Quedgeley News March 2012 Issue Number 189

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Get fit and stay fit at Quedgeley Health and Fitness club at Severnvale school Quedgeley Village Hall Events Quedgeley Village Hall presents Shep Woolley - ‘Rollin em in the Halls’ on Saturday 24th March 2012 at 8pm. Tickets £7 each available from Jenny on 01452 722099 or Guy the Hairdresser. Bring you own drinks and nibbles. Quedgeley Village Hall Committee will be holding their AGM on Thursday 15th March 2012 at 7.30pm in the back room of the hall. All are welcome. ABBCARE Installations For your PVC requirements · P.V.C Doors · P.V.C Windows · Fascias & Gutters · Brickwork Alterations · Conservatories · Home Improvements · Misted Sealed Unit Replacement All P.V.C work includes 10 year guarantee Grahame Wright Tel: 01452 546349 Mobile: 07765902002 Page 16
Quedgeley News produced by volunteers and distributed by volunteers Email to the Editor - 2012 budget: Is EU spending out of control? In November the European Parliament voted for yet another increase in the EU budget. The British Conservatives voted for a zero increase across the board and asked for reductions in certain areas. However, many Member States seem to see the European budget as a substitute for where they have to make savings at home. The Commissioner’s spokesman has accepted that certain increases are an intentional move to compensate for national cuts. This is fantasy politics. There isn’t enough money, we need to save, and this should apply to the European budget as much as to our own. A question many in the South West are asking is, at a time when we are all having to tighten our belts, why should there be yet another increase in EU spending? The biggest increase comes in areas where the EU have bills to pay for projects that have already been agreed. It is true that there are some commitments that we cannot get out of, but there are also a lot of discretionary spends. The Court of auditors, for example, has said that 11% of all structural funds spending should never have been paid out in the first place. These are small percentages but represent huge amounts of money. In November, Conservative MEPs successfully campaigned to lower the proposed budget increase from 5.2% to 2.02%. Our consistent argument in favour of a freeze in the budget has succeeded in preventing a £5.7 billion hike in spending that would have been unacceptable in such tough economic times. To trim spending is the only responsible way, and with our persistence, other groups and MEPs are beginning to realise this, too. Rest assured that the Conservatives in Europe will continue working to make sure that we do not have unrealistic budget increases in Europe that we cannot sustain in the UK. Regards, Julie Girling MEP Quedgeley Walks We have been asked to reprint some of the walks in Quedgeley but on trying out one or two of them we have found that this is impractical as many of the land marks are no longer there, so we will start again. Surprisingly few people make use of the tow path along the canal. We quite often use this to walk into Gloucester for shopping. This is about 3miles depending where you join the path and takes about 1 hour, a little longer if you stop at the supermarket for a toilet break and at Upstairs Downstairs behind the Arts and Craft Warehouse in Severn Road for refreshments, then on into Gloucester catching the bus back home. Information regarding walks to see the wild flowers in the area: It is too late now for the snowdrops as they have been earlier this year. Daffodils can be seen in the woods near Newent. (On the B4215 between the A40 and the M5) Kempley daffodil weekend is 19th and 20th March, Oxenhall on the 26tth and 27th March. Both of these are connected with the local Village Hall and have light lunches and refreshments’ on both days. There are marked and guided walks and from Kempley a mini bus does trips around the Daffodils’. Dymock is on the 2n and 3rd of April and the Gloucestershire Daffodils trail starts opposite the Pub. Bluebells can be seen in May, areas suggested are Standish Woods (next months walk in Quedgeley News), Soudley in the Forest of Dean and Chalford Woods near Stroud. What we would ask is that you clear up after if you take your dog and leave no litter The Wandering Freemantles. Finally we would like to thanks those that helped us raise £200 for the Willow Trust, this was mainly from the Short Mat Bowling Social, the Buffett before the Viennese Concert and many small change donations passed on to us. We are always willing to pass on any small change collections to the Willow Trust. Thank you again the Wandering Freemantles Page 17
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