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Everything Epping ForestPage 18 of 20the construction of a new performance space.The new space is part of the £6.2m development of the Victorian school site at GreatStony, which will open as the UK’s first international centre for arts access and inclusion in2011.The Rayne Foundation works with Arts, Education, Health and Medicine and SocialWelfare and Development to find ways and means to help address those in need. Theperformance space will be fully accessible so all visitors, irrespective of their accessneeds, can participate or be a member of the audience.Theatre Resource's head of development and communication John Baraldi said: "We aredelighted to have secured this money from the Rayne Foundation which will help to realisean important part of our development project."Once open, the new centre will provide arts facilities to everyone from the localcommunity and beyond and that includes performance facilities both for those watchingand those taking part."We are really thrilled that the Rayne Foundation have given us the funds to make this partof our dream a reality and look forward to providing the local community with a newperformance space right on their doorstep."Theatre Resource has raised about 84 per cent of the funds needed to complete thedevelopment.Anyone interested in donating to their cause can visit Theatre Resource’s Just Giving pageat www.justgiving.com/theatrer.Anyone interested in sponsoring an element of the development, be it a whole room orsimply a brick, should ring 01277 365626.Work starts on developing the Great Stony site this winter.Radio presenter to host debate3rd November 2009A SAFER Communities fun day is being held at Waltham Abbey Town Hall between3.30pm and 8pm on Tuesday, November 17.A public debate in Question Time style will be hosted by BBC Essex presenter DaveMonk.The day is free and there are many more activities for people of all ages to get involvedwith.Safer communities is a partnership of the police, Epping Forest District Council, agenciesand other local businesses to give advice and support to help keep the Waltham Abbeyarea safe.For a timetable of events, visit www.eppingforestdc.gov.ukCash boost for estate3rd November 2009THE Ninefields Estate in Waltham Abbey has been awarded funding from the CommunityCashback Scheme.The Community Development Team at Epping Forest District Council submitted a bid inAugust and asked local people to pledge their support.Community Cashback is a new scheme launched by the National Criminal Justice Board toenable local people to have a say in how £4m of recovered criminal assets, for example,confiscated cash or property, should be spent in their communities.Local people were encouraged to vote for the project online and various television andradio interviews were undertaken.Leisure and wellbeing portfolio holder Brian Rolfe said: "It is a direct result of the fantasticamount of support registered by members of the local community that we were able tosecure this funding."I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took the time to vote as theprojects being planned will benefit the whole of the Ninefields community."The funding will be used to improve the entrance to Ninefields Community Hall andfacilitate a young people’s community art project, culminating in the production of a 3Dsculpture for the front wall.Local young people will work with an artist to develop, design and consult publicly on thepiece of artwork.Three men arrested over disturbance2nd November 2009A MAN from Loughton was among three men arrested following a disturbance inChelmsford.They were arrested for public order offences in the early hours of Saturday (October 31).Police are seeking a fourth man.The disturbance took place in Duke Street, by the bus stop outside Decadence night clubat about 3.40am.Three men - a 20-year-old from Loughton, and two men, aged 21 and 20 from Witham,were arrested at the time but another man, also in his 20s, white, 5ft 10ins, of mediumbuild, with fair hair and wearing jeans, fled.Police are studying CCTV footage of the incident in an effort to identify the fourth man.The 21-year-old Witham man received treatment at Queens Hospital, Romford, for a headinjury.Anyone who witnessed the incident or can identify the wanted man should ring PC MelanieNicholson at Chelmsford Police Station on 0300 333 4444, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.The three arrested men have been released on police bail until dates in mid-Novemberand early December.Business rates under discussion2nd November 2009THE issue of business rates will be aired at Epping Forest Chamber of Commerce'sNovember breakfast meeting.Many traders and small businesses are caught up in the problems surrounding the latestround of rateable value notices following correspondence from the Valuation Office aboutincreased rates.Some rates are more than double so for some traders it means life or death on their highstreets, the Chamber of Commerce has said.Various Town Centre Partnerships are organising urgent meetings to try to get a betterunderstanding of the situation.Epping Forest Chamber of Commerce together with the Federation of Small Business andEpping Forest District Council wants to unite these groups, their own members and anyothers affected.The issue will be discussed at Woolston Manor Golf Club, Abridge Road, Chigwell, onWednesday, November 11 (7.30am start).Information, expertise and informed guidance will be on hand to help deal with thesituation.04/01/2010
