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New Year for the Council

At our Annual Meeting on 5th May, the following leadership roles were agreed for the councillors:

Environment Group > > Cllr. Janet King
Finance Group > > Cllr. Kathryn Crockett

Highways Group > > Cllr. Jackie Johnson
Planning Committee > > Cllr. Jill Harvey
Communications Group > > Cllr. Keith Woolford
Social Services Group > > Cllr. Jackie Nash

Vice Chairperson > > Cllr. Jackie Johnson
Chairman > > Cllr. John Williams

We thank Michael Andrews for his wise chairmanship over the last 2 years and wish him well in his retirement from the council.

Next PACT Meeting for Lickey & Blackwell Area

The next meeting for the Partners and Communities Together (PACT) has now been arranged. It is to be held on

THURSDAY 16TH OCTOBER at BLACKWELL FIRST SCHOOL, St. CATHERINE'S ROAD, BLACKWELL.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 7pm.

All residents are most welcome and, indeed, encouraged to attend. This is our chance to speak to the decision-makers directly in the District and County Council, as well as the West Mercia Police.

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!

Lickey WildFlower Verge

We happily have some delightful orchids in bloom in the "meadow" verge.

Some photo's can be seen by following this link http://www.picasaweb.google.co.uk/LesleyAnne1950/LickeyMeadow

Welcome to the Lickey & Blackwell PC Blog

This blog is in pre-launch construction and testing, so please bear with us.

Authors please note that this is an interim site design which is only for our own testing purposes.  PLEASE do not publicise this address, otherwise we will have a lot of unnecessary confusion and disappointment.

When we are ready to launch, the council publicity group (cllr Johnson is the leader) will organise the event.