What an unexpectedly sunny week! We hoped you managed to enjoy it a little. As always we’ve been busy. Here’s a snapshot of what we got up to:
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Hope everyone enjoyed Global recycling day!
This week we:
Wow! What a busy and really varied week we’ve had! This is what we’ve been up to ☺️
✅ Attended the Durham Country Council Foster Care star awards – if you’re thinking about fostering get in touch with the team https://www.durham.gov.uk/fostering ✅ Delivered some more consultation letters regarding Templetown playpark – get your views submitted to James by 18th March ✅ Attended the Children and Young People’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee where we asked for the IICSA report review to be moved to a dedicated meting with partner agencies and the PCC. This report and the recommendations deserve detailed scrutiny https://democracy.durham.gov.uk/documents/s152109/IICSA%20report%20cover%20final.pdf ✅ Led some training at County Hall for fellow councillors ✅Met the team at Citizen’s House for a tour of their fantastic facilities and heard about the huge range of events they host - massive thanks for the huge bag of wool donated for our local friendship group ✅ Visited Hampton Manor to see how the work is progressing. Hopefully opening in Summer with over 100 jobs to be filled – great news for our Ward. Watch this space for exciting competition news https://www.facebook.com/hamptonmanorconsett ✅ Had our case against the incinerator heard in Parliament this week!! Watch this space for the video which we’ll post soon ✅ Received confirmation that our campaign to have the road at Fellside resurfaced then adopted and maintained by Durham County Council has been successful. We are thrilled! Wow! What a busy and really varied week we’ve had! This is what we’ve been up to
As you all know, we work closely with our councillor colleagues and with Richard Holden MP. We have been fighting against the incinerator in Consett since before our election and we were delighted when in September 2021, it was REFUSED.
In the planning committee meeting where it was refused, we as your local councillors asked the applicants to not appeal the decision. Our worst fears have come true and it is their intention to appeal. We are therefore THRILLED that Richard Holden MP has secured a debate in Parliament about the incinerator on Tuesday 8th March. We know just about everyone in Consett is still vehemently against these plans and have already told us, the Council, the applicant and the MP. However, ahead of this opportunity to specifically discuss the proposal in parliament, can you please submit your thoughts via Richard’s survey by following this link. He can then use this in his debate to show that we have not changed our views from those already submitted. You can watch the debate live at about 19:00 on 8th March 2022 by clicking here. Please PLEASE get involved everyone! Hope you all enjoyed world book day yesterday We loved seeing all the characters walking to school in their outfits. This week we:
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