Calne Connection - Issue 78

Issue 78 - Spring 2021

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PLANNING NEWS CHURCHILL RETIREMENT LIVING APPEAL UPDATE The Planning Inspector completed the joint virtual appeal hearing on Tuesday 9 February and is due to make a decision on whether to allow or dismiss the two appeals made by Churchill Retirement Living.

Strong arguments were put forward about the plans not meeting the Calne Neighbourhood Plan and impact on the conservation area and near neighbours.

TOWN MAYOR’S UPDATE Welcome to my last Town Mayor’s Update for Calne Connection.

There are too many people to thank for all of their incredible efforts through what has been, and still is a very hard year.

COVID-19 has seen us lose friends and family, and has stopped us from socialising with our loved ones. Hopefully, we are now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and a new normal is being born.

We all know that it will be a thing we have to learn to live with as the months go on and our lives return to a sense of ‘new normal’.

When the restrictions allow, I hope to see everyone backing the town council’s Shop Local campaign, as our High Street will certainly need all the support you can give. We ran an incredible campaign with Calne News, who have created a selection of articles, highlighting the local business offering around Calne.

It has certainly been a turbulent two years to say the least. From holding wonderful events, seeing our twinned country’s visit us, and raising over £10,000 for my chosen

charities, Thrive at Kingsbury Green Academy and Dorothy House Hospice Care.

We have then seen us all pulling together to help each other in the communities time of need. We will have a long road to recovery ahead, but I am sure the strength of the Calne community will win out again.

It has been an honour to serve you as Calne’s Town Mayor, for which I wouldn’t have expected it to be for two years! I have learned an enormous amount, enjoyed most moments, and I have some good memories which I will always cherish but also some sad ones.

I could not finish without saying thank you on behalf of the community to the NHS, frontline workers, the care community, community groups and everyone who has been involved in the mass testing and vaccination programme within Calne and Wiltshire.

Robert

Cllr Robert Merrick Calne Town Mayor

SHOP LOCAL. SUPPORT LOCAL. #CalneShopsLocal

Churchill Retirement Living argued that their proposal met requirements of the plan and that there were sufficient economic and environmental benefits to allow the appeals and grant planning permission.

A final decision from The Planning Inspectorate is expected within one month.

NEW LIDL DEVELOPMENT At a meeting on 27 January 2021, members of the Town Development and Planning Committee supported the proposal for a new Lidl store and business units off Oxford Road, subject to consideration of providing a controlled crossing point and the location of the existing bus stop.

Wiltshire Council will make a decision in due course.

PRE-ELECTION PERIOD/ PURDAH NOTICE Calne Town Council are now operating within the period of time immediately before elections when specific restrictions on communications activity are in place, known as the pre-election period.

We have taken all steps within our control to adhere to the restrictions for this newsletter. For more information, please visit the Local Government Association website www.local.gov.uk.

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RIVERFLY MONITORING DAY Bristol Avon Rivers Trust (BART) are calling for volunteers to take part in a Riverfly Training Day in Calne, during Summer 2021.

The Angler’s Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) is a national scheme, launched by the Riverfly Partnership in 2007 to enable anglers, interested groups and individuals to monitor and help to protect their local rivers. The scheme helps ensure rivers are monitored more widely and at greater frequency than is possible by the Environment Agency alone.

BART run several training sessions a year. For more information, or if you would like to become a Riverfly monitor, please email jess@bristolavonriverstrust.org to be added to the trainee list.

CENSUS 2021 The census is coming, and it’s about you. By taking part, you will help inform decisions about the services you and your community need, like doctors’ surgeries and new schools.

Without the information you share, it’d be more difficult to understand your community’s needs and to plan and fund public services.

Whether it’s using the data to

plan apprenticeship schemes, new bike lanes or nursery spaces, your information makes a difference to the life of every single person in England and Wales.

Census Day is Sunday 21 March.

You can fill yours in online as soon as you get your access code in the post. If your household circumstances change on Census Day, you can let The Office for National Statistics (ONS) know.

For more information, visit www.census.gov.uk

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awards2020 CALNE CIVIC AWARDS 2020 Civic Awards are a celebration of people who have made an outstanding contribution to Calne, from a neighbour, community group or even a local business.

The awards are split into three categories, the Calne Civic Award, Young Citizen Civic Award and Arts and Sports Civic Award.

Unfortunately we couldn’t come together to celebrate the Calne Civic Awards winners in March 2020, so we created a virtual presentation which is available to watch on our YouTube channel.

Nominations for the 2021 Civic Awards recently closed, and we hope to announce the award winners very soon.

