This Is Our Wellington 10

This is our 

LOVE 

Wellington 

WELLINGTON: TWINNED WITH CHÂTENAY-MALABRY 

Inside 

Heroes carry the 

Queen’s Baton 

FLYING HIGH 

OVER THE 

WREKIN 

An Italian takeover 

in Market Square 

Summer fun success 

in Wellington 

Autumn 2022 | Issue Number 10 

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Town Council 

www.wellington-shropshire.gov.uk 

How to contact Wellington Town Council 

Civic Offices, Larkin Way, Tan Bank, Wellington, 

Telford, Shropshire TF1 1LX 

Ward 

Councillors 

Do you know which Councillor represents 

your Ward? See list of Councillors below, 

contact details are via the Town Council. 

ARLESTON WARD 

Telephone: 01952 567697 

Email: wellingtontowncouncil@telford.gov.uk 

Cllr Joan 

Gorse 

Cllr Angela 

McClements 

Cllr Giles 

Luter 

www.facebook.com/WellingtonTCShropshire 

COLLEGE WARD 

twitter.com/WellingtonTCI 

Wellington Town Council Officers 

Cllr Dorothy Roberts 

Mayor 

Karen Roper 

Town Clerk 

Andrew Roberts 

Deputy Town Clerk 

Cllr Lee 

Carter 

Cllr John 

Latter 

Cllr Usman 

Ahmed 

Caroline Mulvihill 

Communications and 

Events Manager 

Paola Armstrong 

Wellington Festival and 

Love Wellington 

Steve Warwood Wellington Town Crier 

Sally Themans 

Love Wellington, Wellington 

Regeneration & This is our 

Wellington Magazine 

DOTHILL WARD 

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www.lovewellington.co.uk 

Cllr Phil Morris- 

Jones MBE 

Cllr Karen 

Tomlinson 

Cllr Lisa Jinks 

Important Contacts and Numbers 

ERCALL WARD 

Rubbish and Recycling team – bins 

Email: recyclefortelford@telford.gov.uk 

Telephone: 01952 384384 

Planning and Development 

Telephone: 01952 380380 

Email: planning.control@telford.gov.uk 

Housing Solutions team 

Telephone: 01952 381925 

Neighbourhood and Enforcement 

Services 

Email: envmaintcs@telford.gov.uk 

Telephone: 01952 384384 (office hours) 

03451 559955 (out of hours) 

Roads and Highways 

Highways Maintenance team 

Telephone: 01952 384000 

Email: highways@telford.gov.uk 

Cllr Miles 

Hosken 

Cllr Dorothy 

Roberts 

HAYGATE WARD 

Cllr Sylvia 

Hall 

Birth, deaths and marriages 

Telephone: 01952 382444 

register.office@telford.gov.uk 

Abandoned rubbish - Neighbourhood 

and Leisure Services 

Telephone: 01952 384384 (office hours) 

or 03451 559955 (out of hours) 

Email: recyclefortelford@telford.gov.uk 

Child sexual exploitation 

Telephone: 01952 385385 

Citizens Advice Telford & The Wrekin 

Telephone: 0300 330 1165 

Telford and Wrekin Community Help Line 

01952 382030 

Family connect 01952 385385 

Job Box 01952 382888 

Mind 0300 1240365 

Maninplace 01952 248248 

Steer Clear knife crime 01952 214747 

Street Link – homeless 0300 500 0914 

Dog Fouling Telephone 01952 384384 

(office hours) 03451 559955 (out of hours) 


Noise - Public Protection team 

Telephone: 01952 381818 

Email: 

environmental.health@telford.gov.uk 

Pest Control 

Telephone: 01952 384384 


Citizens Advice consumer helpline 

Telephone: 0808 223 1133 

Wellington Library 

Telephone: 01952 382990 

Email: wellington.library@telford.gov.uk 

Wellington Leisure Centre 

Telephone: 01952 382720 

Email: wellingtonleisure@telford.gov.uk 

Cllr Graham 

Cook 

PARK WARD 

Cllr Chris 

Brittain 

Cllr Stephen 

deLauney 

Cllr John Alvey 

Cllr Julie 

Pierce 

SHAWBIRCH WARD 

Cllr Pat 

Fairclough 

Cllr Crispin 

Barker 

Cllr Paul 

Davis 

Cllr Anthony 

Lowe 



A message from the Mayor of Wellington 

Mourning the death of 

our wonderful monarch 

Queen Elizabeth II 

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As I write we are mourning the 

death of our monarch Queen 

Elizabeth. At our recently held 

Civic Service we focussed on 

the wonderful community spirit 

of Wellington, and I believe the two go 

together; the Queen’s life was dedicated 

to public service and community, she 

supported organisations large and small 

throughout the country and the value and 

respect she had for those groups and the 

people running them contributed to the 

community spirit of towns like ours. She 

valued voluntary organisations and in return 

so do we and we are all proud to belong to 

them. 

