Woolaston News summer 2022 print

WOOLASTON PARISH COUNCIL
Report Summer 2022
Councillor Mick Fairless has stood
down as Parish Council Chairman after
8 years in the role. Councillor Terina
Riches was elected as the new Chairman
and immediately thanked Mick for his
many achievements and ongoing service
to the Parish. . Mick will be remaining
as a Woolaston parish councillor.
Councillor Mary Greenslade was elected
as Vice Chairman. Full details of parish
councillor roles and contact details are at
the end of this article.
The parish council are dedicated to
continuing to work with the community,
and provide a “Woolaston that everyone
is proud of”, where residents, visitors,
and businesses have a real pride in the
area, and look upon Woolaston as a
“great place to live”. Councillors want
to know what residents want from their
parish council and want you be involved
throughout the year.
At the last Annual Parish Meeting in
April, there were no members of the
public present. The parish council
would like to work towards developing
next year’s Annual Parish Meeting into
an event for sharing community news,
engaging the public and creating closer
ties with the community. It would
also like residents to have a greater
understanding of what the parish council
does, and for residents to feel that they
are served well by the council .
Woolaston Parish Council is keen to hear
YOUR views.
We would like to know what you as
residents, would like your parish council
to achieve.
Community Orchard
Norman Taplin and Robin Larkham,
Trustees of the Arbourday Trust has very
generously donated the sum of £300 to the
parish council be spent on the Community
Orchard. They have asked that the local
school be involved and councillors have
already been in touch with the school and
arrangements are in place.
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