CIVIC AWARD WINNERS 2020 Town Council Civic Award - Audrey Lucas Young Citizens Award - Lauren Elkins Gift Fund Award for Arts - Jessica Williams Gift Fund Award for Sports - Millie Vowden, Iona Cameron, Joshua O’Connor As well as the Civic Award winners, a number of Certificates of Achievement were presented to local residents, groups and businesses for their support over the year.

This includes recognition for Outstanding Voluntary Contributions and Continued Support of the Community of Calne.

VIRTUAL SANTA’S GROTTO 2020 An incredible £116 was raised from our Virtual Santa’s Grotto in December.

All proceeds will be split between the Town Mayor’s chosen charities (Thrive at Kingsbury Green Academy and Dorothy House Hospice Care).

We were delighted to welcome Santa into Calne Town Hall to film the special festive messages, with around 200 filmed for some of our younger residents!

A huge thank you to everyone who took part, and donated to the Mayor’s Charities.

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TEAM CELEBRATION

WILTSHIRE COUNCIL

Calne Town Council staff work with the local community to make Calne a great place to live, work and visit.

Among our dedicated team members is Dave Phelps.

Dave has been with the town council since February 2001, celebrating his 20 year anniversary!

You’ve most likely seen Dave around the town as our trusty Street Cleaner, helping to ensure Calne is clean and tidy!

Happy 20 Year Anniversary, Dave. Thank you for being an important part of the town council team and community!

CALNE CENTRAL – Music, Arts, Crafts & Media Resource. A Youth & Community Facility

We are open to public MondaySaturday 10-3+ during Lockdown (5.30pm otherwise) and accessible until 11pm every day for Youth & Community Support Activities.

Current Social Distancing and Hygiene Rules Apply within the building and its diverse available spaces.

Join our various Facebook Groups & Pages. Come and help as a Community Centre Volunteer; Help Stock our Community Fridge & Larder &/or Community Kitchen; Assist in Publicity; Teach, Promote, or Encourage Music, Arts & Crafts activity; and Help Raise funds to allow us to continue the rent of the building and to continue our work.

Volunteers from Calne in Tune, Calne Community Hub, Calne Men’s Shed, Open Minds, Calne

9.1 To NOT recommend creation of a new parish at Derry Hill and Studley during the 2019/20 Community Governance Review.

9.2 To undertake a further Community Governance Review when practicable, to include Calne Without, Calne Town, and other surrounding parishes, so that all potential options and impacts could be considered

COMMUNITY FOCUS

Why not join us at Calne Central Youth & Community Facility & Network, 20 Church Street, Calne.

We are a Music, Arts, Crafts & Media Resource, provided by ‘Calne in Tune’ Registered Charity (Reg No: 1190226).

COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE REVIEW From time to time, each town and parish boundary is reviewed along with the number of voters who are in a particular ward.

Wiltshire Council started a review in 2019. The findings of this review were:

Job Club, Calne Pocket Park, Re-Cycle Workshop, Help in the Community and other Local Community Groups; Working together in a Community Service Network. We have the shared space and facilities for your community Groups use also.

Come in and use our dedicated spaces and our rich range of Music, Arts, Crafts, Media, and Technology facilities. They are there to serve the community in Inclusive & Divers ways. All ages & abilities welcome.

Currently available free to those in need, otherwise for donations.

Drop in for Coffee & Company; Emergency Food, Community Support; Computer & Internet Access; Practice on Piano, Guitar, Drums, Vocals etc; Mental Health Support; Youth & Community Activities and so much more, on an everyday basis. (Community Fridge & Larder accessible outside, under cover, 24/7)

The 2021/22 review is likely to be considered after the May 2021 elections, to determine if the new council wishes to comment upon the existing proposals, or make other suggestions, which can be fed into the process.

FUTURE CHIPPENHAM At an Extraordinary Town Council meeting held on 15 February 2021, councillors agreed that they could not support any of Wiltshire Council’s three Future Chippenham proposed road routes and would submit this feedback to the consultation.

In 2019. Wiltshire Council was awarded a grant of £75 million pounds from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government.

The grant ensures funding is available to contribute towards the cost of delivering the strategic infrastructure in and around Chippenham to support the potential longer-term growth of the area, should development come forward.

For more details of the Future Chippenham proposal, please visit www.wiltshire.gov.uk/futurechippenham.

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ALLOTMENT AND GARDENS COMPETITION 2021 Introducing the Calne in Bloom Allotment and Gardens Competition for 2021.