In Wellington we have many voluntary 

groups, some longstanding, others much 

younger, and some still being created such 

as all the activity at the Bowring Park. 

Covid has taught us that we need to get 

out and meet people, and we have a greater 

recognition of this than ever before. 

Last year we came first with Church 

Stretton in winning the ‘Outstanding 

Community Award’ from the Community 

Foundation of Shropshire. Voluntary groups 

bring people together, creating friendships, 

increasing knowledge and raising money 

for charities. They help people develop 

organisational skills, provide companionship 

for each other as well as the community, 

and are the starting point of our democracy 

in that all voluntary groups are run on 

constitutional lines. 

We have a huge variety of clubs in 

Wellington, encompassing all age groups 

and activities - singing, dramatics, boxing, 

general sport, walking, running, charity 

shops, photography, flowers and gardening, 

U3A, Towns Women’s Guild, and many more. 

The point is that no-one needs to 

sit at home wondering what to do with 

themselves. There are lots of things to get 

involved with, and be part of that sense of 

community. A big thank you to all those who 

keep everything going. 

We in Wellington have a truly rich society 

of which we should be very proud. 

We have lost our Queen but we know 

that King Charles is known for his charitable 

activities and in giving him our support 

I’m sure we can rely on him continuing his 

mother’s work. 

I do hope to welcome many of you as 

we join together, again in the spirit of 

community, for our annual Remembrance 

Parade on Sunday 13 November at the 

Lychgate, and again at our famous Christmas 

Lights Switch on event on Saturday 19 

November and at the Mayor’s Carol Service 

on Sunday 11 December. 

Kind regards 


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Wellington are those of the individual 

contributors and not necessarily the 

views of the Wellington Town Council, 

Love Wellington or Plus Two Media 

Limited. 

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Community News 

WELLINGTON 

HISTORY 

GROUP 

TALKS 

HEROES WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 

17 November 

Council Housing: Wellington’s 

Pioneering Progress 

(Marc Petty) 

19 January 2023 

The Closure of our Local 

Monasteries (Neil Clarke) 

16 March 2023 

Cinderloo (Pete Jackson) 

18 May 2023 

The Walker Legacy 

(Wendy Palin) 

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All start at 7.30pm in 

Wellington Library. 

FOOD 

BANKS IN 

WELLINGTON 

There are a number of 

Food Banks now operating 

in Wellington, with regular 

donation events to look out 

for... 

l Community Fridge at 

Wrekin View Primary 

School 

l Save it Discount Store 

l Methodist Church 

l Interfaith Centre on 

New Street 

Love Wellington invites 

the Wellington community 

attending the Christmas 

Lights Switch On, on 19 

November, to bring a 

donation for the food banks 

- for more details of drop off 

points please look out for 

social media posts on Love 

Wellington. 

l Pictured: Above, Stuart Shepherd and inset, Stuart Richards, pictures courtesy of Birmingham 2022. 

At a special event in September the Wrekin 

Rowers were honoured at the BBC Radio 

Shropshire ‘Make A Difference Awards’ held at 

The Anstice in Madeley, having been shortlisted 

for an award. This follows on from their exciting 

role as baton-bearers for the Commonwealth 

Games in July – with Stuart Richards and 

brother and fellow rower Gary carrying the 

baton at Telford Town Centre whilst team 

skipper Stuart Shepherd saw the sunrise at the 

summit of the Wrekin for his leg of the baton 

relay. 

New Medical Centre opens 

l Picture courtesy of the Shropshire Star 

Shawbirch Medical Centre’s state-of-the-art building 

on Brandon Avenue, Admaston opened in July to 

meet the needs of the ever increasing community. 


This is our Wellington | www.lovewellington.co.uk 

LOVE 

Orbit included in ambitious 

Levelling Up funding bid 

Telford Makerspace 

opens in Park Street 

The Wellington Orbit, 

the independently run 

community cinema in 

the centre of Wellington, 

has been included in an 

ambitious funding bid which could see 

it receive over £1.4m in vital funding 

to obtain the freehold and complete 

redevelopment of the upper floors of 

the former HSBC bank. The not-forprofit 

organisation which opened in 

May 2019, has been included in the 

Levelling Up Fund bid for Wellington, 

submitted by Telford & Wrekin Council 

to the government for consideration. 

The Orbit opened with phase 1 

consisting of a 63-seat cinema and 

cafe following years of fundraising 

and support from the community 

and local investors, including Telford 

& Wrekin Council. Phase 2 will more 

than double the size of their current 

Nanny’s Craft Bakery in Crown Street, Wellington, 

made the ‘county’s biggest chocolate éclair’ to 

mark three years since opening as well as setting a 

fundraising challenge for customers. Kris Dimitrov, 

who owns the family business which specialises 

in Bulgarian bakery treats, was one of the first 

recipients of the Pride in Our High Street empty shop 

grants from Telford & Wrekin Council, diversifying 

during the pandemic to make a larger range of 

products, and his shop now has a huge following. 

facilities, seeing the remaining floors 

of the building come to fruition with a 

performing arts studio and exhibition 

space. 

