AMENDED MINUTES ANSLOW ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

Anslow Village Hall, Main Road, Anslowon Monday 24 th May 2017 at 7.30pm

Anslow Parish Council Attendance Members of the Public & Organisations

Cllr Frank Thompstone, Chairman

14 members of the Public

Cllr David Page, Vice ChairmanCllr Laura Hall

Kasam HussainSuperfast Staffordshire Project Manager

Cllr John Tomlinson Cllr Philip White, Staffordshire County CouncillorCllr Paul Joyce Cllr Simon Gaskin, East Staffordshire Borough

CouncillorMrs Judy Tjon Soei Len, Clerk to Anslow Parish Council

Frank Thompstone introduced himself as Chair of Anslow Parish Council and introduced the Parish Councillors and Clerk and welcomed everyone to the meeting. He advised that the following notices had been distributed in the hall for members of the public to take with them:- Parish Council contact details, copy of the Parish Council’s Finance Statement, Report a Fault notice explaining the process for reporting faults to Staffordshire County Council (eg blocked drains, potholes etc), Defibrillator Training Course invitation.

The Chair also invited everyone to sign the attendance sheet so that parish information could be emailed to them in the future and invited them to sign up for Volunteer work within the parish.

2017/APM/1 Apologies for Absence East Staffordshire Borough Councillor Cllr Duncan Goodfellow, Parish Councillors Anne Greer andTom Frankland, Polly and Jim Bivens, David and Janet Threlfall, Brendan and Amanda McGreal and David Browning.

2017/APM/2 Minutes of the Previous Anslow Annual Parish Meeting on 11 May 2016 These were distributed to the members of the meeting to review. They were proposed by Cllr Paul Joyce and seconded by Mr John Lanham and signed as a true and accurate record by the Chair.

2017/APM/3 Reports of the Parish Council i) Chairman’s Report (Copy of report attached)The Chairman informed the meeting that all members of the public are welcome to all Parish Council and Planning Committee meetings, which commence with a 15 minute public session and are held at the Village Hall. He welcomed the newly elected Staffordshire County Councillor Mr Philip White. ii)Financial Report (Copy of report attached)The Clerk read out the report and explained significant variances and gave an overall summary. iii) Planning Report (Copy of report attached)

Cllr David Page read through the Planning Report on behalf of Cllr Tom Frankland.

2017/APM/4 Development Plan The Chairman advised the meeting that there is a sum of £902 held by Anslow Parish Council on behalf of the Community. This sum was raised at the Anslow Summer Festival in 2013. Ideas were invited for possible use. In Item 2017/APM/11 Questions on Village Matters below, Traffic Calming Measures were discussed and question raised if these monies could be used for that purpose.Replacement planters on Hopley Road was offered as a suggestion by the Chair. Suggestions to be forwarded to the Clerk to be discussed at next Parish Council Meeting.

2017/APM/5 Community Paths Initiative and Litter Picking in Anslow Report prepared by Cllr Frankland and delivered by Cllr Paul Joyce in his absence.Successful grant application resulted in £800 being awarded to the Parish Council for the purchase of tools and safety clothing for use by the CPI volunteers.

Community Paths InitiativePaths were surveyed by Cllr Frankland with a view to starting work this month. The initial areas to be targeted:

i) Whitestone Lane Anslow 18 (general trimming back of new growth and nettles)

ii) Sign on Anslow 0.507 opposite Anslow Park Farm – hedge to be cut back

iii) Outwoods Lane Anslow 17 (general trimming back of new growth and nettles)

iv) Sign on Anslow 0.515 on Hopley Road – hedge and ivy to be cut back v) Anslow 2 adjacent to Henhurst Field Farm, Outwoods Lane (nettle

clearance)

Problems a) Not all volunteers have responded to emails to progress the work b) Lack of feedback from SCC on work they have carried out recently (eg

new stiles)c) Cropping of fields – paths not cleared

d) “No entry” sign has been erected on footpath reference Anslow 0.507 on Whitestone Lane

