Spring 2015
Official Cirencester Town Council Newsletter
About Town
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to Cirencester Town
Council’s Spring edition
of About Town.
Further information about services
and projects is also available on our
website www.cirencester.gov.uk
and we welcome any comments you
may have, or if you have anything
you would like us to include in
future editions, please let us know.
Grant Aid and
Financial Support
2015/16
The Town Council continues to
recognise and respond to
local needs through
the availability of grant
aid to individuals and
local organisations. In
2015/16, the Town
Council is setting
aside £2,600 for this
purpose;
applications for grant aid
will be considered where
the aims and objectives
demonstrate an economic, social
or environmental benefit to the town or
local community. In recognising the important
work of the voluntary sector at a local level,
Cirencester Town Council will also be setting
aside a total of £12,300 to be shared between
Cotswold Counselling, Citizens Advice and
Cotswold Volunteers and £3,500 for
community projects and events.
“We are delighted to be able to
continue to provide grant support and
look forward to doing what we can to
meet local needs.” – Councillor Mrs S A
Alexander, Lead Member for Community
Services.
To apply for a small grant from the £2,600
fund please obtain further
information and an application form
from the Local Information Centre
at Bingham House, by e-mail via
[email protected]
or on-line via
www.cirencester.gov.uk
The closing date for applications
is Thursday, 30th April 2015.
Applications will be considered
in June and decisions confirmed
mid July.
Clive Sherwood Cup
The Clive Sherwood Cup has been established in memory of a long serving
member of Cirencester Town Council staff who sadly passed away in 2013.
Nominations for the inaugural year are now being sought from sports clubs based in
Cirencester and is open to anyone aged between 11 – 18 years old, at the time of nomination,
who have either progressed in a sport, shown leadership/coaching potential or contributed
towards the clubs achievements in some way. The closing date for nominations is Thursday,
30th April 2015.
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Nominations will be considered in May with an awards reception taking place in the summer.
Contact us for a nomination form.
About Town - Spring 2015
Summer
in Cirencester
New Community
Facilities
We are delighted to announce that
new community facilities have
opened at Watermoor Primary
School, Kingshill Lane.
Facilities for hire include a community
room, school hall, kitchen and multi -use
games area (outside).
For further information contact Jackie
Brown on Email: admin@watermoor.
gloucs.sch.uk / Tel: 01285 653817.
Cirencester Community Development
Trust is widely promoting ‘Summer in
Cirencester’ 2015. The Trust’s Culture,
Heritage & Tourism Team have produced
a fold-out leaflet highlighting the many
festivals and variety of events taking place
in the town. These will be available to
pick up from outlets such as the Local
Information Centre at Bingham House,
1 Dyer Street and the Visitor Information
Centre at the Corinium Museum.
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In addition look out for publicity on
‘Bands in the Park’ – an eclectic band
programme on Sunday afternoons
between 21 June-6 Sep and ‘Cirencester
Makes Music’ listing Summer musical
events.
For full information on ‘What’s On’ see
the Cirencester Town Council website:
www.cirencester.gov.uk
(click ‘Visit Cirencester-Capital of
the Cotswolds’)
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About Town - Spring 2015
Hare Festival Way
Will Masefield, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Estate Services
Visit Cirencester for an
eclectic mix of local shopping.
Our street markets include the
Charter, Farmers’, Continental and
Christmas, complementing the
wide range of independent local
retailers which keep our town
bustling & vibrant.
The regular Charter & Farmers’
Markets feature a wonderful
array of stalls which include
crafts, luxury items, local
produce, quirky keepsakes
and much much more.
Charter Market
Monday and Friday of each week.
9.00am – 3.00pm
The Market Place
@CirenMarkets
Farmers’ Market
Every 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month.
8.30am – 1.30pm
The Market Place
www.facebook.com/Cirencester Markets
Go to www.cirencester.gov.uk for more info on markets and special events in historic Cirencester
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Plans are coming together around the
Hare Festival Way – the legacy of the
Cirencester March Hare Festival 2014.
We are thrilled with the number of
diverse groups and individuals who
are getting involved in this project as it
gathers pace. The Park Community Group,
for example, have developed an action plan
to work with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
(GWT), Cirencester Town Council, Phoenix
Gardeners, Deer Park School, the Farming
and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG), the
Probation Service and others to make the
walk from Gloucester Street to Thomas
Street a more pleasant and wildlife friendly
walk. Bird and bat boxes built by Cirencester
residents during GWT’s Brighter Futures
courses have now been erected by the
allotments next to the millpond.
Around Beeches Road and the land adjacent
to City Bank, volunteers from GWT, Brighter
Futures, FWAG and the Friends of City Bank
have all been involved in various activities.
Local blacksmith-artist Ben Prothero is
producing a hare-themed centrepiece for the
empty pub sign by the bridge, and will be
installed shortly. Cirencester Town Council
and GWT have also undertaken a lot of work
in the Old Nursery Site, improving this wildlife
habitat with groups of local volunteers – the
lifeblood of this project.
