Wombourne Pages August 2015 by Kay Garrison

Wombourne Pages AUGUST 2015

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Wombourne Business Index

Home& Garden Alarms /CCTV/Home Security Bathroom Clea ning Services Electricians Flooring Garden Centre Gardening & Landscaping Gutter Clea ning Lighting Oven Clea ning Painter & Decora tor Plas terer Property Maintenance Roofing Tiling Windows, Doors , Cons erva tory Window Cleaning

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Useful Numbers

Gravel Hill Surgery: 01902 893375 Dale Medical Practice: 01902 892209 Willows Dental Practice: 01902 324230 Wombourne Clinic : 01902 892495 Wombourne Civic Centre: 01902 896300 Wombourne Library: 01902 892032 St Benedict Biscop CE Church: 01902 897700 St Bernadette's RC Church: 01902 893434 United Reformed Church: 01902 324234 The King's Way Church: 01902 326464 Wombourne Methodist Church: 01902 358420 Neighbourhood Police: 0300 1234455 Staffordshire Police: 08453 303132 MP: Gavin Williamson: 01902 846616 Souths Staffs District Council: 01902 696000 Staffordshire County Council: 01785 223121 Parish Council Office: 01902 896300 If there are any other telephone numbers you think would be useful to the people of Wombourne then please contact us at wombournepages@gmail.com

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Kids Of South Staffordshire Making It Count (K.O.S.S.M.I.C) Register for this years Wombourne KOSSMIC on the first day of opening. Registration is £5 per person to cover the cost of insurance. All staff are DBS cleared and are volunteers. Drop-in sessions are all based in the main school hall of Ounsdale School. As well as the activities on offer during these sessions we will be running a tuck shop. Tuesday 4th August Drop-in (FREE) 10am-3pm Join us for a game of pool, x-box, crafts or a catch up. Wednesday 5th Aug Waterworld (£10pp) 9.30am-4pm Coaches leave from the lay-by outside the school Thursday 6th August Drop-in (FREE) 10am-3pm Socialize, try sumo wrestling or 9 hole crazy golf Tuesday 11th August Drop-in (FREE) 10am-3pm alongside our usual activities - nail art and sports Wednesday 12th August Woodlands Adventure (£22) 9am-5pm Coches will leave the lay-by at 9am Thursday 23th August Drop-in (FREE) 10am-3pm 'It's a Knockout', organised activities inside and out. Tuesday 18th August Drop-in (FREE) 10am-3pm Make overs and American football training. Wednesday 19th August Drayton Manor (Price TBC) 8am-7pm Coaches leave promptly at 8am Thursday 20th August Drop-in (FREE) 10am-3pm

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A Word From Gavin Williamson...............

Summer has well and truly arrived in South Staffordshire. This means summer recess is around the corner and more time to spend in South Staffordshire. It also means I get to spend time visiting local businesses, volunteer groups and meeting more people around Wombourne that I wouldn’t be able to do during when the House is sitting. One of my favourite activities is visiting the vast number of community led groups that we have here in the constituency. I am always so extremely proud of the amount of volunteer organisations that we have in South Staffordshire. We are so fortunate to have such a wide variety of local charities and support groups, and it is a huge comfort to live in a community like Wombourne where you know that this kind of support is readily available. This made it even more special when I was invited once again to the SSCVA Celebration Event at Trinity Methodist Hall in Codsall. The SSCVA, of which I am a patron, is a fantastic group of volunteers who provide invaluable support to those in our society who need that extra bit of help. They are inspiring people and I am honoured to have support the group and their Volunteer Award. In fact I was so inspired by the group that last year I launched my own Volunteer Award to recognise the contributions of volunteers across South Staffordshire who have gone that extra mile. The SSCVA do such a fantastic job and I hope that many more people will take part in this extremely rewarding activity. I was greatly honoured to be asked to once again officially open the event and afterwards to present the second Gavin Williamson MP Award. The award was created to recognise the contribution of a nominated volunteer who has really gone the extra mile in carrying out charitable works within our local area. It was almost impossible to select a winner from the long list of nominees I was given, but this year the award went to Karl Owen of Halfpenny Green Air Scouts for his devotion to the group over the past 5 years. Karl has built the membership of the Beavers and Cub divisions from 20 to 96 members and the number continues to rise. Under Karl’s leadership the Scout Hut was refurbished, with new carpets, toilets, kitchen and computer suite installed, along with a shooting and archery range transforming the Air Scout Group’s environment. I am a huge supporter of the many volunteer groups that we have in South Staffordshire and I’m immensely proud of the work that they do to support our communities and the most vulnerable in society. The celebration event showed how lucky we are to have so many truly amazing people in South Staffordshire. It is easy to think that these days we are heading towards a breakdown of community spirit, but the SSCVA and the countless volunteer groups in Perton and indeed across South Staffordshire show us that our community spirit is still alive and well.

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