Ray Hughes, of the Orbit said, “We 

are truly thankful for the support we 

have received from Telford and Wrekin 

and Wellington Town Councils and also 

the local community helping us bring 

vital arts and culture facilities to the 

community of Wellington and beyond.” 

As part of the bid, the Orbit needs 

to find some match funding to the 

tune of 10% and has launched a 

community share offer, which has 

already enjoyed significant and 

generous support from the Wellington 

community; “Even an investment 

of just £10 is a personal declaration 

that you support our aim of making 

Wellington a better place for the 

whole community” said Ray. 

Nanny’s celebrates three years! 

A charity which specialises in mending and 

repairing items as well as building things from 

scratch, celebrating creativity and sustainability, 

opened its new premises in Park Street in 

September. 

Park set for investment 

l Cllr Lee Carter, Mandie Mulloy from YMCA, Cllr Usman 

Ahemd and local residents. 

A play park on Victoria Avenue is set for 

improvements thanks to local residents, the 

YMCA, College Ward Cllr Lee Carter and Telford 

& Wrekin’s Pride in Our Parks Fund. The park, 

on a main thoroughfare into Wellington, has 

been underused by local youngsters but the 

new investment will see facilities for cricket and 

basketball as well as new equipment. 

Cllr Carter said, “Residents have been pushing 

for this investment for a long time and it has 

been a priority to secure the funding to deliver 

improvements.” 

Cllr Carter has also confirmed that he used his 

Telford & Wrekin Ward Funding to hold a ‘Love 

Where you Live’ event at the YMCA in August. 

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Love Wellington News 

Wolves Women in Wellington 

l Picture by Jack Thomas WWFC. 

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The country was buzzing this summer with the success of England’s 

Lionesses winning the Euros and increasing interest in women’s 

football. Wellington residents now find women’s football on their 

doorstep this season as Wolves Women will be playing their home 

games at AFC Telford United’s New Bucks Head Stadium. 

The move comes after a successful season with the side 

crowned champions of the Northern Premier Division. Wolves 

Women Chair Jenny Wilkes said, “We’re delighted to move to such 

an impressive stadium. The pitch and facilities are excellent, and 

we look forward to welcoming plenty of locals. 

“If you haven’t seen women’s football live before, you can 

expect a family atmosphere, some great skills on show, and the 

players are always happy to chat and sign autographs after the 

game.” Welcome to Wellington ladies! 

Amazing technicolour 

community production 

Following the success of the community production of Godspell at All 

Saints Church, as part of the Wellington Festival, there are plans for a 

second such venture in May 2023. At the time of going to press, it is hoped 

that Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat will be performed 

by members of the Wellington community who come together, to stage a 

fun and spirited production. 

Anyone interested in being involved, in any capacity, please contact Sue 

Pointon via email: suepointon@gmail.com. Rehearsals will start in January 

2023 and there will be an introductory meeting beforehand. 

l Pictures by Nigel Whitmore 



LOVE 

WELLINGTON BLOOMS AGAIN 

Italian 

Scooter Day 

in Wellington 

September saw Wellington host a unique 

‘Italian scooter day’ with the town packed 

with over 120 scooters of all types and 

vintage and riders coming from as far as 

Cheshire and Staffordshire. David Morris, 

director of the ‘Italian Auto Moto Club’ 

said, ‘’As far as we know, this event is the 

first time in the UK that a town has hosted 

an event purely for scooters on its central 

streets. It’s great to get enthusiasts to 

come to meet up in a town setting and 

help to regenerate the local economy.” 

The food court in the market was also 

open for the morning and it is hoped to 

repeat this event next spring. 

Wellington proved that 

it was blooming over 

the summer, with 

the annual gardening 

competition. Green 

fingered residents entered the annual 

Wellington in Bloom competition and 

Wellington Town Council donated 

garden voucher prizes and rosettes. 

Organiser Sally Themans of Love 

Wellington accompanied Cllr Dorothy 

Roberts, Mayor of Wellington, to judge 

the entries said there was an excellent 

response, “Well-kept gardens show a 

real pride in people’s locality and we 

wanted to celebrate and reward that.” 

Those recognised included: David 

Mason of Roseway, Wendy Davies of 

Pooler Close, Charlotte Heywood 

of Albert Road, Michelle Spidder of 

Parklands, Paula Wooley of Hampton 

Hill, Ian Mottershaw of Barnfield 

Crescent, Susan Kilpatrick of Harley 

Close, Angela and Julie Moore of 

Haygate Road and G. Smyth of George 

Place. 

“A special mention to Kieran 

Weston of Haygate Road as he 

amazed the mayor with his super 

striped lawn.” 

