where the Neighbourhood Watch groups would have been able to help in their own vicinity. Checking that frail neighbours were warm and safe, and making contact with elderly residents are a central theme for the Neighbourhood Watch teams. Many roads in Tangmere are not covered by the scheme, and as such, residents have no local support during bad weather.
Being part of the scheme is not about apprehending thieves, but more about keeping an aye on those in our community who may need just a visit to see if they are OK. If you feel that you would like to help in your own road, or if you want to find out who is the co-ordinator for your area, just let us know.
There is a Parish Councillor, Brian Wood, who acts as a liaison between the co-ordinators and the various services that the Parish Council can call upon for support. It is developing this sort of networking that builds the bonds that will turn our village into a community in the true sense of the word, and is a central objective of the Parish Council.
A new Pre-school play group has started in the Village Centre. This has come about as a result of Boxgrove Village Hall closing during rebuilding, and the Boxgrove pre-school group transferring to Tangmere. If you would like to know more about this service, please contact them at the Village Centre. The footbridge to Boxgrove now has more users, avoiding the need to drive the short distance over the A27.
Andrew Irwin
Chairman
01243 776823
Parish Council website www.tangmere-online.co.uk
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