Budworth Lane closure 8th March
Budworth Lane will be closed between Comberbach and Cock Lane on Friday 8th March while Cheshire West investigate a blocked drain. The notice below refers.
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Creative Arts Grants available
CWVA, working with Cheshire West and Chester Council and Cheshire West Voluntary Arts Network (CWVAN), has launched round two of its Creative Arts Grants programme.
This programme, which has been made available through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), targets creative projects or activities aimed at supporting the following groups in Cheshire West.
- Children and young people
- Older people*
- People with disabilities
- People who aren’t in education, employment or training (NEET)
- People in deprived areas*
- People in rural parts of west Cheshire*
*Depending on the number of applications, preference will be given to projects involving these cohorts or in these areas.
View a map of deprived communities
Groups who were awarded funding in the previous round are welcome to re-apply, however, preference will be given to new applicants.
There are two types of grants available.
- Small grants – £200 to £1,000 (with a total of £20,000 available) – supporting grassroots groups to kickstart or pilot activities
- Medium grants – £1,001 to £10,000 (with a total of £46,000 available) – enabling organisations to develop activities
Eligible project costs include the following.
- Buying or hiring of materials and equipment essential to the project
- Marketing and publicity to reach new groups, including printing costs
- Venue or room hire
- Technical costs
- Refreshments (proportionate amount)
- Creative development of groups (for example, practitioner support in line with Artists’ Union England rates)
- Insurance (if this isn’t already held by the project delivery group)
- Part salaries or sessional staff
- Volunteer expenses
- Overheads and core costs (proportionate amount)
Funding must be spent by end of March 2025.
Fund opens 1 March and closes 12 noon on Thursday 28 March.
Marbury Road closure from 11th to 16th March
Cheshire West and Chester Council have issued the road closure notice below to advise resurfacing work will take place between 11th and 15th March on Marbury Road in Comberbach.
In addition, there will be a closure on 16th March for surface lining:
Cheshire Police Community Survey
Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, John Dyer, has issued this note introducing a short survey on community priorities prior to setting the Precept for 2024/25:
Ahead of setting the police budget for 2024/25, I have launched a short survey to gather residents’ views on issues in their community and the level at which the police precept should be set.
The survey can be taken until midday on Tuesday 23 January at www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/policebudget202425/
People will rightly ask what difference does taking this survey and the amount we pay towards policing make. The answer: Lots. And this is detailed in the attached image.
Calls are being answered faster, incidents are being responded to quicker, there have been more arrests, more criminals charged and more ‘action taken’. Cheshire’s streets have more officers and fewer criminals on them. These are the basics of policing that people expect and in 2023 Cheshire Constabulary improved across all of them with the public’s support – So please do share this survey with your contacts and networks so that as many people as possible from all communities in Cheshire can have their say.
In addition to the survey, the latest edition of my Commissioner’s Review highlighting the work of my office in the final quarter of 2023 is available on my website here.
If you require any hard copies of either the survey or Commissioner’s Review, or if you have any accessibility requirements, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Multi use games court refurbishment, 7th to 11th September
Please be aware the MUGA Court Multi Use Games Court at the Recreation Area at the Memorial Hall will be closed for use from Thursday 7th September until Monday 11th September, as Contractors will be on site Thursday and Friday to respray the court surface, and the new surface will require further time to set.
The area outside the MUGA court will remain open for swings etc, but no ball games can be played on the MUGA Court until at least Monday 11th.
Notice of conclusion of audit
The External Auditor has signed of the accounts and annual return for 2022/23, the formal Notice of Conclusion of Audit below includes copies of parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Annual Return.
Small Business networking event, 16th August
If you run, or are thinking about setting up, a small business, the following event may be of interest, being run by Cheshire West’s Let’s Talk Business initiative, as part of their UKSPF Business Support Programme.
When: Wednesday 16 August 2023
Where: Wyvern House, Winsford, CW7 1AH
Time: 09.30-11.30am
Workshop: Let’s Talk Mid Cheshire Mingle
This is an opportunity for start-up and micro businesses to network, learn more about the support and grants available through the UKSPF programme and the developing Business Tapas platform. It’s also a great way for the businesses to let us know what workshops and support they are looking for and this can help shape future delivery as the programme progresses.
Business can register attendance through this link.
Warrington Road, Comberbach closure 7th August
Cheshire West and Chester Council has advised they will close Warrington Road/ The Avenue for one day from 7th August, between Senna Lane and Budworth Lane, per the attached notice.