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Wellington Regeneration News 

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BUSINESS 

WHATSAPP 

GROUP 

Wellington businesses are 

always encouraged and 

welcome to join the Love 

Wellington Business WhatsApp 

group which has 122 members 

and shares news of campaigns 

and meetings. To join please 

email: lovewellington2020@ 

gmail.co.uk 

WELLINGTON 

BUSINESS 

MEETINGS 

Two networking meetings have 

taken place in Wellington for 

businesses over the summer 

organised by Love Wellington, 

the first at The Cock Hotel in 

July which was attended by 

over 25 businesses, whilst a 

meeting in September held 

at Q Financial saw Wellington 

businesses addressed by the 

local policing team. 

The next meeting is on 

Wednesday 9th November 

at 6:30pm at Anthony’s of 

Wellington (Market Street) 

There are also regular 

Pubwatch meetings taking 

place with the next one 

scheduled for Wednesday 19 

October at The Cock Hotel. 

Pride in Our High Street 

grants make a difference 

A number of Wellington businesses 

have benefitted from Telford & Wrekin 

Council’s Pride in Our High Street grants: 

Businesses to benefit from Façade grants 

were: Hair Art, Telford Music School, 

Nutrix Curea Ltd, Glasshouse Opticians, 

Bloody Good Brews (The Boot). Digital 

grants were awarded to Boardroom 

Gaming Café, The Orbit, Blondies Cakery, 

Seaton Sports and The Walnut whilst The 

Little Green Pantry, Seaton Sports and 

Telford Music School benefited from Eco 

grants. Grants were spent on items such 

as installing Wifi, purchasing racking and 

eco containers, website development 

and installing LED lighting. 

If you are a business and would 

like to apply for a grant please email: 

PrideInOurHighstreet@telford.gov.uk 

explaining what you would like to apply 

for. 

WELLINGTON’S PR GURUS WIN 

SHROPSHIRE RECOGNITION 

Congratulations to Wellington based J&PR Ltd who won the Covid Response Award at Shropshire 

Chamber Business Awards. Director Kirsty Smallman said, “Thank you to our team for working 

tirelessly, and, for many, home-schooling too, to ensure we could support clients throughout 

numerous lockdowns.” 

Another Wellington based business, Q Financial Services, were also finalists in the Outstanding 

Customer Service Award. Well done to both businesses - putting Wellington very firmly on the map 

as a great place to do business. 



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£1 entry fee - kids go free 


market 

LATE 

presents 

NIGHT 

The Boot 

brews up for 

success 

The Boot Micro pub opened in Market 

Square having received a £10,000 

business start-up grant through Telford & 

Wrekin Council’s Pride in Our High Street 

programme. 

MARKET 

Food 

| 

drinks 

OH YEAH! 

| 

music 

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shopping 

5pm - 10pm 

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Market street . Wellington . Telford . Shropshire 

New businesses open 

their doors 

Wellington continues to attract new businesses, 

and we wish them the very best… 

l The Boot (Market Square) 

l Michelle Ede Therapy (Church Street) 

l Dome Vegan Café in the outside market area 

l Natural Therapy (Bell Street) 

l Fabulous Feet (Wellington Market) 

l The Little TV Co (Wellington Market) 

l Hills Butchers (moved to the Food Court) 

l Malcolm Wickstead Butchers (Wellington Market) 

l Wrekin Soaps (Wellington Market) (pictured) 

l Maddies Creations (Wellington Market) 

Emma Dean and Michael Young aim to 

build on the success of their micropub 

‘The Coracle’ in Ironbridge opening this 

sister pub in the heart of Wellington, 

offering a wide selection of different cask 

ales as well as a food element once they 

are fully established. They also have a 

selection of wine and spirits, curated by 

Tanners and Moonshine & Fuggles. Emma 

said, “We can see the growth that is 

happening in Wellington and are delighted 

to be part of that. We recognise that 

there are some great pubs in Wellington, 

so we don’t want to be seen as direct 

competition but more as an alternative 

place to enjoy a drink which is a bit 

different.” 

Seen here is Cllr Lee Carter, Telford 

& Wrekin Council’s Cabinet Member for 

Neighbourhood Services, Regeneration 

and the High Street, cutting the ribbon 

who said, “We welcome the opening of 

The Boot in Wellington which is definitely 

something new for the town and will 

be a popular addition. There is a buzz 

about Wellington and the launch of new 

businesses like this will add to that and 

build on the great vibe which the late night 

market brings.” 

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Wellington Regeneration News 

CASH PROVIDERS 

CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN 

Every Christmas for 

the last seven years 

Cash Providers 

on New Street 

Wellington have been 

collecting for kids in 

care, the Princess 

Royal Hospital and 

Telford Women’s 

Refuge. 

David Ford from 

Cash Providers explained, “We 

take broken items such as laptops, tvs, dvd players, 

microwaves, tools, guitars, bikes etc and are able to 

turn them into cash – so please if you have a broken 

item please don’t put it in the bin - bring it to us as 

we can turn it in to cash which in turn we use to get 

children’s toys from our trade centre, usually raising 

£1500 which can become £3000 to £4000 worth of 

toys. Of course we also accept monetary donations for 

the fund.” 

