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Wychavon Legacy Grant Application 2022
We are really pleased to announce that Pebworth Parish Council has won a bid for a Community Legacy Grant from Wychavon District Council to replace the timber play equipment on The Close. The £70,000 award was confirmed at a Wychavon Executive Board meeting on 20th July. The bidding was a very competitive process, assessed on a wide range of criteria, with 18 applications being for funding being made. Of those, only 13 were successful with a total in excess of £1.1m being awarded across the successful applications.
Many of you will have seen and completed the questionnaire which was circulated earlier in the year. If your children are at the village school you may well have been surveyed on a particularly snowy day back in March, and the Parish Council also received great feedback from its posts on the Pebworth Village Facebook page and other local facebook groups. All of the comments and suggestions were compiled into the application which was submitted in early June and, since then, we have been waiting for the verdict!
This is obviously wonderful news. The zipwire was taken out of action a couple of years age when it failed a safety check due to the timber supports decaying. The balance beams had similar problems and all that remains of them now are four timber stumps in the ground. The other timber items, the multi tower, wendy house and the horse and cart, are all still being maintained but are clearly approaching the end of their useful lives. The legacy grant gives us the opportunity to fund the replacement and upgrade of all of those items now, something the Parish Council would not have had the funds to do. The application showed how all parts of the village come together for a project like this. PIB picked up that there would be spare timber from the old equipment available when the new equipment is installed, and part of the application highlighted that they wanted to use that material for projects around the village.
The application also contained letters of support from Jane Cromack on behalf of the Village Hall Committee, Neil Champs on behalf of Pebworth First School, Thomas Havermann-Mart, our District Councillor and Alistair Adams, our County Councillor.
The Parish Council will now go through the process of formally signing up to the grant award and then the project will be put out to tender to ensure that we get the best value for money from the grant. That process will take a few months but we’ll keep people updated on progress via the Piper, the Petrus, the village email lists, the noticeboards and via Facebook.
James Pearson
Pebworth Parish Council
MUGA Tennis Repairs
Late last year it was noticed that one of the tennis posts on the MUGA was at an angle which was lifting a section of tarmac. That was professionally repaired but the problem has recently been noticed again, this time the section of tarmac which was lifted was considerably larger and the repair cost the Parish Council around £500. The company who undertook the repair said that the likely cause was excessive pressure on the net, not though tightening it but that it was more likely to be someone leaning or falling on the net to the extent that it was pulling the post out of the ground. We obviously do not know if this was accidental damage or vandalism but please, if you do notice anyone misusing the equipment, let someone on the Parish Council know as we want to preserve this asset for the village for future generations.
The latest repair was undertaken last month and the MUGA was back up and running for tennis within a few days of that.
The net is pre-set at an appropriate height, please do not attempt to tighten the net
Please look after this great asset to the village, if there are any questions or comments please contact our parish clerk, Donna Bowles on either 07724 601366 or by email at clerk@pebworthparishcouncil.co.uk . Alternatively, please come along to a future parish council meeting.
We would really appreciate any input from tennis players in the village on this issue.
We are really pleased to announce that Pebworth Parish Council has won a bid for a Community Legacy Grant from Wychavon District Council to replace the timber play equipment on The Close. The £70,000 award was confirmed at a Wychavon Executive Board meeting on 20th July. The bidding was a very competitive process, assessed on a wide range of criteria, with 18 applications being for funding being made. Of those, only 13 were successful with a total in excess of £1.1m being awarded across the successful applications.
Many of you will have seen and completed the questionnaire which was circulated earlier in the year. If your children are at the village school you may well have been surveyed on a particularly snowy day back in March, and the Parish Council also received great feedback from its posts on the Pebworth Village Facebook page and other local facebook groups. All of the comments and suggestions were compiled into the application which was submitted in early June and, since then, we have been waiting for the verdict!
