Lickey & Blackwell Parish Council Blog

Community Power - Unconference 7th October

Parish Walk - 17th May

Reminder: Residents Meeting Saturday 31st January

The third of our popular residents meetings will be held this coming Saturday. The topic for this meeting is 'Transport and Housing' and is being held between 10am and 1pm on Saturday 31 January 2009 at the Blackwell Social Club.

If you are a resident of Lickey or Blackwell we warmly welcome your attendance and active participation.

Christmas Tree Lighting

Lickey & Blackwell Autumn Parish Walk

The Parish Council Footpath Warden, David Crockett, is to lead a Parish walk on Saturday 18^th October. Called “Autumn Gold” (where he assures us the sunshine has been booked for that day!), the walk will take in Lickey and Blackwell in its’ full Autumn glory.

The walk is expected to last between 3 and 4 hours, dependent on the speed of the group. The terrain to be covered will be a combination of road and tracks, some of which may be muddy and will include short hilly sections. Walkers are advised to wear appropriate clothing and footwear for the elements, and also ensure they bring their own refreshments.

All those interested are asked to meet David from 9.45am onwards on Saturday October 18^th at the junction of  Twatling Road and Plymouth Road, with a view to departing at 10am.

Everyone is welcome!

Mapping our Parish Art Competition - update

Following our July posting, please read on for the latest update!

To kick-start the project, there is a competition for the best illustration - paintings, drawings and photographs up to A4 size of our environment, whether natural or manmade. So, a pretty broad brief!

We are delighted that the Lickey Hills Arts Society have agreed to judge the entries.

There are, or course, a few rules:
� Two categories: a) 16 years and under and b) 17 years and over.
� all entries to included name, age and contact details
� closing date extended to Saturday 20th Sept 2008
� send to: Janet King 110 Linthurst Newtown, Blackwell B60 1BS
or Jill Harvey 36 Rose Hill, Lickey B45 8RR

Prizes will be awarded at the launch day - Saturday 4 October 2008!

All parish residents are encouraged to take part in this competition AND the actual project!

Residents' Meetings - Mapping our Parish

The Project -
We are inviting couples/groups to ‘adopt’ an area of the parish and make a monthly record throughout the year of the habitat, species and archaeology they find. All levels of ability and all ages are encouraged to participate, particularly the younger residents. Not only will our volunteers be extending their knowledge of Lickey and Blackwell, but also contributing to an important and valuable resource which can be shared with our MoP partners.

The PC environment group have been very busy over the last five months consulting and forging partnerships with the likes of WCC Biodiversity Dept. Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, Lickey Hills Country Park, local landowners, schools and other interested groups. This follows an aerial mapping of the whole parish.

Please register an early interest in a favoured plot, as we anticipate this will attract many volunteers on the day.

Launch Day -
The project will be officially opened by Julie Kirkbride MP, at The Lickey Parish Hall, Old Birmingham Road, 10am - 1pm Saturday 4th October 2008. This is an exciting opportunity for all our residents to become more involved in the environment of the parish.

Apart from a commitment of once a month - you need only bring your enthusiasm! A special case will be supplied and will include: identification crib sheets, books, maps and more. A member of the environment team will be allocated to support your group - assistance will only be a phone call away.

Do come along to the presentation by our experts, learn how Hanbury handled their project and get involved!

We intend to hold regular meetings to ensure we are all heading in the right direction and enable us all to exchange information with like minded neighbours.

The Competition -
See special posting for details.

See you at the launch!

Safety & Security Meeting

A brilliant meeting very well organised. A shame more people did not turn out for it ....but a success all the same for all concerned.

A huge  WELL DONE to those who organised it and let's hope we can get more residents involved in what goes on in the Parish.

For those who could not make it I can only say you missed something very worthwhile.

Cllr.Lesley Stanhope

Residents Meeting - Saturday

PACT Meeting

The next PACT (Partners and Community Together) Meeting for Lickey, Blackwell and Barnt Green will be held on 17^th July, 2008 at Quaker Meeting Rooms, Sandhills Road, Barnt Green, starting at 7pm.

We encourage residents to attend, to get their key issues raised and hopefully dealt with. There are usually representatives on the panel from the police, county, district and parish councils. Further details, including current priorities are available from the West Mercia Police website at:

http://www.westmercia.police.uk/localpolicing/northworcs/rubery_and_rural/index.htm (for Lickey) or

http://www.westmercia.police.uk/localpolicing/northworcs/catshill_and_marlbrook/index.htm (for Blackwell)