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Our local Wellington 

businesses have had it really 

tough this year – so please 

Let’s Get Local This Christmas! 

LET’S SHOP LOCAL 

THIS CHRISTMAS 

Love Wellington and Wellington businesses will 

be urging people to support local businesses, 

particularly in the run up to Christmas, with a ‘Shop 

Local’ message. 

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DON’T MISS THE WITCHES 

OF WELLINGTON WINDOW 

TRAIL THIS HALF-TERM 

Over October half term families are invited to take part in the ‘Witches of 

Wellington’ Trail all over the town centre. Pictures of 12 witches will be hiding 

in various shop windows dotted around the town and children are tasked with 

going and discovering the witches’ names! 

Trail maps will be available from The Orbit from Monday 24 October and 

special halloween treats await those who complete the trail – thanks to 

Wellington Town Council and Love Wellington. 

This Is Our Wellington 10.indd 10 05/10/2022 00:38

Policing in Wellington 

Meet your safer neighbourhood team 

YOUR POLICING TEAM 

The Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT) is a group of local police officers, 

based We at are Wellington a dedicated Police Station, group dedicated of police to officers serving and our community. police community 

The support teams are officers made up (PCSOs) of Police who Officers work and with Community local communities Support and partner 

Officers organisations who police Wellington. keep our As well residents, as being businesses visible the community, and visitors safe and to 

the teams hold regular meetings in the community and attend local 

events, 

prevent 

working 

crime 

closely 

and 

with 

tackle 

local authorities, 

anti-social 

community 

behaviour 

leaders 

in your 

and 

locality. 

residents to agree on policing priorities for the area and focus on what 

Officers can be contacted on the below numbers concerning community 

matters to residents. This helps the police in Wellington to adopt useful, 

long-term issues. solutions To report to local a crime problems in progress while maintaining call 999 wider and focus for non emergencies, 

reducing report crime online across at www.westmercia.police.uk/report. Wellington and the surrounding areas. If you are unable to 

report online, you can contact us via the 101 non-emergency number. 

LAUNCH OF BUSINESS WATCH 

Hadley and Leegomery 

This autumn will see the launch of a new Business Watch in Wellington 

Town hl.snt@westmercia.police.uk 

Centre. The scheme, which is based on the Neighbourhood 

Watch model, will see improvements made to the way business can 

report crime, the sharing of live information about shoplifters operating 

in the town centre and better communication with local officers. The 

PC 

new Watch Scheme will be supported by the recent increase in CCTV 

Jess Hindley 

cameras installed in the town by Telford & Wrekin Council. 

07811 762222 

NEW FACES OUT AND ABOUT 

PC 

PC 

Look out for new faces Adrian Dobrin 

Pete Rigby 

PC patrolling the town centre. PC Peter Rigby & 

PC Rob McNally are both experienced officers 07929 who have 722547 

joined the 07929 800819 

Kate Medlam 

team. Pete transferred to West Mercia Police last year having worked 

07811 762092 

in Stoke on Trent for 25 years and Rob, who has similar service worked 

in Bridgnorth. PC Adrian Dobrin has also recently joined the team as a 

Police Now student, Adrian previously lived in Romania and has already 

proved to be an asset to the team. 

PCSO Savanna 

Hand 

07773 045256 

CHIEF CONSTABLE VISTS 

WELLINGTON 

Arleston and College 

Last month Pippa Mills, the new Chief Constable of West Mercia Police, 

was shown around Wellington PCSO Jordan 

Town Centre. Donning her handcuffs 

and radio, she went on Newborough 

patrol with PC Pete Rigby and PC 

Sgt Matt Hartley PCSO 

where she spoke to shoppers 07970 in 544954 

New Street and 

Rob had 

McNally 

a tour of Wellington 

Zoe Beven 

Market as well as visiting Nanny’s Craft Bakery and Caspers Store, the 

07811 748260 07870 167791 

newly opened Polish shop. 

PCSO 

NEIGHBOURHOOD MATTERS 

Alex Pittam 

To help keep residents 07970 informed, 544940 

West Mercia Police has launched 

Neighbourhood Matters - a brand new community messaging service. 

