The report from the recent Annual General Meeting is available for you to view. Click here to access it.

During the recent closure of Butt Lane it was apparently not possible to undertake as much of the civils work as was hoped. Consequently the short term closure during the school summer holidays, that it was hoped would not be needed, will in fact now be required.

Mindful of the Outlaw Triathlon in the area on 24 July the closure is likely to commence on or after the 25 July. The duration of this second closure is currently thought to be needed for around 3 weeks but this will be confirmed nearer the time.

Get the latest info on the status of the Playground Project.

The report from the recent Annual General Meeting is available for you to view. Click here to access it.

Our village hall is nearly 150 years old, a valuable and well-used community resource, but there are now issues regarding maintenance and disabled facilities, and aspects which do not meet modern standards.

Before considering any plans for the hall's future, the Village Hall Management Committee want to know what you think.

As part of this, they have arranged for each household in the village to receive a questionnaire. Although the deadline for submitting these has now passed, If, by any chance, you have not already received your copy, you can review the this questionnaire itself here.

Between Monday 14th February 2011 and Tuesday 15th February 2011 lead was stolen from both St Peters Church and St Peters Primary school in East Bridgford. The crime occurred over night.

Did you or anyone you know witness this incident? Do you know who has committed this crime? Do you have a CCTV camera, which may have captured the incident? Have you seen anyone acting suspiciously in the area in recent days?

If you have any information, please contact the neighbourhood policing team by telephoning 0300 300 99 99 ext 850 6262. Alternatively you can call Crime Stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Sally Charles (PCSO Rushcliffe South) sally.charles@nottinghamshire.pnn.police.uk

Click here for details of two contracts for work required by the Parish Council for 2011/2012.

Visit Community Energy February 2011 for the results of the recent consultation process for the Wind Turbine Project.

For information on road closures and dates, Visit A46 Press Release or for a diversion map, go to A46 Press Release.

Two keen gardeners have hit upon a novel solution for publicising charity Open Gardens events - a website dedicated to town and village Open Gardens.

Run by volunteers, simple to use and with a clever search facility, the site allows people to find out about Open Gardens events in your local area or indeed at the other end of the country.

The website supports the smaller event organisers, those volunteers who bring together gardeners and gardens, plant enthusiasts and hobbyists, Hosta lovers and Pelargonium fanciers - the melting pot of Middle England that is Open Gardens. The site offers a real opportunity to get much needed publicity.

For people who enjoy visiting gardens open for charity, the site gives full details of events happening in your area.

Visit their website for more information.

Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire have sent through information about the forthcoming census - including short term job opportunities! Click here for details.

You can access the latest quarterly bulletin from the Highways Agency & Balfour Beatty for either the North or the South. 

Xmas comes early… read the report and see photos from the opening of the play area.

Visit Community Energy January 2011 for an update on the Wind Turbine Project and public consultation process.

Visit Community Energy December 2010 for the latest update on the Wind Turbine Project.

Grand Opening Photo-opportunity: 2pm, Friday 17 December
Butt Close Playing Field, East Bridgford NG13 8PA

Playtime Starts Here… The East Bridgford Playground is officially opened by the Major of Rushcliffe at 2pm, as children from St Peters School get to try out their new play area for the first time.

Beginners’ Bridge is a series of 10 sessions each session involving tutor input and practice in play in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. A course booklet is available covering everything on the course so there is no need for note taking. No previous knowledge of Bridge is assumed and participants should, by the end, be able to play rubber bridge at a social level using the Acol system of bidding. The course leads on naturally to an improvers’ course later in the year.

Monday afternoons from 2.30 – 5.00pm in the WI Hut 10th,

17th, 24th, 31st, January;
7th, 14th , 28th February;
7th, 14th , 21st, March

Cost £60, booklet £3
Payment will only be needed at the second session so people are welcome to try it out before committing themselves.

John Chater
01949 20882

The residents of East Bridgford are celebrating 10 years of hard work creating a flourishing native woodland from scratch as part of the Woodland Trust's Woods on your Doorstep project. Click to read more.

You can access the latest quarterly bulletin from the Highways Agency & Balfour Beatty for either the North or the South. 