Litter Picking There is an informal arrangement around the village which may benefit from becoming more formalised. Thanks to all volunteers who have worked in these areas over the past year:Longhedge Lane: 2 Duke of Edinburgh students litter picked on Longhedge Lane until recently but currently only Cllr Gaskin volunteers in this area. It is noted that most of the lane is in Outwoods ParishHenhurst Hill and Hopley Road: 2 Duke of Edinburgh students are still covering this area.Hopley Road, Chapel Lane, Nankirk Lane and Hanbury Road (part only) covered by Cllr FranklandMain Road and Bushton Lane being covered by Parish Councillors David Page, Anne Greer, Mr and Mrs Lanham and Mr and Mrs McGreal.Outwoods Lane: (mostly in Outwoods Parish) covered by Cllr Gaskin and ESBC

Fly Tipping has become more prevalent, reported in Longhedge Lane and Nankirk Lane, which has been removed by ESBC.

2017/APM/6 Village Defibrillator & Training CourseThe defibrillator installed outside the Bell pub has been donated into the care of the Parish Council. The Chair asked for volunteers to inspect the unit regularly and be a “guardian” for the defibrillator and report back any faults or damage to the Clerk.A free training course for Defibrillator and basic first aid, has been arranged by the Parish Council Clerk for Wednesday 28th June at 7pm in the Village Hall. All interested parties should contact the clerk to reserve their place.

2017/APM/7 Staffordshire County Highways DepartmentThe Chair explained that the mowing of the village by Staffs County Council contractors had started well this season, but had involved repeated requests to

them for accurate mowing of agreed verges around the parish. Weed-spraying of curbed edges is an item under review by ESBC and may possibly be withdrawn in the near future. NHT (Neighbourhood Highways Team) have been reduced with request for parish councils to take on more responsibility for clearing and maintaining certain areas.

The Chair explained again the process for reporting faults to SCC – ie potholes, blocked drains, replenishment of grit bins etc. This should be reported on-line on the SCC website. Also 30mph Wheelie Bin Stickers for those living adjacent to highways on Hopley Road, Bushton Lane and Main Road are available from the Clerk.

2017/APM/8 Reports from Local Councillors and Local Organisations a) Staffordshire County Council and East Staffordshire Borough CouncilCllr Philip White introduced himself as the new County Councillor and stated his desire to solve local issues, including highway problems (potholes). His objective is to be an accessible and visible Councillor and his contact details would be published shortly on the SCC website.

b) East Staffordshire Borough CouncilCllr Simon Gaskin declared his intention to be present at as many public council meetings as possible to understand local issues. He was pleased to have been involved with the refurbishment of Anslow’s telephone box and the Little Forest project on Longhedge Lane. He was aware of increased fly tipping, but also aware of the timely response to clear the areas by ESBC. He thanked Anslow Parish Councillors and the Clerk for their support over the last year and asked the meeting for any questions.

The Chair asked for an explanation as to why there was the new ESBC policy to prevent household food waste being placed in brown recycling bins. Cllr Gaskin explained it was due to changes in the contractor’s pricing structures. It costs ESBC less not to have food in the brown bins, so is more efficient and saves money. He reaffirmed that ESBC have not increased council tax in last 3 years.

c) Holy Trinity ChurchReport given by Rev Ian Whitehead and copy attached. d) Village Hall CommitteeReport was read out by Cllr Laura Hall and copy attachede) Anslow WI CommitteeReport was read out by the Clerk, Judy Tjon Soei Len and copy attachedf) PSCO Staffordshire Police Julia Wells,No official report received but PCSO Julia Wells prior to meeting asked for any local issues to be forwarded to her or her team. She is available at certain Drop-in Surgeries at Holy Trinity Church.g) The Mosley Academy Report was read out by Cllr Laura Hall and the copy is attached

2017/APM/9 Rolleston United Foundation GrantsThe Clerk reaffirmed that the above grant was available again this year for Year 13 students who live in Anslow and Rolleston to apply for, if they are continuing in education. Contact the Clerk for details.