Everything Epping ForestPage 19 of 20Speakers from Epping Forest District Council will include Business Champion and deputyleader Chris Whitbread and head of finance Bob Palmer. The Valuation Office will also berepresented. A workshop is planned with more experts and there will be plenty ofopportunity to network with businesses in the area.Epping Forest Chamber of Commerce chairman Iggy Quazi said: "This is a burning issuefor all local businesses particularly when it happens in an economic downturn. We want toget people together and help thrash out the best way forward. If we work together we canget more done and there is help and guidance available." For more details, visitwww.eppingchamber.co.ukTo book a place at the breakfast meeting, ring 08432 898184. Tickets cost £12 formembers (£15 for guests).Recycling figures "very encouraging"1st November 2009RECYCLING figures for the first month since the district council introduced a secondwheelie bin are "very encouraging", the council has said.The recycling level for September, which includes three weeks of the new service, is about57 per cent, and for the first three weeks of the new service alone, the level is just over 60per cent.This has taken the council's overall recycling level for the year to date to just over 47 percent from a starting point of 43 per cent.Environment portfolio holder Mary Sartin said: "I hope, as time moves on, to see recyclinglevels approach and even exceed 50 per cent for the municipal year as a whole. "Equallyencouraging is a substantial drop in the amount of waste going to landfill, with the firstthree weeks of the service showing a 28 per cent reduction." She added: "I would like tothank the residents of the district for embracing the new service so wholeheartedly."Despite the statistics, Mrs Sartin admitted there are "still some difficulties with the newservice".She added: "Whilst the numbers of calls into the environment and street scene directoratehave reduced significantly, they remain higher than normal. There are particular difficultieswith some households still awaiting their food and garden waste bin or a smaller bin."I would like to apologise to residents who have waited a long time, but this has been dueto unprecedented high levels of workload and the logistical problems which inevitably arisewhen trying to distribute some 50,000 wheeled bins and caddies."Towns prepare to remember1st November 2009REMEMBRANCE Sunday in Epping, Ongar and Loughton will again be marked withwreath-laying services at the war memorials and parades through the towns.A Service of Remembrance will be held at St Mary's Church, High Ongar, at 10.15am onSunday, November 8, followed by the laying of wreaths at the village war memorial.At 1.15pm a parade and march will set off from Ongar Fire Station, led by Enfield TownBand, for an Act of Remembrance in the Pleasance car park with the salute being taken byHigh Sheriff of Essex Rupert Gosling.The Loughton service is at the war memorial, Kings Green, at 12.15pm.The Epping parade assembles at the Civic Offices, High Street, at 2pm and moves off tothe town green war memorial, led by the Epping Forest Pipe Band, at 2.10pm. Followingthe laying of wreaths the parade will march along the High Street to St John’s Church,paying compliments to town mayor Janet Hedges and Epping Forest District Councilchairman Penny Smith on the way.The Service of Remembrance is at the church at 3pm with refreshments served afterwardsat Hemnall Social Club, 50 Hemnall Street.The Garden of Remembrance at the Epping war memorial will be dedicated at 10.45am onFriday, November 6, with a Service of Remembrance at Epping Cemetery (by theCommonwealth War Graves) at 11.30am.A two-minute silence and service will be held at St Martin's Church, Ongar, at 10.45am onWednesday, November 11.Swimmer celebrates more success1st November 2009CHIGWELL School sixth former Emma Hollis has chalked up yet more swimming success- adding one silver and three bronze medals to her already impressive medal tally.Her latest success came at the European Paralympic Swimming Championships inReyjkavik where she came second in the 100m breaststroke, knocking over two secondsoff her personal best and smashing the British record.Her three bronze medals were in the 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle and 100m individualmedley with personal best times.Emma, who last summer was promoted to the British Swimming Development Squad,hopes to qualify for the World Championships and 2012 Olympics.Ski team holding fundraising dinner1st November 2009MEMBERS of the Great Britain Telemark skiing team are coming to Epping to raise moneyto enable them to compete in the Telemark Skiing World Cup this coming season.The team - which includes Sarah Hannibal, from Theydon Bois - is preparing for theTelemark World Cup which begins in December in Norway.Each member of the 12-strong team is self funding and the season cost approximately£8,000 per racer.In order to boost her fundraising efforts, Sarah is organising a three-course dinner at TheClocktower Restaurant, Station Road, Epping, on Thursday, November 12. Sarah hasspent the last three seasons working as a ski instructor in Austria was recruited to coachthe British Military last January. It was here that the captain of the British team asked herto go along to trials.She said: "I was selected last May to represent Great Britain at Telemark skiing. I'm veryexcited about the coming season and hope to achieve a top 20 world cup ranking at theend of the season."Telemark skiing, named after Telemark in Norway, is the original way that people skied.The skis are the same as alpine but skiers' heels are not attached to the ski allowing themto ski in a lunge position.The races are a giant slalom and include a jump, skating section and a 360 degree wrap.As well as enjoying the dinner, diners can receive tips on how to get fit for skiing from theteam's strength and conditioning coaches, pick the brains of the Ski Club of Great Britainon how to make the most of your skiing holiday this winter and mingle with members of theBritish Telemark Ski Team.Dinner tickets, priced £30, are available by ringing Sarah on 07940 715224.French and Spanish speed-dating04/01/2010
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