Local News

Gillian Andrews Memorial Service

The family of Gill Andrews welcome her Wendover friends to a celebration of her life at St Mary’s Church, Wendover on Saturday 9 October at 12.00pm.

RSVP to Jane McGirr at janemcgirr@ btinternet.com so we can estimate numbers. Thank you.

The Family of Gillian Andrews

Buckinghamshire Local Heritage List

The Local Heritage List seeks to identify locally significant assets and celebrate their contribution to local identity and character.

All kinds of assets can be considered for local listing, including:

• Historic buildings

• Buildings demonstrating local style

• Archaeological sites, such as upstanding earthworks or buried remains

• Landscape features

• Historic gardens and parks, and individual elements within them

• Public works of art, monuments and street furniture, including signage

Residents are able to make nominations for the Local Heritage List, or volunteer to assist the project team via Buckinghamshire Council’s new online tool here: Home – Buckinghamshire’s Local Heritage List (localheritage-list.org.uk/buckinghamshire). Criteria for assets to be included on the list can also be found on the online portal.

Could you be a Pool Safety Supervisor?

Wendover Swimming Pool has spaces on its training course (NRASTC) running 30-31 October. This course is open to over-18s only and participants should be willing to cover at least two sessions per month. Interested? Email mel@wendoverswimmingpool.co.uk.

New name, new logo, new beginning

The Wendover Arm Trust looks after the Grand Union Canal spur between Bulbourne and Wendover. The Wendover Arm Trust has registered Wendover Canal Trust as

a working name, which will be used in all general day to day activities, as well as introducing a new logo which gives an at-aglance idea of who they are and what they do. For more about what the Wendover Canal Trust has been doing - and a look at the new logo - see page 24.

Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan Inspector’s Report

The Planning Inspector for the Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan (VALP) has issued his final report to the council and it has now been published online. The report finds the VALP to be a sound plan, subject to the modifications he has specified. This means the modified VALP can now be considered for adoption by the council as the local plan for the former Aylesbury Vale area of Buckinghamshire.

The report can be viewed online on the VALP web pages: https://www.aylesburyvaledc. gov.uk/section/vale-aylesbury-local-planvalp-2013-2033.

A hard copy of the report is available to view at Buckinghamshire Council’s customer service centre at The Gateway.

Quiz Round One Draw

The Round 1 Draw for the Wendover Quiz has been set! Who will advance?

7 October Rotary v Hase Osborne, Shelf Life v Distilled Knowledge, St Anne's v Wendover @U3A

14 October St Mary's Alpha v Free Church A, Wendover Wood v Book Worms, Old Nickers v Evening WI Team 1

21 October Michlin Stars v Free Church B, Quizzly Bears v Evening WI Team 2

Library News

The annual Friends of Wendover Community Library photo competition chose its winners in August and the 2022 calendar will be on sale beginning in October 2021.

The meeting rooms at the Library are available for hire again. Please enquire at the Library counter.

See something. Say something. Do something.

Last year Buckinghamshire Council received close to 12,000 reports of suspected abuse and neglect of an adult living in Buckinghamshire. Some may not even know that they’re victims.

Reporting is easy and can be done anonymously. You can make a report by:

• Online: Use the online report form available at: https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/ safeguarding-concern

• Telephone: 0800 137 915 - Monday to Thursday 9am to 5.30pm, Friday 9am to 5pm Outside these hours you can:

• Call the Emergency Duty Team on 0800 999 7677

• Leave a message on the Safeguarding Adults team's answer phone

• Email adultearlyhelpteam@buckinghamshire. gov.uk