2017/APM/10 Broadband Update The Chair welcomed Kasam Hussain, BT Contract Manager for Superfast Broadband. Kasam explained the current situation with 2 newly installed green cabinets (no’s 17 and 21) in the parish which takes fibre from the Tutbury exchange resulting in up to 80 mg per second speeds. However he is aware of

continuing issues resulting from “regulatory database challenges” and logistical issues. Cllr Thompstone supplied Kasam with 16 addresses which were not currently supplied and which were experiencing problems with connection. KS assured the meeting that by 8 June the speed will improve and he agreed to continue liaising with APC to keep residents up to date. One resident stated that they were only receiving 3 megabytes per second. Confusion continues over information from BT who state that customers need to install a new line in order to receive superfast Broadband. KS will investigate this query. He agreed that connecting “live/existing customers” to the service has been a new challenge but it will be finalised for the majority of the parish. However there is still more work to do for Anslow Gate residents. He confirmed that currently the technology involves fibre being connected from the exchange to the cabinet and then a copper connection is made to the household.From BT’s perspective, they are currently trialling Improved electronics in the cabinet which could result in up to 500 megabytes per second being delivered.The Chair gave an official “thankyou” to Kasam for travelling to Anslow from Birmingham to be present at the meeting.

2017/APM/11 Questions on Village Matters

Q1: Traffic and speeding on Hopley Road was raised. Increase noted in volume of traffic which will get worse with local housing developments. Can there be traffic calming on Hopley Road in 2 areas? a) outside ex-Burnt Gate Pub and b) Near Hopley Cottage. Police safety cameras were previously involved but were set up on a Saturday morning when insignificant volumes of traffic were present. Morning and evening rush hour times are required to survey the problem adequately. Request for the Parish Council to support this and investigate. Thanks were then noted about the work recently completed on Hopley Road involving clearing the brush and overgrown vegetation on the grass verge near to Nankirk Lane junction. Visibility has greatly improved.The Chair asked Cllrs White and Gaskin for their responses. Cllr White stated that more aggressive speed bumps have some disadvantages and Highways should be involved to look at all traffic calming measures. Village “gates” were mentioned as a visible indicator to road users on entering the village to encourage improved speed awareness. The Chair confirmed that this would be on the July Parish Council agenda and invited the public to attend and to participate in this discussion.

Q2: Item of concern raised regarding vehicular access problem for residential property, located around the corner from the Bell on Main road, before the Memorial Garden. Resident stated it was nearly impossible to get clear visibility of oncoming traffic as he exited his driveway. Suggestion made were Concealed entrance signage on the highway, mirror on the opposite verge and speedbump to slow down traffic speed.

Q3: Number of signs erected on the junction of Hopley Road with Main/Hanbury road was mentioned as being a distraction and untidy. Cllr Gaskin to raise this with ESBC for ruling over highway signage.

Thanks were given by Cllr David Page, to Frank Thompstone for chairing the Annual Parish meeting and thanks to Judy Tjon Soei Len for her work as a dedicated Clerk.

2017/APM/12 With that, the Chairman thanked everyone for coming and reminded those present to

i) leave their contact details to receive parish notifications and Broadband updates

ii) consider ideas for the 201/18 Development Plan and uses for the Community Fund monies

iii) forward ideas and local photographs to the Parish Council for the new website which is currently under development

iv) consider volunteering for the Community Paths initiative, litter picking and being Guardian for the Defibrillator

v) and finally..... give serious thought to attending the Defibrillator training course on 28th June.

The Chair thanked everyone for their contributions and closed the meeting at 9pm and invited all to stay for a glass of wine.

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Frank Thompstone, Chairman Date

CHAIRMAN’S REPORTMAY 24 th 2017 - ANNUAL ANSLOW PARISH

MEETINGWelcome to All and extended welcome to Phillip White, our new County Councillor

Anslow Parish Council’s Achievements and Varied Roles during the last year1. Projects -

Repainting of Village Telephone Box – ESBC grant enabled painting of telephone box – thanks to Cllrs Duncan Goodfellow and Simon Gaskin for the funding.

New Anslow Parish Council Website – funding has been secured to set up a new parish council website with all current information and local notices. This should be going live very soon. Q: What information would parishioners like to have included on the new website? Q: Does anyone have photographs of the parish that could be used for the website? All ideas to be forwarded to the Clerk.Thank you to Amanda McGreal for working with us by placing notices on the Village Website whilst the new website is under construction.

