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Everything Epping ForestPage 10 of 22AWARDS: Council staff praised18th March 2010EMPLOYEES of the Year awards were presented to Epping Forest District Council staff.Improving Services to the Community - Dawn Jolley, from the finance directorate,whose work has included examining, reorganising and centralising the way the councilbuys external goods and services.Team of the Year Award for Innovation - the Academy Project Team, for their worksurrounding the council's new IT system for tax collection and benefit payments whichhandles some 65,000 accounts.Dealing with the Public award - scheme managers of the council's sheltered housingservice who work with the council's Epping Forest Careline service to deal withemergencies great or small involving residents of the district's sheltered housingschemes.Special award - Pat Seager, assistant to the council chairman, in recognition of her"outstanding contribution" to the council.For 15 years she has been at the right hand of every chairman organising diaries, and hasplayed a major part in raising some £250,000 for chairman’s charities.AWARDS: Architect honoured18th March 2010A SPECIAL Conservation Award went to Alan Cox - for his "flair, passion and sheerdetermination" to see historic Copped Hall restored.Since 1986 he has worked tirelessly towards the restoration goal.Mr Cox is at the forefront of the ongoing work to restore the historic mansion to its formerglory.Police "stunned" at unlocked vehicles17th March 2010THIRTY vehicles were found unlocked when police carried out a check along roads inOngar.Following a report of suspicious activity in the early hours of Monday (March 15) officersattended the area where they found many vehicles insecure - from Stanley Place, offOngar High Street - along the High Street to the Four Wantz roundabout.The officers spoke with many vehicle owners to check whether any items were missing.Sgt Rob Huddleston, from the Epping Forest district priority crime team, said: "We arestunned at how many cars we could get into just by using the door handle and how manyhad sat navs, CDs, sunglasses, even keys to people's homes left insecure inside."A 23-year-old man, from Ongar, has been charged with theft from a motor vehicle andbailed to appear before Harlow magistrates on March 24.Students receive grants17th March 2010TEN students have each received £120 education grants from the Epping and TheydonGarnon Joint Charities.The money will help them purchase books for their further education.The trustees have also awarded a grant of £500 to Coopersale and Theydon GarnonPrimary School to assist with the payment of extra curricular activities for some of thepupils.Senior citizens of Epping Green will enjoy a cream tea at Craner’s Fruit Farm during thesummer.Trustees also agreed plans for a new almshouse to be built in Thornwood Road.Crews tackle driving range blaze17th March 2010FIREFIGHTERS have spent three hours tackling a blaze at a golf driving range in NorthWeald.Epping and Ongar crews were called to the fire in an office building at the range off MerlinWay at 2.40am today (Wednesday).Electricity engineers were called out at 3am to isolate supplies to the building.It was more than two hours later that the fire crews reported that they were making steadyprogress tackling the blaze which was finally dealt with by 5.40am.A joint police and fire service investigation will be carried out to establish the cause.Students earn Rotary praise16th March 2010COMMUNITY-minded students at St John's School, Epping, have received awards fromEpping Rotary Club.Club president John Conroy presented the club's Service to School award to head boy TimMortimer while Service to the Community certificates and £40 book tokens were presentedto Stephen Hall and Rowan James.All three boys gave speeches about their work.The fundraising efforts included organising a run for the Wings of Hope charity throughEpping Forest, bag packing for The Dream Factory charity at Marks and Spencer inEpping and raising money for Comic Relief.Stephen told Rotarians and their guests at Theydon Bois Golf Club this evening that hehas also worked as a volunteer in the walled garden at Copped Hall and taken part in litterpicks in Theydon Bois while Rowan said he had helped at the Budworth Hall in Ongar.The Rotary Club of Epping Forest presented a cheque for £1,098.86 to the Music Schoolat St John's School.The money was raised in a collection at the Carols on the Green event held on ChristmasEve.Rotarian receives Fellowship16th March 2010THE Rotary Club of Epping Forest has presented its first ever Paul Harris Fellowship.The Fellowship was presented to long-serving Rotarian John Gray whose efforts havehelped raise £40,000 for charitable causes.The money was raised at five rock concerts which he organised with his wife at theirhome.The award was presented to Mr Gray at Epping Rotary Club's dinner and awardspresentation held at Theydon Bois Golf Club this evening.03/05/2010