The Calne in Bloom working group in association with Calne Town Council, wishes to encourage residents to join us in keeping Calne looking beautiful, clean and tidy.

The annual competition aims to celebrate the achievements of local residents, businesses and community groups for their gardens and allotments.

To enter this year’s competition, visit www.calne.gov.uk/cib-entry to complete an entry form, by Friday 25 June.

Please contact us via calne@calne. gov.uk for further information.

CALNE POP-UP POCKET PARK UPDATE FROM THE TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS Thanks to our great volunteers and committee members, the Pocket Park has proved to be a real community resource during the lockdown.

Even during the Spring restrictions, volunteers were going to the Park alone, deadheading and watering and keeping things tidy. The hundreds of bulbs we had planted in the previous autumn gave park users’ hearts a little lift in the Spring.

RIVER WARRIORS River Warriors volunteers have cleared a lot of rubbish from Abberd Brook over 2020, including removing trollies, bikes, scooters, clothing and kids toys. All being recycled where possible.

Over the Summer, we were able to hold a vegetable swap day and a couple of socially distanced events for young people, with the help of Tamzyn, leader of Calne River Warriors. Activities included making an insect palace and painting stones with pictures of wildlife.

To find out more about the Calne Pop-up Pocket Park, visit www. facebook.com/calnepocket or email calnepocket@gmail.com.

repaired paving by the bench and cleaned all the signs along the brook.

We also have a new area to ReWild with Green Square Housing.

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who have helped make We have planted bulbs, taken down Abberd Brook a safe haven for all dead branches where needed, the amazing wildlife! strimmed along the Brook and Pond. Painted the underpass, If you would like to join us, email riverwarriors.calne@gmail.com.

CALNE CLEAN UP CREW The volunteers at Calne Clean Up Crew have had a very busy start to the year.

ALLOTMENT AND GARDENS COMPETITION WINNERS 2020 Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, we held a virtual Allotment and Gardens Competition in 2020.

We were blown away by the overwhelming support for the 2020 Virtual Allotment and Gardens Competition, so we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone for taking part!

The standard of entries were so high and we hope you are proud of all of your hard work and determination during these difficult times.

Alongside all of the awards, the main Best in Category Winners were: Front Garden - Rosemarie Southern Back Garden - Helen Edwards Community - Pop-up Pocket Park Allotment - Brenda Hansford

at Calne Central and Bear and Pear Drop for the community to use for their own litter pick sessions when restrictions allow.

In January alone, approximately If you would like to get involved, 300 bags were collected from Calne and the surrounding villages. contact the Calne Clean Up Crew via www.facebook.com In addition, two mobile litter /CleanUpCalne or email picking stations have been placed calnecleanupcrew@hotmail.com.

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MAKE SOMEONE WELCOME

For more information, visit www.wiltshirecil.org.uk

Calne Town Council is proud to become part of Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living’s #MakeSomeoneWelcome campaign.

This campaign celebrates the kindness within our communities and aims to get people from all walks of life connected in our community. We have made the following pledges for our community: ‘We will support residents and visitors to Calne by providing an information and signposting service in person from our offices at Bank House, by telephone on 01249 814000, by email, social media and our website www.calne.gov.uk’ ‘We will support residents by providing good quality outdoor spaces, buildings and activities which are accessible to everyone. We will offer grants and support to other groups and organisation across the town’

COMMUNITY GRANTS

YOUTH OUTREACH ACTIVITY PACKS

Calne Town Council supports many community groups with grants and donations, and are keen to work in partnerships that will benefit the local community.

As part of our Youth Outreach scheme, we created ‘Self Care’ Activity Packs to help our younger members in the community through the ongoing lockdown restrictions.

Recently, the Calne Health and Wellbeing Group were awarded four free additional uses of Calne Town Hall, to support the provision of Reconnecting Morning Sessions due to the exceptional circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact it has had on older residents.

Is your community group/ organisation based in Calne or in the close surrounding area, and is of benefit to a significant number of people living in Calne?

If you would like to apply for a grant, please download a copy of the Grant Application Policy which contains all the information you need including the application form from www.calne.gov.uk, or call 01249 814000.

The contents included mental health resources, a range of activities and a few treats to enjoy! We distributed 100 bags through our partners over the half term.

The packs were jointly funded by Calne Town Council and Wiltshire Council’s Calne Area Board, alongside support from the Youth Workers at The Rise Trust!

HELP GETTING AROUND Calne & District Community Link Scheme The Calne Link Scheme is a totally voluntary organisation that provides help in the form of care and transport for those in the local community who need it.