Through Neighbourhood Matters residents can sign up for local police 

alerts, receive information about crime in your area, find out about 

drop-in sessions, answer PCSO 

surveys, and more. Wellington residents PC 

are 

invited to sign up and become Steve Tyrer 

a registered recipient of information, 

Mark Morgan 

crime alerts or witness 07870 appeals 168119 

local to the area in which you live or 

07870 168164 

work by email, text or telephone. (Safer Schools) 

To sign up please visit: https://neighbourhoodmatters.co.uk/ 

Inspector 

Matt Sanders 

arlestonandcollege.snt@westmercia.police.uk 

Wellington North 

PCSO 

Lynn Harris 

07817 940156 

Wellington West and Rural 

wellingtonwest.snt@westmercia.police.uk 

PCSO 

Evie Dunkley 

07779 543156 

(Safer Schools) 

wellingtonnorth.snt@westmercia.police.uk 

PCSO Luke 

Newborough 

07817 940260 

PCSO 

Gareth Rhodes 

07971 395039 

PCSO 

Trudy Jones 

07870 168046 

Whilst the information is considered to be true and correct at the date of publication, changes in circumstances 

after the time of publication may impact on the accuracy of the information THE (August NEW CHIEF 2022 CONSTABLE Rev OF A). WEST MERCIA POLICE 

LOVE 

Sergeant 

Matt Hartley 

l The Wellington policing team recently attended a meeting of Wellington 

businesses and are pictured with Mitch Gough of Q Financial. 

PIPPA MILLS 

PCSO 

Tayyub Sultan 

07854 514674 

Meet your safer 

neighbourhood 

team - See 

back page... 

PCSO 

Ryan White 

07971 395158 

11 

westmerciapolice 

www.westmercia.police.uk 

@WMerciaPolice @westmerciapolice 


Wellington Climate News 

Wrekin 

Soroptimists 

celebrate 

45 years 

CLIMATE ACTION 

HUB TELFORD 

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Women’s group, Soroptimist International The Wrekin, 

celebrates 45 years since its foundation in Shropshire. 

The group, which is based in Wellington, seeks to make a 

difference to the life chances of women and girls across the 

world and at home. It is the largest international women’s 

voluntary organisation in the world. The word ‘soroptimist’ 

is a combination of the Latin words soror meaning sister and 

optima meaning best - interpreted as the best for women. It 

is a global volunteer movement with nearly 72,000 Members 

in 121 countries. 

The Wrekin Soroptimists have undertaken a number 

of local projects including toilet twinning - providing a 

sustainable toilet in remote communities and schools 

achieving Toilet Twinning Status for Ironbridge World 

Heritage Site and then Telford; partnered with ‘Helping 

Handbags’ to provide toiletries and sanitary wear to 

women and girls who had found themselves in crisis across 

Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. They also delivered 370 

Christmas gift bags to local women last year and hope to 

do the same this year with their campaign launching in 

November. There is a keen environmental element of their 

work, with The Wrekin group highlighting the effect of fast 

fashion on climate change, pollution and landfill as well as 

Tree Planting Action Against Climate Change, funding the 

planting of 565 trees in Nepal, and 30 fruit trees to develop 

a local Community Orchard at Homer Lake. The group have 

also run various events in Wellington town centre with a stall 

promoting buying local and reducing food miles and a plant 

and seed stall and are keen supporters of Wellington Town 

Council’s Climate Emergency Steering Group. 

Anyone interested in joining or donating to the Christmas 

bags please email siwrekin@outlook.com or text 07969 

574446. 

Climate Action Hub Telford has the aim of supporting 

our local community to respond to, and tackle, the 

growing climate emergency. 

The group is seeking 

to develop an 

environmentally 

focused community 

space, where people 

can meet, share resources 

and learn and are currently 

looking to secure a base in 

Wellington housing a collection 

of tools and equipment that 

can be borrowed (a ‘Library 

of Things’); there will be space 

for recycling, repairing and 

reviving activities as well as 

space for talks, workshops and 

meetings. The Repair Café will 

be working in partnership with 

them, repairing and renovating 

items to save people from 

throwing away and buying new. 

Wellington Town Council are 

working in partnership with the 

group in the search for suitable 

premises. 

One recent success was 

the Bowring Nature Festival 

event (one of the Bowring Park 

Family Fun Days) with over 120 

visitors. Children made bird 

feeders from plastic bottles, 

planted seeds in old egg boxes 

and toilet roll tubes, printed 

animal and insect designs 

onto T-shirts and fabric, made 

‘fortune tellers’ with a green 

twist and chilled out in our 

reading corner. There was also 

a box of school uniform items 

to take or swap, promoting 

re-use of clothing rather than 

buying new. 

In November Climate Action 

Hub Telford and XR Telford will 

be sponsoring a film showing 

with an environmental message 

at The Orbit to coincide with 

the COP27 meeting of world 

leaders in Egypt. 



E-bike delivery trial in 

Wellington launches 

WELLINGTON 

- WORKING 

TOWARDS PLASTIC 

FREE STATUS 

Three Wellington retailers, as well 

as an electric bike delivery service, 

have joined forces on a Christmas 

cake kit scheme. 

Keli King who runs The Little 

Green Pantry in Crown Street said, 

“We introduced this Christmas 

cake kit idea last year and it proved 

a successful collaboration with 

Lesley’s Larder, Top Fruits and The 

Daberhashery and this year we will 

be offering them again, as well as 

gingerbread and Christmas pudding 

kits. This year customers have 

the opportunity to have the kits 

Wellington’s solar savings! 

