ISSUED: OCTOBER 2011.

Pictured are Mr and Mrs Brian Littler (Overall winners of the Combined Best Front and Rear Gardens, Burntwood in Bloom 2011)

BURNTWOOD IN BLOOM

Councillor Eric Drinkwater, Chairman of Burntwood Town Council, presided over the Burntwood in Bloom Presentation Evening held at Burntwood Library on Thursday 8th September 2011. Trophies were awarded to the winners of the eleven categories. Five trophies had been provided by sponsors and the Town Council is grateful for their continued support. The trophy sponsors were: Staffordshire Police; Bromford Living, Everall’s Fireworks, Lichfield District Council and Burntwood Chase Heritage Group. Overall Winner (Combined Best Front and Rear Garden categories) Judy and Brian Littler Judges’ Favourite Entry Anthony Sorroll

Best Dressed Shop or Office Window

Burntwood News 1st Place

Best Commercial Premises Burntwood News 1st Place

Best Community Project or Premises St Anne’s Church 3rd Place

Highfields Primary School 2nd Place Nos. 3-7 Lilac Grove, Chasetown 1st Place

Best Under 12’s Project

Fulfen Primary 2nd Place

Highfields Primary 1st Place

Best Over 12’s Project St John Ambulance Cadets 1st Place

Best Rear Garden Anthony Sorroll 3rd Place

Mr & Mrs Grenville Rigby 2nd Place Mr & Mrs Brian Littler 1st Place

Best Front Garden

Mrs M Brown 3rd Place

Mr and Mrs Brian Littler 2nd Place Rob Gregory 1st Place

Best Container or Trough

Maureen Pestridge 3rd Place

Arthur Talbot 2nd Place Mrs M Boulton 1st Place

Best Hanging Basket

Arthur Styles 3rd Place

Arthur Talbot 2nd Place Mrs M Boulton 1st Place

NEW FOR 2012…… Burntwood in Bloom 2012 Calendars are available - priced at £5 each. The calendar contains photos of some of the entries in the 2011 competition and it can be bought from Burntwood News and the Town Council’s offices.

CHAIRMAN’S COFFEE MORNING The Chairman of Burntwood Town Council, Councillor Eric Drinkwater, is holding a Coffee Morning on Wednesday 16th November 2011 from 10 am - 12 noon at Burntwood Library, Sankeys Corner in partnership with the Burntwood Breast Care Support Group. Please come and join us for a cup of tea or coffee and a piece of cake and raise some money for Breast Cancer and the Chairman’s Charities. We look forward to seeing you there!

BURNTWOOD CHRISTMAS LANTERN PARADE The Burntwood Christmas Lantern Parade is a community cohesion event incorporating aspects of Family and Intergenerational learning and is hoping to benefit the entire area by bringing together the people of Burntwood, young and old alike, in an atmosphere of positive creativity. The community will be invited to attend workshops where they can learn to design and construct their own festive lantern that they can them take with them on a Parade in the local area. The project is being organised by Forward Action Burntwood and supported by a multi-agency partnership with many partners funding the project, as well as directly supporting the workshops, parade and Christmas market. Residents from the local community are volunteering as support workers and as marshals on the evening of the parade. Workshops will take place throughout a two week period commencing 26th November 2011 through to 8th December 2011. The Parade will take place on 10th December through the streets of Oakdene with the Rotary’s Santa leading the way to finish being held at Burntwood Leisure Centre including Carols around the Christmas tree, Christmas market and Reindeer. If you are interested in taking part, please contact Cheryl Rice, Partnership Support Officer at Lichfield District Council (telephone 01543 308763) for further details.

TRAFFIC ISLAND SPONSORSHIP

Burntwood Town Council has a traffic island available for sponsorship. The island is located at the junction of Attwood Road and Stables Way. Sponsorship costs £500 (plus VAT) for a 12 month package. Interested? Contact Julie Bayley on 01543 677166 for further details.