As of 14th September the Parish phone problems mentioned below have now been resolved.

Unfortunately the Parish Clerk is having technical difficulties with th e BT phone lines. If you are trying to get in touch and having trouble, you can email parishcouncil@eastbridgford.com instead. We will keep you posted when the problem is resolved, but in the mean time you can access full contact details here.

Click to get details of the 2010/2011 program.

Unwind with words helps adults de-stress. It’s a chance to unwind and enjoy books, poetry, stories and conversation. It is organised by Rushcliffe CVS, Principia Partners in Health, Nottinghamshire library service and local coffee shops. Monthly sessions are held at a variety of coffee shops within Rushcliffe.

The first session is on Tuesday 14 September - details for this and the other sessions to the end of the year are listed in the What's On column.

Contact Sue Knowles at RCVS on 0115 914 8567 or 0115 981 6988 for more details.

The Medical Centre is pleased to announce that it now has a website of its own.  There patients will find lots of information about the services we provide as well as links to other medical sites.  Patients can also order their repeat prescriptions via the web-site and advise us if they wish to cancel an appointment, or update their details.

They hope to develop the site further in the months to come and would appreciate any comments from patients who have visited or have used the site.

www.eastbridgfordmedicalcentre.co.uk

Nottinghamshire County Council’s Big Budget Conversation, goes live on 1st September. They seek people’s ideas, feedback and opinions on how to save £150m over the next three years.  Click here for details.

Bridge lessons start again on Monday 27th September and will run in the afternoons from 2.30 till 5pm at the WI Hut. The lessons up till Christmas are for improvers who want to learn to play duplicate bridge in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. The emphasis will be on playing but with a 45 minute lesson at the beginning. Anyone is welcome who has played Bridge before – you do not need a partner. The cost is £60.

Bridge for Beginners will start after Christmas. Please ring me if you are interested or you want to know more about either. East Bridgford is also a good village for more experienced Bridge players. If you have played duplicate Bridge before then why not come along to the Monday or Wednesday night sessions at the WI Hut. The Monday session starts at 7.15 pm and finishes soon after 10 pm with a break for refreshments. The Wednesday session is a little more intense running from 7.00pm till 10.15pm with refreshments taken ‘on the hoof’. The Wednesday club is EBU affiliated and gives master points. You will always get a game at either session whether you have a partner or not.

John Chater
01949 20882

Access the latest press release for the playground project.

ANNUAL SPORTING CHALLENGE - July 2010

Thirty-five teams of four took part in the thirteenth Annual Sporting Challenge on a hot and balmy evening as a precursor to the Village Show.

Butt Field was brimming with the many competitors, spectators and supporters ... get the full report and results here.

Visit Community Energy July 2010 for the latest update on the Wind Turbine Project.

The Police have sent published an article on Reporting Incidents in which you can help them build up a more complete picture of the situation in East Bridgford.
 

Once again a very successful evening of Sporting Challenge took place on the eve of the village show on Butt Field. Forty teams of four took part in a spot of tennis, cricket, golf, bowls and football. Along with the many spectators and supporters, they were sustained by the BBQ and the beer tent – both of which had sold out by the end of the evening.   Get full details and results here.

The Energy Saving Trust is a government funded body whose aim is to help save local people money on their energy bills, whilst helping to fight climate change. They have contacted us this month with information about the service, and you can click here to review this.

Read the latest intentions from the Hydro Project and how they hope to move Community Energy forward for East Bridgford.

Now that the warmer weather is with us, the Bowls Club look forward to enjoying the Bowling Season once again.

We are always looking for new members. If you are even only slightly interested, come along to the Bowling Green on Butts Field on Monday, Wednesday or Friday afternoons. We run informal bowling sessions from 2pm. to 4pm. We will provide the bowls and free coaching for this lovely, friendly game. We will even give you a cup of tea and biscuits.

On Friday June 26th, the night before the Village Show, the Sport's night takes place. This is an occasion where teams of four people take part in Bowls, Tennis, Cricket and Football competitions. You can practise your skill at bowling on Butts Field and if you like it try bowling on our superb Bowling Green later.  Finally - may we remind you of our Fund Raising Coffee Morning to be held in the Pavilion on Saturday 30th May, from 10pm. to 12 noon.

