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View from the Chair
Spring approaches so there have been a few changes to report in the Parish Council and Clock Tower. Chairman Tom Walsh has stepped down from that role although he is continuing as a Councillor with HS2 as his focus. Our thanks go to him for his sterling service over the past 3 years. We are also saying goodbye to our Clerk of over 2 years, Keith Shelley. The council thank him for his dedication, commitment and achievements as Clerk and wish him every success in his future post.
a member and more recently Chair of the • Your collection dates are also available by Planning Committee. logging into your Buckinghamshire Council MyAccount, selecting My Services and The Council’s priorities include a second clicking on ‘Find your bin day’. informal parking review of various streets • Call 01494 586550. (leaflets will be posted), please respond, and looking at the open spaces for trees and Wendover Produce Market possibly a skate park. Saturday 20 March, 9am to 1pm
Manor Waste I hope that the future will be better for all as we come out of the cloud of Covid-19 and Councillor Elections I look forward to serving the community to This year Council elections will be held the best of my ability. on 6 May 2021. Wendover Parish Council Sheila Bulpett recognises the elections as a great opportunity to recruit residents who have a Parish Council Meeting passion for Wendover. We’re looking for a For meeting updates please visit www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/meetings cross section of individuals, with varying skills, who are willing to dedicate a few hours per Bin Collections month towards developing ideas, supporting We have received quite a few enquiries projects and championing issues to ensure about bin collections, particularly on the bad Wendover remains a great place to work weather days. Please note Buckinghamshire and live. Further details will be published on Council is responsible for bin collections. our website as they become available. www. wendover-pc.gov.uk/council-elections
I had the honour of being elected as Chairman at the February Parish Council Meeting. A bit of background from me: I have lived in Wendover for 36 years. Our four children have all attended the local schools and we have been involved in the wider life of the community and local activities for most of that time. I have been a school governor, a lifeguard at the swimming pool and a regular Reporting Potholes allotment holder to name but a few. After 20 Wendover Parish Council years of teaching Chemistry at a variety of understand the frustration A few ways you can check your bin day: schools, I retired in 2012. • Visit www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/find- potholes can cause. Roads and Highways are the With a bit more time on my hands and your-bin-day responsibility of Buckinghamshire Council, • U se a smartphone? You can also download wanting to help keep Wendover the this includes potholes. Potholes can be the refreshed Buckinghamshire Council wonderful place to live that it is, I became reported by following the link: buckscc.gov. Recycling and Waste app Please go to a Parish Councillor in May 2015. Since then, uk/services/transport-and-roads/report-ayour Google Play Store or Apple App Store I have been instrumental in producing the highways-problem/ and search ‘Aylesbury Vale Bins’. Wendover Neighbourhood Plan, Chair of the Finance Committee for four years, and Wendover Parish Council, The Clock Tower, High Street, Wendover HP22 6DU www.facebook.com/wendoverparish/
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The Churches in Wendover are • Wendover Free Church continues to meet online and and can be contacted as shown below • St Anne’s Mass - Sunday at 9am and Tuesday at 10.15am • St Mary’s offers different ways of gathering online, please use the contact details below
Wendover Free Church – 01296 622354 wendoverfreechurch.org.uk St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church – 01296 290545 aylesburycatholicchurches.co.uk/index.php/st-annes St Mary’s Church of England – 01296 696136 / 623123 stmaryswendover.org 24
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