2. Grants received this year i) £365 from ESBC for refurbishment of the telephone boxii) £900 NALC (National Association for Local Councils) grant for new website and training of Clerk and Councillors

3. Donations i) £25 to Mosley Academy for Pride of Mosley Award – The Award is to recognise a pupil who has shown true courage, hard work and determination in supporting others, or making a valuable contribution to community and/or school lifeii) £50 to Burton Amateur Swimming Club. The Parish Council support this club based at Burton Meadowside Leisure Centre, as many members live in the parish or attend Mosley Academyiii) £25 to John Taylor High School to support their Special Award Presentation Eveningiv) £125 to Holy Trinity Church in lieu of lost donations when Parish Council meetings were moved from the Church to the Village Hall due to concerns over safety and parking at night v) £100 to the Little Forest Project on Longhedge Lane. This is a 3.75 acre parcel of land owned by Staffs County Council. It has now been leased to De Ferrers School who will develop the site to allow school and local organisations to use the site for outdoor activities and education

Our Involvement with Staffs County Council & East Staffs Borough Council- SCC Contractors continue to mow around the parish. - Our request for weed-spraying of curbed footpaths was finally completed last year, but this is another area under review with possible withdrawal of service from ESBC- SCC Highways Reports - 17 reported items this year included damaged road signs, overgrown hedges eg on Hopley Road (now completed), flood on Hanbury Road, opposite Riddings Farm which was eventually resolved with extensive works carried out.

- Potholes, blocked drains etc. We encourage members of the public to report these faults on-line. The higher the number of reports received by SCC, the more quickly the fault should be addressed. See the “Report a Fault On-Line” notices for details. - Fly tipping is getting increasingly more common on Longhedge, Nankirk and Hanbury Road due to costs now levied on some materials at local waste management sites. However ESBC are responding to our calls very promptly. If you see any evidence of fly- tipping, please report these to direct to ESBC or to Judy, our Clerk. - Hanbury Road Crossroads – meeting took place with the Highways Department regarding the increased number of traffic accidents at this location. This resulted in 6 large road signs being erected at the junction.- NHT (Neighbourhood Highways Team) – these are crews managed by SCC. We now have a limited availability of a shared Neighbourhood Highway crew available for the period between the 24th April and the 27th October 2017. Unlike previous years, there is not going to be a fixed programme for the visits and it is a shared resource with parishes. NHT Works undertaken include :-

General Removal of low hanging branches obstructing footways Clear drainage area/ditches Remove tree and hedge growth obscuring traffic signs Cut down grass and weeds at the base of visibility fences at bends

and junctions

4. Allotments - currently all 14 plots all taken. Issue ongoing regarding flooding from adjacent ditch and underground pipe, which dramatically affected some of the plots earlier in the year. We have continued to report and liaise directly with the Highways team and the specialist machinery has finally been requested to jet under the road to prevent the flooding occurring again.

5. Defibrillator – this has been donated to the Parish Council and we have arranged a basic first aid training course with West Midlands Ambulance Service, which will include use of the defibrillator to run on 28th June. Venue is here at the village hall. PLEASE SIGN THE SHEET AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM IF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE COURSES

6. A NOTE OF THANKS FROM ANSLOW PARISH COUNCIL a) Village Maintenance – flower planters – thanks to the many volunteers around the parish who water and care for these. Thanks to Rob Lucas for mowing the village green and Headley Bannister for strimming the verges in-between the flower meadow and the School. Thanks to Cllr Greer, Phil Tomlinson, Amanda McGreal and other members of the WI working party who are again working on the flower meadow b) Remembrance Service – thanks to Rev Hollins for conducting the service this year and to all those who attended, particularly the children from Mosley Academy c Internal Audit – thanks to ex-councillor Peter Cawood for again carrying out the internal audit of the parish council’s accounts

d) The Parish Councillors – voluntary positions

7. How to make Contact with your Parish Councillors – (see contact sheets for details)

8. How APC can make Contact with Parishioners – It is really important that we can liaise with you - our parishioners. Please leave your contact numbers/email addresses/home addresses on the sheets at the back of the room, so we can communicate information to you throughout the year.