BURNTWOOD TOWN STRATEGY The Town Council formally launched the Burntwood Town Strategy in May 2011 and work has now begun on taking the Strategy forward. The Strategy identifies 12 Action Areas – these have been split into two tranches and Town Councillors have been nominated to lead each of those areas which form the first tranche. They are: Action Area 2 Communication and the image of Burntwood as a place Lead Member: Councillor Mrs Susan Woodward Action Area 3 Public transport access and traffic management Lead Member: Councillor Mrs Heather Tranter Action Area 5 Business and employers Lead Member: Councillor Rod Campbell Action Area 7 Local environmental improvements Lead Member: Councillor Ron Bradbury Action Area 8(a) Community events and festivals coordination Lead Member: Councillor Richard Mosson Action Area 8(b) Pathways and trails development Lead Member: Councillor Mrs Brenda Rigby Action Area 11 Community champions and volunteering initiative Lead Member: Councillor Steven Norman It is anticipated that the individual Lead Members will establish Working Groups to undertake research/investigation and consultation as appropriate to enable their Group to formulate a way forward for each of the Action Areas. Proposals and recommendations from the Working Groups will be put to the Town Council’s Best Value Committee for consideration before being put to the Town Council for decision. The Town Council would welcome input from any Burntwood resident or business on any (or all) of the Action Areas. So…... if you’re interested in being a part of what could be an excit-ing project why not give us a call on 01543 677166? We’ll take your details and a note of the area(s) that you are Interested in and they will be passed on to the appropriate Lead Member.

BURNTWOOD TOWN COUNCILLORS

NAME AND TELEPHONE NO.

NAME AND TELEPHONE NO.

BANEVICIUS, Sharon TEL: 01543 270761 WARD: Chase Terrace (Labour)

ISAACS, Donald TEL: 01543 319588 WARD: Summerfield (Labour) (Also LDC)

BRADBURY, Ronald TEL: 01543 677789 WARD: Boney Hay (Labour)

JAMES, Jeremy TEL: 01543 304033 WARD: Central (Labour)

BRETTELL, Mrs Brenda TEL: 01543 686625 WARD: Central (Conservative)

MOSSON, Richard TEL: 01543 679003 WARD: All Saints (Conservative) (also LDC)

BROWN, Bernard TEL: 01543 683411 WARD: Summerfield (Labour)

NORMAN, Steven TEL: 01543 304711 WARD: Summerfield (Labour) (Also LDC)

CAMPBELL, Roderick TEL: 01543 685484 WARD: Chasetown (Labour)

RIGBY, Brenda TEL: 01543 672376 WARD: Central (Conservative) (Also LDC)

CONSTABLE, Douglas TEL: 01543 684685 WARD: Highfield (Conservative) (Also LDC)

STOKES, Pamela TEL: 01543 675526 WARD: All Saints (Conservative)

DRINKWATER, Eric TEL: 01543 270030 WARD: Chase Terrace (Labour (also LDC)

TAYLOR, Stephen TEL: 01543 675787 WARD: Chasetown (Labour) (also LDC)

EVANS, Diane TEL: 01543 685447 WARD: Boney Hay (Labour) (also LDC)

TRANTER, Heather TEL: 01543 304226 WARD: Highfield (Conservative) (also LDC)

FISHER, Mrs Helen TEL: 01543 305070 WARD: Highfields (Conservative) (also LDC)

WALKER, John MBE TEL: 01543 684602 WARD: Chase Terrace (Labour) (also LDC)

HEATH, Russell TEL: 01543 671857 WARD: Boney Hay (Labour) (also LDC)

WILLIS-CROFT, Keith TEL: 01543 671961 WARD: Chasetown (Labour) (also LDC)

HUMPHREYS, Kenneth TEL: 01543 676005 WARD: All Saints (Conservative) (Also LDC)

WOODWARD, Mrs Susan TEL: 01543 304711 WARD: Chase Terrace (Labour) (also LDC)

SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS (to end January 2012)

TOWN COUNCIL 2011 2012 10 November 26 January PLANNING APPLICATIONS COMMITTEE 2011 2012 27 October 12 January 10 November 30 November 22 December BEST VALUE COMMITTEE 2012 5 January BURNTWOOD WAKES COMMITTEE 2011 2012 27 October 18 January 7 December GRANT AID COMMITTEE 2011 27 October Disclaimer The views expressed in this publications are not necessarily those of the Town Council unless clearly stated.