After benefitting from a Telford and Wrekin Climate 

Change and Sustainability Grant, the bus station 

toilet block solar panels are now producing 

as much electricity as an average domestic 

property. The monthly bills have been reduced 

by over 75%! 

The three Speed Indicator Devices in 

Wellington are also now fitted with solar panels 

and it is hoped this will bring an additional saving. 

In July, Allums Jewellers on New Street also had 

solar panels installed on their roof and we’re looking 

forward to hearing about their savings. 

delivered by E-Cargo bike thanks to 

Shropshire Cycle Hub.” 

This new green delivery service 

is part of a wider trial being run 

by volunteers from the cycle hub 

throughout October, with deliveries 

being made in the Wellington 

area on behalf of businesses on 

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. 

“This is a great new service… 

ideal for customers who may not 

be able to get into town and it also 

reduces the number of journeys by 

car, cutting carbon emissions,” Keli 

added. 

l Cllr Anthony Lowe presents Jordan Stanley of Magna Crate with 

his ‘Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Business Champion’ 

certificate. 

Wellington Town Council’s Climate Emergency 

Steering Group are working to help the community 

become more eco-friendly - particularly encouraging 

a reduction in the use of plastic. The monthly zoom 

meetings are extremely productive, with more 

businesses and local community groups becoming 

part of the journey. For more information please 

email: paola.armstrong@telford.gov.uk 

Jordan Stanley of Magna Crate in Wellington Market 

recently received his ‘Surfers Against Sewage Plastic 

Free Business Champion’ certificate from deputy 

mayor Cllr Anthony Lowe. 

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Wellington Town Council News 

Diary Dates 

OCTOBER 

l 24th – 29th 

Witches of Wellington 

l 29th Late night market 

Saturday 

CELEBRATING WELLINGTON’S 

OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY 

NOVEMBER 

l 7th-12th Wellington Drama 

Festival at the Belfry 

l 11th Armistice Day Service 

l 13th Remembrance Parade 

l 19th Christmas Lights 

Switch On 

l 19th Late night market 

DECEMBER 

l 11th Mayor’s Carol Service 

14 

Help with 

reading 

Read Easy UK is a registered 

charity that supports volunteers 

to set up local groups to help their 

communities. There are currently 

over 60 affiliated groups in the 

UK. The Wellington group affiliated 

with Read Easy UK in November 

2019 and there is a great team of 

enthusiastic volunteers providing 

free, confidential, one to one 

reading coaching to those who are 

18 years old or over and would like 

to improve their reading skills. 

Over 8,500 people in Telford 

and Wrekin struggle with everyday 

reading - prescriptions, bills, bus 

timetables etc. and this group is 

passionate about changing that. 

For more information, whether 

to volunteer, refer yourself as a 

reader or help with fundraising, 

please call Claire Dempsey 07941 

515220 or email: tewrvenues@ 

readeasy.org.uk 

l Pictured: Jenny Wynn, Selina Graham and Mayor Dorothy Roberts. 

In early July there were two firsts for 

Wellington; the first ever Wellington Open 

Gardens saw 18 beautiful local gardens 

open to the public, raising funds for local 

charity Community Resource. The weekend 

concluded with a garden party at Sunnycroft, 

to mark Wellington winning ‘Shropshire’s 

On Sunday 13 November 

the people of Wellington 

will gather at the Lychgate 

to remember those who 

have died as the result of 

every conflict. 

The Parade will leave 

The Nailor’s Row car park 

in the centre of Wellington 

on Sunday at 10.25am. It 

will turn right into New 

Street, march through 

Market Square and into 

Church Street, past the Lychgate (in front 

of All Saints Church) in time for the short 

(outside) service on the grassed area in front 

of All Saints Church. Following the service the 

Outstanding Community’ (joint first with 

Church Stretton) in 2021. Members of the 

community who volunteer for various aspects 

of Wellington life were invited to the event 

which also attended by Shropshire Deputy 

Lord Lieutenant Jenny Wynn and High Sheriff 

Selina Graham. 

WELLINGTON REMEMBERS 

parade will march, by the 

same route in reverse, 

back to Nailor’s Row 

car park for dismissal at 

approximately 11.40am. 

The Mayor will take the 

salute in the Square. 

As in previous years all 

are invited and the parade 

will be organised and 

supervised by a formal 

Parade Marshall and 

headed by the Wellington 

(Telford) Brass Band, (weather permitting). 

There will also be a short service on Friday 

11 November at 10.50am in Wellington Market 

Square to commemorate Armistice Day. 


This is our Wellington | www.wellington-shropshire.gov.uk 

Messages from 

our twin town... 

Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, 

Wellington received two messages from our 

French friends in our twin town of Châtenay- 

Malabry to the people of Wellington: 

Summer Sounds and Family Fun 

Wellington Town Council hosted a 

series of family fun days in the Bowring 

Park over the 6-week summer holidays 

with over 600 people enjoying the 

fun. Ranging from PJ the showman, 

Wrekin Forest School, Climate Action 

Hub Nature Festival, and dance 

performances from local dance group 

ToriArts. 