ANSLOW PARISH COUNCILFinancial Statement year ending 31 st March

2017

OverviewFinances for the year to 31st March 2017 remained stable. Our total funds available across 3 accounts at the Yorkshire Bank total £8858 :-

1. Current account balance is £4,600 which includes 2 grants totalling £1,343 (for new website and the remaining balance of the Community Paths Initiative Grant for Tools) which have not yet been paid for/spent to date

2. Deposit account balance is £3356 3. Community account balance is £902

IncomeOur total income during the year was £9445 compared with last year £11,422 (higher due to Staffs County Council bus shelter grant). We received a £900 Transparency/website grant, £800 from Community Paths Initiative and £365 from ESBC for the refurbishment of the telephone box. However, the majority of income came from the Parish precept of £6650 which was £220 higher than last year (precept figure included £172 ESBC grant).Our income was supported by the allotment rents of £384 and recovery of VAT from 2015/16 for £215. We also received a £20 donation from Anslow WI for the Flower Meadow notice.

ExpenditureOur total expenditure during this year was £9614 compared to £8514 last year being an increase of £1,100. The main reason for the increase was the installation of the new bus shelter. Other expenditure included maintenance of village planters and Remembrance Garden and the Val Lydon Memorial Garden, purchase of CPI equipment and Hi-vis clothing, cleaned and painted the red telephone box and bought additional seed for the flower meadow.Under Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972, Parish Councils can spend up to £7.42 per head of electorate for the benefit of people in the area on activities or projects not specifically authorised by other powers. The total amount paid in donations by this Council for this financial year was £250 for the Little Forest Project, Holy Trinity Church and John Taylor High School.

ANSLOW PARISH COUNCIL FINANCE STATEMENT YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2017

£ EXPENDITURE April 2016 - March 2017 Clerks Salary £ 2,900.04 Clerk's & Councillors' Expenses £ 366.90 Council Expenses £ 894.79 Training, Conferences and Memberships £ 261.00 Planters, allotments, Village Maintenance £ 839.12

Projects including Refurbishment of Telephone Box & installation of new Bus Shelter £ 3,877.18 Miscellaneous including Donations £ 322.00 VAT £ 153.09

TOTAL EXPENDITURE £9,614.12 INCOME April 2016 - March 2017 £ Precept (including ESBC CT Grant £172) £ 6,649.72 Allotment Rents £ 384.00 SWCAA Insurance Premium £ 110.00 Grants £ 2,065.00 Nat Association of Local Councils - Grant

for Website £ 900.00 East Staffs Borough Council Grant for Telephone Box refurbishment £ 365.00 Staffs County Council Community Fund £ 800.00 VAT £ 215.51 Miscellaneous £ 21.00 Contribution from Anslow WI for Flower

Meadow project £ 20.00 Other £ 1.00

TOTAL INCOME £9,445.23

Net Outflow for the Year Statement of Balances Opening Cash Book Balance £ 8,702.10 Total Income £ 9,445.23 Total Expenditure £ 9,614.12

ANSLOW PARISH COUNCIL FINANCE STATEMENT YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2017

(Cont’d)

Current Cash Book Position £8,533.21 Bank Statements (at 31.3.17) Yorkshire Bank Current Account £ 4,600.58 Yorkshire Bank Deposit Account £ 3,355.95 Yorkshire Bank Community Account £ 902.00

£8,858.53 Unpresented Cheques up to 31.3.17 £ 325.32 Banking Position £8,533.21 Unpresented Cheques up to 31.3.167 Little Forest Donation £ 100.00 Stationery £ 61.46 Clerk's Expenses £ 79.86 Anslow Village Hall Hire Charges £ 12.00 Pictorial Meadows £ 72.00 TOTAL £ 325.32 Completed 10.5.17

ANSLOW PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT

Annual Parish Meeting – 24 th May 2017

The Planning Committee has convened on 11 occasions in the last 12 months (including the meeting earlier this evening).

We have discussed a total of 24 Planning Applications within the Parish and have responded to ESBC Planning Department on all the applications as part of the consultation process.

No. of applications

No objection by APC

Objection by APC

Permitted by ESBC

Refused by ESBC (see list below)

ESBC decision awaited

24 18 6 16 2 6

Note – the above table excludes any Planning Applications that might have been submitted on or after Monday 22nd May 2017

Applications Refused by ESBC1. Erection of a single storey rear extension at 6 Leyfields Farm Mews 2. Prior approval for the conversion of an agricultural building to form a dwelling off Main Road, Anslow

Report by Cllr Tom Frankland, Chair APC Planning Committee

Holy Trinity Report 2016Since1st January 2014 Anslow, Rolleston and Tutbury have been provisionally joined together in a Group under one incumbent. The A.R.T. [Anslow, Rolleston and Tutbury] Churches are continuing on that journey together and are taking the next step in making the union legal. At Holy Trinity there is a wonderful group of people in the church who keep the life, worship and mission of God alive in this community.