This is obviously wonderful news. The zipwire was taken out of action a couple of years age when it failed a safety check due to the timber supports decaying. The balance beams had similar problems and all that remains of them now are four timber stumps in the ground. The other timber items, the multi tower, wendy house and the horse and cart, are all still being maintained but are clearly approaching the end of their useful lives. The legacy grant gives us the opportunity to fund the replacement and upgrade of all of those items now, something the Parish Council would not have had the funds to do. The application showed how all parts of the village come together for a project like this. PIB picked up that there would be spare timber from the old equipment available when the new equipment is installed, and part of the application highlighted that they wanted to use that material for projects around the village.
The application also contained letters of support from Jane Cromack on behalf of the Village Hall Committee, Neil Champs on behalf of Pebworth First School, Thomas Havermann-Mart, our District Councillor and Alistair Adams, our County Councillor.
The Parish Council will now go through the process of formally signing up to the grant award and then the project will be put out to tender to ensure that we get the best value for money from the grant. That process will take a few months but we’ll keep people updated on progress via the Piper, the Petrus, the village email lists, the noticeboards and via Facebook.
James Pearson
Pebworth Parish Council
MUGA Tennis Repairs
Late last year it was noticed that one of the tennis posts on the MUGA was at an angle which was lifting a section of tarmac. That was professionally repaired but the problem has recently been noticed again, this time the section of tarmac which was lifted was considerably larger and the repair cost the Parish Council around £500. The company who undertook the repair said that the likely cause was excessive pressure on the net, not though tightening it but that it was more likely to be someone leaning or falling on the net to the extent that it was pulling the post out of the ground. We obviously do not know if this was accidental damage or vandalism but please, if you do notice anyone misusing the equipment, let someone on the Parish Council know as we want to preserve this asset for the village for future generations.
The latest repair was undertaken last month and the MUGA was back up and running for tennis within a few days of that.
The net is pre-set at an appropriate height, please do not attempt to tighten the net
Please look after this great asset to the village, if there are any questions or comments please contact our parish clerk, Donna Bowles on either 07724 601366 or by email at clerk@pebworthparishcouncil.co.uk . Alternatively, please come along to a future parish council meeting.
We would really appreciate any input from tennis players in the village on this issue.
The Pebworth Piper
Please click below for the latest edition of The Piper for all the latest Pebworth news. This edition includes:
Please click below for the latest edition of The Piper for all the latest Pebworth news. This edition includes:
- An update from the Countryside Access Pebworth Volunteers
- A report on the concert by the delightful Ballard Singer
- An update on the MacMillan Coffee Morning fundraising
- All the regular features
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The Petrus
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Please Click Below for the latest edition of The Petrus for all the latest Pebworth news.
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PEBWORTH RURAL CINEMA 2022
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Friday 25th November
Operation Mincemeat |
Friday 16th December
West Side Story |
Tickets £5.00 each and £2.50 12 and under
Drinks from 7.15pm | Film 8pm | Delicious food available
before the movie and ice cream during the interval
For more information and if you would like to be added to our email list
please contact: pebworthruralcinema@gmail.com or find us at or
www.pebworth.org phone 01789 721227 | 07850 289926
Drinks from 7.15pm | Film 8pm | Delicious food available
before the movie and ice cream during the interval
For more information and if you would like to be added to our email list
please contact: pebworthruralcinema@gmail.com or find us at or
www.pebworth.org phone 01789 721227 | 07850 289926
Pebworth Village Hall
The Village Hall has now re-opened. Please contact me to discuss and make any bookings.
Jane Cromack, Pebworth Village Hall Management Committee
01789 720319/jvcromack@aol.com/07977071233
The Village Hall has now re-opened. Please contact me to discuss and make any bookings.
Jane Cromack, Pebworth Village Hall Management Committee
01789 720319/jvcromack@aol.com/07977071233
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Pebworth Neighbourhood Plan
The Pebworth Neighbourhood Plan has now been adopted. Please find details here:
Pebworth Parish Neighbourhood Plan - Wychavon District Council
The Pebworth Neighbourhood Plan has now been adopted. Please find details here:
Pebworth Parish Neighbourhood Plan - Wychavon District Council
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