Later this year look out for the return of
wonderful decorated hares to Cirencester,
specifically along the route of the Hare
Festival Way. There are also plenty of
opportunities to involve more schools
and groups to create and enhance wildlife
habitats for the town, and increase awareness
of Cirencester’s magnificent natural and
The Estates Team have carried out
a number of improvements across
the town these last few months in
addition to their maintenance duties.
This includes
• Repairs to the banks of the Abbey lake damaged by last years flooding
• The start of a tree pruning programme
at the Church entrance to the Abbey Grounds to make a more welcoming entrance
• Soft landscaping to Thistle park
• Improvements to the Obelisk area of the Amphitheatre, new entrances
(see photos), fencing and replacement
of a hedge at the old Nursery City Bank
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Photo - Alan Carpenter
historical heritage. Many thanks are due to
CCDT, Cirencester Town Council and many
others for their drive and support, and
particularly to the residents of Cirencester for
rolling up their sleeves and embracing this
project so enthusiastically.
Photo - Shaun Wiggins
All of these projects and our plans for
further improvements to these and other
areas would not have
been possible without
the support of the
Friends, Community
Groups and volunteers
who have been involved.
If you would like to
know more about our
Estates Services work
please contact us.
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Bingham Gallery, 1 Dyer Street, Cirencester, GL7 2PP
01285 655646 • www.binghamlibrarytrust.org.uk
We’re looking to re-establish a Youth Town Council
in Cirencester and are on the hunt for engaging young
people aged 11-18 to help us.
Saturday 23 May until Saturday 3 October, 2015
(open alternate Saturdays 10 to 2)
And 8th to 12th Sept 10 to 4 for Heritage Open Days
Admission free - [email protected]
This exhibition shows portraits of local people over 200
years, from an early engraving of Earl Bathurst to a
portrait of local magistrate W I Crome.
The exhibition will focus on a rare collection of early
photographs, from the 1860s of local people, from shopkeepers
to businessmen and servants. Who were they and why were
their photographs taken? The exhibition will also explore how
photographs were made in pre-digital age when many families
may have only owned one or two
pictures of themselves.
We need your help. As a taster for the
exhibition there will be a small display
of the photographs in the foyer of the
Town Council Offices (opposite the
Local Information Centre).
This is from 13 April to 14 May.
We are hoping local people might
be able to help identify some of the
people it has been difficult to find
out more about. Included in these
are the Beeches servants from the
1880s and members of the Boulton,
Townsend and Brindle families.
The photograph from the exhibition
shown here is of Dr Adamson and
his family in about 1865 whose
surgery was in Dollar Street. The
doctor is crouching to hold his
daughter still for the few minutes
it took the photographer to take
the picture.
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Youth Town Council
The Town Council currently provides
administration and management support to
the Bingham Library Trust.
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Bingham Library Trust Exhibition
In previous years the Youth Town Council
helped design and set up a Youth Project
called ‘Ozone’ which runs at the Impact
Centre on Lewis Lane every Tuesday
7-9pm during school term time.
Youth Town Council members were also the
driving force behind the successful Phoenix
Festival (www.phoenix-festival.co.uk) and raised
over £40,000 to make the event happen.
Other projects have included the graffiti art
on Kingshill Bridge, an art project with New
Brewery Arts and more.
If you know a young person aged 11-18 who
might fancy doing something fun, interesting
and rewarding, then tell them about Youth
Town Council!
For more information, get in touch with
Paige Lilley on 01285 655646
or email [email protected]
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About Town - Spring 2015
Cirencester
Town Council
Contact us...
Administration
Chief Executive Officer
- Andrew Tubb
Office Services Manager
- Johan Newman
Estate Services Manager
- Martin Conyers
Community Services Manager
- Ren Rees
Markets & Events Officer
- Suzie Lew
Administrative Officer
- Libby Hughes
Local Information Officer
- Jane Miller
Tasks Officer
(inc. Rooms & Facilities Bookings)
- Nick Brook
Useful Telephone
Numbers
Police: 101 (Non Emergency)
Floodline: 0845 988 1188
Cotswold District Council:
01285 623000 (Emergency
Duty Team: 0845 303 9729)
Gloucestershire County
Council: 01452 425000
(FREEPOST: RTAL-UUZG-TEBY)
Bingham House
1 Dyer Street
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL7 2PP
T: 01285 655646
F: 01285 643843
E: [email protected]
W: www.cirencester.gov.uk
Out of hours emergency:
Social care: 01452 614194 /
Highways, drainage, surface
water flooding or standing
water: 08000 514 514
NHS 111:
(If you urgently need medical
help or advice but it’s not a
life-threatening situation)
Save the Date:
Annual Meeting of the
Town – 28th April 2015
at 7pm at Watermoor
Primary School (School
Hall), Kingshill Lane,
Cirencester, GL7 1HS.
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