This year our finances continue to be on a good footing through the good work of the Treasurer.

The mission and ministry of the church continues through our active and popular young people’s work in the ‘Messy Church’ which has gone from strength to strength.

We are indebted to Audrey Smith for her continuing leading of worship from the Organ Bench.

We are grateful to the local charity set up in 1850 for the churches of Anslow and Rolleston by Sophia Ann Mosley for their continuing support of the church in Anslow.

The church building continues to be cared for by both Churchwardens together with the beautiful efforts in the churchyard of Mac & Anne Lowe. These individuals work constantly in and around our church building and without them it would be in a much poorer state.

Holy Trinity Church Statistics at a Glance 2015 2016Electoral Roll 34 34Usual Adult Sunday Attendance 17 14Usual Child Sunday Attendance 3 3Easter Communicants 22 22Christmas Communicants 40 42Weddings 1 3Baptisms 8 5Funerals 3 5

The church owes a huge debt of thanks to those who support it in the community and who may not necessarily attend regularly. Their support for both a village amenity and the people of God in this place is gratefully acknowledged.

The Friends of Holy Trinity has 44 members who through their membership have contributed much to the ongoing support of the church. The regular and popular Skittle Evenings in the Village Hall have been greatly enjoyed. If you want to see a church continuing in Anslow then it does need you to give it your support, for there are no national or state resources given to individual churches. If we want a church to remain in Anslow then we are the people who are responsible to maintain it.

Become a Friend of Holy Trinity and help ensure there is a church in Anslow in the coming decades. Leaflets are available at this meeting.

On the whole Holy Trinity Church has again had a good year and looks forward to 2017 and all that we will do with God and He with us.

2016/2017 Annual report of Anslow Village HallIntroductionThe Village Hall continues to be the centre for 8 fitness classes both morning and evening as well as the WI, Gardening society, Holy Trinity Church fund raising events, Parish Council meetings and a polling station when required.

Committee and booking feesThe committee met 5 times this year and I should like to express my thanks to them all for their support during the year. We welcomed two new members last year but unfortunately one resigned, resulting in a final count of 7 people. I am very grateful to partners of our committee members who provide their help at various levels.Hiring fees remain unchanged. Interesting bookings have included dog scent training, theoretical firework examinations and a cycling checkpoint.

Maintenance and repairsWe have replaced 3 hall heaters, improved the attachment of all heaters to the wall, and installed uVPC doors to the field side of the hall, thus completing all the energy efficient improvements planned thus far. The backing of the exterior notice board has had a new coat of paint and the woodwork varnished.Other improvements/repairs include a new ballcock, water saving device and a new restrictor tap in the gents; in the kitchen a new tap, boiler, refrigerator, door mat and 108 sets of cutlery (knife, fork, spoon, teaspoons).

An automatic light near the kitchen exit has been installed; unfortunately several emergency light fittings have been or need replacing at a not inconsiderable cost.

The garden is beginning to look more colourful now that the aubretia has finally taken, 2 fuchsias were planted last year and recently several snowdrop bulbs, whilst several shrubs have had a 'short back and sides' The willow structure which has been in situ since 2013 finally succumbed to storm Doris; it will not be replaced.

Our cleaner does sterling work in keeping the hall clean and comments have been received on the cleanliness of the kitchen compared to other village halls.

GrantsWe applied to two grant sources for the aforementioned uVPC doors – the Ecology Building Society Charitable Foundation and Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund but were unfortunately unsuccessful on both counts, so the cost was met by the Village Hall funds.

Fundraising events One fund raising event was held: a comedian plus chicken curry which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. We hope for a similar event in due course. We trialled two coffee afternoons, not necessarily as a fund raiser, targeted at local residents who perhaps were unable to go out much or attend the Holy Trinity coffee afternoons. These were abandoned when only one person attended the first and no-one except for the committee came the second time.