As Spring springs, it is time once again to focus one’s thoughts towards this year’s annual village show. As usual it’s the last Saturday in June, so make sure you’ve got the 27th in your diaries. Read the Chairman's Update report here.

The Authority is seeking volunteers from across the County to join its new Community Panel, to give their opinions on a variety of policing issues.

Cllr John Clarke, Chairman of the Police Authority, says: 'It is really important the people give us their opinions so that we can take them into account.

If there are areas where the service is not as good as it might be, we want people to tell us so that we can ensure that the Force addresses the problem.

'We want to see local people influencing the delivery of policing services. They are local taxpayers, with a right to say in the way in which they and their communities are policed'.

If you would like to have your say and become a member of the panel please contact Nottinghamshire Police Authority. email: npa@nottinghamshire.pnn.police.uk, phone: 0115 977 4911 or write to: Community Panel, Nottinghamshire Police Authority, County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire NG2 7QP.
 

Although the club is by no means new, you can now access contact details, news and events such as the forthcoming Easter Training Camp from here!

Following the appeal for co-ordinators to fill the vacancies back in December to keep the scheme alive, Paul Bancroft is pleased to report that there are three new volunteers, leaving just four vacancies:
 

Each year Rushcliffe Borough Councillors get £500 from the Rushcliffe Community Support scheme to distribute to community groups in their ward. In 2008/9 Cllr Nigel Lawrence of Oak Ward decided this should benefit young person’s organisations in his ward.  Click here for details.

 

Plans to build a hydro generating station at the Gunthorpe weir have come to a halt, perhaps permanently - read the latest report here.

 

Once upon a time, the village web site appeared under the domain www.eastbridgford.net and then a little later as www.eastbridgford.com, however, about 12 months ago, after some administrative problems, it was moved to a new domain: www.eastbridgford.org. 

People may have been successfully using the old domains which had been re-routed to www.eastbridgford.org.

Back in November, problems were experienced with the eastbridgford.net domain, and now in January, the same issues have occurred with eastbridgford.com. 

Whilst we thought this was all in hand, and hoped it would be fully resolved by the end of March - some further complications have arisen and we will try to keep you updated.

Please email the WEB EDITOR: editor@eastbridgford.org for further or specific information.

Similarly, you can access the web site through www.eastbridgford.org.  If you know any other site users, please pass the message on!

 

Why not find out more about Directgov, the government’s flagship digital service, which offers people real help with accessing public services and advice.  As well as being available on the website www.direct.gov.uk, it can also be accessed on any internet-enabled mobile phone, and on digital TV.

 

Get the latest update on progress with the playground project.

 

St Peter's Primary is one of the first 6 schools in the country to have been awarded Soil Associations "Food for Life Mark" Silver Award. This is the highest grade currently available, and they can now start working for the Gold Award -  The awards were presented by HRH Prince Charles at a ceremony on Decembers 1st. Find out more.

 

Remember that East Bridgford, as Nottinghamshire's entry in the 2008 Calor Village of the Year? competition.

Well, the village went on to win the Environment prize for the Central Region of England! Read the Village of the Year entry and the review of the award.

 

6 vacancies for co-ordinators mean that without more volunteers the village will have no option but to disband the current scheme. 

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act the Parish Council is required to let members of the public know what information we hold and how they can access it. Click here to view details of how to access information.

 

The Parish Council advises that the final opportunity for comment on the Government's Regional Strategy for East Midlands is here!

 

RUSHCLIFFE BARN OWLS - September 2008

If you are interested in local wild life you have probably already come across The Rushcliffe Barn Owl Project. Find out about a new book available which details their triumphs and tragedies.

 

CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL & MANAGEMENT PLAN - August 2008

The Parish Council has been advised that Rushcliffe has published the East Bridgford Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan along with a revised boundary plan.

 

WALKING IN NOTTINGHAM - August 2008

If you enjoy seeing the countryside on foot, you may be interested in Walking in Nottinghamshire with more than 70 FREE Nottinghamshire walks to download, details of all the books, maps and walking groups in the county.

Let us know what you think!