Everything Epping ForestPage 11 of 22Medical centre will be "striking landmark"16th March 2010PLANS for the new Ongar War Memorial Health Centre are being recommended forapproval.District councillors will meet next Wednesday to discuss the application for the three-storeybuilding on the site of the Ongar and District War Memorial Hospital in Fyfield Road.District council planning officers say the building, because of its "contemporary" design,will be a "striking landmark".Designed around a central courtyard, the building will accommodate the town's two GPsurgeries, including 11 consultation rooms and six treatment rooms, communityaccommodation including a large clinic hall, physiotherapy accommodation, threeconsultation rooms and one speech and language therapy room, a dental surgery andassociated support including staff admin, staff changing and rest facilities, social andsupport accommodation.NHS West Essex stress the building will continue to be the town's war memorial with amemorial incorporated into the design.Bricks from the existing hospital will be included in the new building while the prominentfeature of the building will be the glazed stairwell to the front elevation, clad in colourchangingglass bearing large lettering identifying the building as 'Ongar War MemorialMedical Centre'.There will be 21 parking spaces on-site, including two for disabled users, with additionalparking on the council-owned land opposite which the town council want to see usedpredominately by staff.The district council informed the town council and 62 nearby residents of the application.The town council supports the application but has voiced concern about parking, the lossof light to neighbouring properties, and the possibility that the flashing lights for theproposed pedestrian crossing would be intrusive for neighbouring properties. Four FyfieldRoad residents have lodged objections.A report to the planning committee states the building will be a "very prominent anddistinctive" feature.The report adds: "The contemporary nature of the design of the building has receivedmixed views from interested parties, with some local residents expressing a strong dislikefor the proposal."However, it is considered the proposed building would stand out from its surroundings in apositive manner, creating a striking landmark building within the local area."The historic and community importance of the site, and the existing building, has beenincorporated into the design as an integral element, resulting in a building that will bevisually prominent and distinctive as Ongar's war memorial building was when built 60years ago."VOTE 2010: Church 'hustings' planned16th March 2010CHURCH leaders in Epping and District will hold a general election hustings in the run-upto the general election.Letters have been sent to local branches of the Conservative Party, Labour Party andLiberal Democrats Party inviting their candidates to take part in the hustings planned for StJohn's Church, Epping.So far Everything Epping Forest understands that seven candidates have been selected tocontest the seat.Subjects set to be addressed could include candidates’ position on such moral issues asthe sanctity of human life, the education of our children in such matters and the support tobe expected from our government in protecting the rights of all citizens - particularly the oldand infirm.Delight at PCT's rankings16th March 2010NHS West Essex is the highest placed public sector health organisation and 22nd bestpublic sector organisation in the country in the 2010 Sunday Times Best 100 Companieslist.The survey findings show NHS West Essex staff care for each other, go out of their wayfor one another and feel a strong sense of family (with scores of 81 per cent, 78 per centand 72 per cent positive respectively).Staff also care about providing a great service (96 per cent - the third highest result amongsmall bodies) and are proud to work for the organisation (77 per cent - a top five score).NHS West Essex chief executive Catherine O’Connell said: "We are delighted we havedone so well in this important national assessment of how people feel about theiremployer."The Sunday Times Best Companies survey helps organisations identify how they canimprove even further and we will not be complacent as we continue to improve local healthcare for the people of west Essex."The survey results are a tremendous credit to our staff whose constant efforts anddedication have made NHS West Essex an organisation that people are proud to workfor."Luella Dixon, Director of Workforce with NHS West Essex, said: "Two years ago we gavestaff a commitment that we would work with them to make improvements in four areas.These were staff engagement, staff development, benefits and culture. "We ensured thatthese four themes were aligned to our values which include ‘having fun’ and ‘ensuring weare open and honest in our approach.’"These have been key to making NHS West Essex one of the best NHS employers."NHS West Essex commissioning staff were invited to take part in the survey.Former Archbishop at Abbey Church16th March 2010A MAJOR event is being held in Waltham Abbey to mark the 950th anniversary of theconsecration of the Church of Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex (later King Harold).The festivities will begin on Saturday, May 1 with a peal of bells at the Abbey Church,Waltham Abbey, at 9.30am (until 1.30pm).A children’s workshop in the church (10.30am) will see youngsters produce acommemorative display in drawing, paint or collage.A commemorative CD recorded by the Abbey Church Choir will be launched at a concertin the Abbey Church at 7.30pm.A Service of Thanksgiving will be held in the Abbey Church at 11am on Sunday, May 2, inthe presence of the Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Lord Petre, and Deputy Lieutenant MichaelChapman.The preacher will be the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Lord Carey of Clifton (the former Archbishopof Canterbury, George Carey).03/05/2010
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