Health and SafetyThere have been reports of undesirable people and items at the rear of the hall, and users have been given written guidance.

Future plansAs always, additional committee members would be welcome! We will continue to maintain and improve the Hall and envisage it to continue to be well utilised by the Anslow community.

Bridget AingerChair person

2016-2017 Annual report of Anslow Women's Institute for Anslow Parish Council

IntroductionThank you for inviting us to give our second report to the Parish Council. Anslow WI is part of the National Federation of Women's Institute; our members hail from the local surrounds including Anslow, Beamhill Road, Stretton, Rolleston on Dove; we meet on the second Tuesday evening of the month in Anslow Village Hall.

The WI commemorative flower meadow opposite the Anslow memorial garden was not as successful in it's second year as the first as we wanted to avoid using weedkillers and collect and use the seedheads. This year therefore we have had to use weedkiller – many thanks to Frank Thompstone for carrying this out; also many thanks to Phil Tomlinson for scuffling the area. Also, of course this project couldn't carry on without the stalwart leadership and support from Anne Greer. I am sure you will agree that the flower meadow is a wonderful asset to Anslow and we are keen that it should continue, but it requires some more support from the Anslow community and we shall need some help in preparing the seed bed for next Spring, so please let Anne Greer at Willow Farm know if you or anyone else could volunteer an hour or so.

The past year Our membership is regularly changing, this years membership stands at 32, with a 75% attendance rate. Approximately 75% of members have e-mail through which all information is cascaded by our secretary, and a monthly printed newsletter informs the remainder of the members.We do tend to make and also eat rather a lot of cakes. We celebrated our 70 th Anniversary with an afternoon tea at Branston Golf and Country Club and served afternoon tea to a coach load of people from the Retford History Society, looked on enviously by several cows in the Frank's field behind the village hall.

Some of you may have seen our thee hanging braskets outside the hall and our current project is to grow some oak tree sapllings for a WI centenary wood. So if anyone would like some oak tree saplings, I am sure we will have one or two spare.

Our speakers programme has included Kate Griffiths talking about her marriage to Andrew in the Houses of Parliament chapel (this attracted a lot of visitors), line dancing and a visit by the formidable Bess of Hardwick, whilst our competitions have included the best decorated mug, a christmas cracker and decorated hard boiled egg, so being a WI member also challenges the creative bit of ones grey matter

Charity work This year we raised £920 for Friends of Fountains (special needs school), via an Edinburgh Woollen Mills fashion show at Byrkley gardens, a Christmas postbox in lieu of cards and a particularly successful event being our South American themed cheese & wine evening – those who didn't come missed a great do.

We have for many years donated cakes to St Giles for the enjoyment of their patients, unfortunately they have had a change of caterer and have deemed that they will no longer be able to accept these contributions.

Resolutions this year are 'Alleviating Loneliness' and Plastic soup '. These will be voted upon at the Annual General meeting to be held in Liverpool in June.

CommitteeOur committee currently stands at 8. Any member is welcome to join the committee and anyone on the committee is also eligible to be nominated as President. This year we are expecting no committee resignations and our current president will serve for a third year.

Future We would be delighted to see new members; if you are interested, you may attend 2 meetings free of charge, then pay just £3 per meeting or join for the year.

Amanda McGrealPresident

The Mosley AcademyAnslow Village Meeting – May 2017

A very good evening to you all. For those of you who don’t know me, I took over as Headteacher in September 2015 after five years as HT of Coton-in-the-Elms CE Primary School. I previously worked as a teacher at Mosley from 1999 to 2010 so I know the school and village very well! Anslow is a wonderful place to come to work every day!

This has been another successful year for the children of our school. Last Summer was the first time the Year 6 children were tested on the new curriculum, so they had more challenging tests.

The children of Mosley are wonderful – it continues to be a pleasure to be Headteacher at Anslow. The children really make our school a warm and welcoming place to be! We get many compliments on their behaviour and their care for each other.

We have currently 137 children on role - and are now changing our intake from 17 up to 30.

Building work for the two new classrooms began in August. The target date for completion was the 16th of December but it was actually completed in February. The building firm, Fords of Blythe Bridge have been excellent. They kept disruption to the children and school to an absolute minimum. It has enabled us to keep everything normal for the children whilst keeping them safe. The only disruption has been caused by the reduced car park and the lack of space for some staff and visitors. If there has been disruption caused by the lorries we apologise, but we tried to move them if we knew they were causing a problem.