Wellington Market Square was full 

of entertainment over the summer 

On Saturday 19 November, 

from 3pm, Wellington will 

once again be filled with 

festive fun at the annual 

Christmas Lights Switch On. 

With a hands-on children’s 

craft workshop, live music, a 

puppet show as well as visitors 

Olaf and Elf on the Shelf on 

hand, as will, of course, Santa 

himself. 

The Mayor or Wellington, 

Cllr Dorothy Roberts, would 

like to invite members of the 

community to her Civic Carol 

Service at All Saints Church 

on Sunday 11 December at 

4pm. There will be live music, 

readings, school choirs and 

a poem from Wellington’s 

resident poet. 

“Over 600 people 

enjoyed the 

summer fun!” 

on Saturdays with ‘Sounds in the 

Square’ which saw performances 

from the Wellington Brass band, The 

Telfordaires, The Shropshire Boatmen, 

Three in a Bar Jazz band, as well as 

Rick Cosco who had a surprise visit 

from Mr Motivator and the Mayor Cllr 

Dorothy Roberts. New for this year was 

a skateboarding skills demonstration 

from the Chill Out Skate Shop on 

Market Street. 

CHRISTMAS IN WELLINGTON 

“It was so pleasant to celebrate Queen 

Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee in Wellington, that 

we cannot stand by without sharing with you 

our sorrow for her departure. All of us have 

always kept a very high consideration for your 

noble Queen …we’ll miss her!” 

Marc Feugere 

deputy mayor of Châtenay-Malabry 

“It was so sad to hear the passing of Her 

Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 

I think we all felt she would be there for ever, 

and it seemed almost unreal to hear the news 

yesterday. 

To all of us, she embodied the incarnation of 

the British nation and the model of royal unity 

and stability. Her devotion to her country was 

truly inspirational to many people around the 

world. 

In the name of the Twinning Committee 

of Châtenay-Malabry, I send our deepest 

condolences to all the inhabitants of Wellington 

for the loss of their Queen. 

Our thoughts and prayers are with you during 

this difficult time.” 

Isabelle Barroso 

Highway scheme 

One of the biggest highway improvement 

schemes for a busy high street in Wellington is 

underway and on schedule for completion. The 

project to improve safety measures for both 

vehicles and pedestrians on Market Street, 

is set to be one of the biggest in Wellington’s 

recent history, with funding provided by Telford 

& Wrekin Council’s highway programme. 

Councillors Lee Carter, John Thompson, 

Angela McClements and Graham Cook have 

all worked to ensure the changes will improve 

access for cars and people on foot or those 

with additional mobility needs while improving 

safety overall. 

For more detailed information visit: telford. 

gov.uk/prideinmarketstreet 

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Meet your safer neighbourhood team 

We are a dedicated group of police officers and police community 

support officers (PCSOs) who work with local communities and partner 

organisations to keep our residents, businesses and visitors safe and to 

prevent crime and tackle anti-social behaviour in your locality. 

Officers can be contacted on the below numbers concerning community 

issues. To report a crime in progress call 999 and for non emergencies, 

report online at www.westmercia.police.uk/report. If you are unable to 

report online, you can contact us via the 101 non-emergency number. 

Inspector 

Matt Sanders 

Sergeant 

Matt Hartley 

Hadley and Leegomery 

hl.snt@westmercia.police.uk 

Arleston and College 

arlestonandcollege.snt@westmercia.police.uk 

PC 

Jess Hindley 

07811 762222 

PC 

Kate Medlam 

07811 762092 

PCSO Savanna 

Hand 

07773 045256 

PC 

Adrian Dobrin 

07929 722547 

PC 

Pete Rigby 

07929 800819 

PCSO 

Lynn Harris 

07817 940156 

Wellington West and Rural 

wellingtonwest.snt@westmercia.police.uk 

PCSO Luke 

Newborough 

07817 940260 

PCSO 

Tayyub Sultan 

07854 514674 

PCSO Jordan 

Newborough 

07970 544954 

PC 

Rob McNally 

07811 748260 

PCSO 

Zoe Beven 

07870 167791 

PCSO 

Evie Dunkley 

07779 543156 


PCSO 

Gareth Rhodes 

07971 395039 

PCSO 

Ryan White 

07971 395158 

PCSO 

Alex Pittam 

07970 544940 

Wellington North 

wellingtonnorth.snt@westmercia.police.uk 

PCSO 

Steve Tyrer 

07870 168119 


PC 

Mark Morgan 

07870 168164 

PCSO 

Trudy Jones 

07870 168046 

Whilst the information is considered to be true and correct at the date of publication, changes in circumstances 

after the time of publication may impact on the accuracy of the information (August 2022 Rev A). 

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www.westmercia.police.uk 

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