As well as gaining two larger, purpose built classrooms for the infants, with interactive whiteboards, furniture and chairs included, we have also managed to secure the following benefits:-• Brand new fire alarm panel in the entrance (the old one was defunct and not working well)• Fully refurbished infant toilets, including tiles and new flooring• New disabled access toilet, which can be used on a day to day basis by the children• Improved junior boys toilet (bigger urinal!)• EYFS canopy (children will have a covered area so they can go outside in any weather – the first time we have had this provision in the history of the school!)• Newly landscaped EYFS outside area and entrance to field• Bigger car park• Bike shelter for anyone to use

The new building was ‘officially’ opened in March by former Headteacher, Mrs James. Thank you to Frank for representing the Parish Council.

In September we will take an extra 13 children on roll compared to our intake numbers last year. We are trying to grow gradually, but we do have to consider the fact that each child generates around £3k in income. We have to make sure that classes are not too small and therefore not value for money (staff are expensive!).

We have also been continuing to find solutions to traffic and parking to help the village:-

Walking Bus – this has really taken off and on some days 30 children per day are dropped off here at the Village Hall at 8.35am and trained parents walk with the children onto the school yard.

Drop and go – we are still trying to encourage a ‘drop and go’ culture (which exists at many schools) in the morning so parents can get to work earlier and cars are not parked for as long. We are staffing the gate so parents feel reassured they can leave their children on the yard before the bell.

’20 is Plenty’ scheme – we have been chosen for the scheme, and the SIDs have been installed for a couple of terms. Sadly the highways department don’t see this as a permanent solution as they say the impact diminishes.

Our children continue to take part in a wide variety of competitive and non-competitive sports, more than ever before over the last year - cricket, football, rounders, hockey, table tennis (Oliver in Y5 reached the National Finals at the end of April!), outdoor education, dance, swimming, athletics – indoor and outdoor, cross country running, and multi-skills for our younger children.

In January this year we took part in a huge concert for the second time, called ‘Young Voices’. This was held at the Genting Arena next to the NEC in Birmingham. It is the largest concert series for children in the world, and all of our junior children took part as part of a choir of over 5000 children! It was a truly magical night, a real ‘hairs on the back of your neck standing up’ moment.

In the last year our children have enjoyed a wide variety of enrichment activities which enhance their learning:

‘Book Week’, when we had a visit from the ‘Horrible Science’ books, Nick Arnold, and of course we dressed up for World Book Day.

Theatre visits. We took the children to see Alice in Wonderland at Derby Theatre at Christmas.

Our Gala and Sports day! Our school production of Aladdin! School camp at Shugborough Nativity play and Junior play at Christmas. Parents lunches and Homework project exhibitions for parents, and for the

first time we invited parents in for ‘Christmas crafts’. We also do a weekly ‘Friday assembly’ which is attended by around 30

parents / grandparents each week.

These are just a few of the events we have held this past year, and there are many more to come!

Our Summer Gala this year will be held on Saturday the 17 th of June. Sports Day will be at 12.30 and the Gala will start at 2pm. We hope you will all be able to come along.

We are excited to be doing another new Summer production this year, which will be our version of ‘Moana’. The children love learning the new songs and dances for the show, and we hope the children really enjoy their chance to be in the ‘spotlight’ when we perform it in July.

To conclude:This is a challenging but exciting time for as at Mosley as we manage the growth of the school. The ethos and family atmosphere at Mosley is the most important aspect that we are seeking to maintain.

Also, there are schools being built nearby, including a high school and primary school at Tatenhill, as well as a primary school off Henhurst Hill, so lots of changes are going on in the area.As you may have seen in the news, budgets are being cut yet we are expected to improve year on year.Despite all this Ofsted are making it increasingly difficult to be classed as a good or outstanding school. We are very lucky at Mosley to have such fantastic staff, and incredibly supportive parents. Mosley is a wonderful school that we are all very proud of.

I would thank all of you and the members of the Parish Council for your continued support and friendship. It has always been very much appreciated by us all at The Mosley Academy.