People who through age or infirmity are unable to access hospitals, doctor’s surgeries or shops by their own means or by public transport are driven by the link scheme which also carries out shopping and provides companionship.

Tel: 07715 587604 Web: www.calne-district-community-link.business.site Calne Community Transport (CCT) Alongside regular pub lunch and shopping trips, the CCT provides transport for the disabled, frail, elderly, other groups for Social Welfare and recreational purposes, including social inclusion to combat loneliness, charitable groups, groups with a common interest and those who are unable to use other forms of transport.

Tel: 01249 817945 / 07870 675511 Facebook: Calne Community Transport If you would like to see your local community group/charitable organisation featured in a future Calne Connection, please email calne@calne.gov.uk.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Picture Credit: Dave Phelps

CALNE LIONS DUCK RACE Calne Lions’ Duck Race has been postponed to Saturday 25 September 2021, pending government guidance on events.

RECREATION GROUND UPDATE Following our update in the last Calne Connection work continues behind the scenes on the Recreation Ground improvements and upgrades.

We expect the two planning applications to be submitted shortly.

The first for an extension to the Pavilion, to provide new changing rooms, and the shell of two public toilets and a small kiosk. The second for a new Rugby Pitch on Potters Field funded by housing developer contributions.

are also trying to identify what grants are available.

An approach has been made to investigate the renovation of the Victorian Water Fountain which previously was in The Square.

Originally the fountain had finger posts and an ornate lamp.

Quotations for restoration are to be sought along with a community fundraising scheme.

We would love to hear memories of what you remember the Recreation Ground being used for, whether it was lawn mower Plans are being drawn up with the racing, a celebratory cricket match, help of a landscape architect which maypole dancing, etc. Please send all memories and any photos into will include enhancement of the calne@calne.gov.uk. children’s play area.

We are looking at how we finance the project, although the council has Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) monies that can be used we

We will share further updates on the improvements and upgrades at the Recreation Ground in due course.

Create your special day

NEW Intimate Package  One Room for Three Hours  Up to 30 People  30 Chair Covers  One Tablecloth £200 Mon-Fri £250 Sat Available for weddings held until 1 April 2022

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at Calne Town Hall & Beversbrook SPECIAL WEDDINGS OFFER 20% OFF Wedding Packages for all bookings made by 1 Sept 2021.

Terms and Conditions Apply. Contact us for more information.

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Visit calne.gov.uk/weddings for more information, or to arrange a viewing contact 01249 814000 or email calne@calne.gov.uk

Our venues are E VENUE UR following all government guidance

The great community event, which attracts thousands of people to the town, involves over 3500 bath ducks racing down the River Marden. All monies raised go to local good causes.

The organisers will provide a further update in June if the event can officially take place in 2021.

Visit www.calnelions.org to find out more about the Calne Lions.

YOUTH OUTREACH UPDATE Calne Town Council in partnership with Calne Area Board, will fund a further 80 hours of Youth Outreach sessions until 31 July 2021.

The provision of detached, street-based youth work in Calne provides young people with opportunities to engage with professional youth workers for support, advice and mentoring.

The Rise Trust’s Youth Workers are based in Calne on a Thursday and Friday evening between 6pm to 8pm. Young people can get in touch in person, via social media or by contacting 07715681950.

CHANGES TO BUS SERVICES From 1 March 2021, Stagecoach have announced that they will be operating the Calne Town bus services 40 & 43 and service 42 between Calne and Marlborough.

Stagecoach will also start running School services 642 & 842 and a Saturday evening journey on 33.

To view the updated timetables, visit the Stagecoach website www.stagecoachbus.com or contact Traveline for timetable enquiries via 0871 200 22 33.

They’re open from 7am to 10pm on weekdays and 8am to 10pm at weekends.

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VISIT CALNE BLOG WHAT I LOVE ABOUT CALNE - CALNE IN PHOTOGRAPHS

By Tim Havenith, Author of Calne Place Names One thing I love about Calne is the immediate sense of community I felt when I arrived.

I wanted to continue being part of that community, even when I’m unable to get out of the house. So, on 23 March 2018 I set up a Facebook group called ‘Calne in Photographs’ with my wife. I took inspiration from Peter Treloar, one-time Mayor of Calne, who published eight photograph books on Calne between 1974 and 2010.

Housebound, but desperate to know more about the town we had decided to settle with our family, I set up the group without high hopes.

However, by providing lots of content myself in those first few months and frequent Shout Outs from the Calne Facebook pages, we managed to get our first few members. They began to interact and share their own content, not just of Calne as is it, but also as it was – the journey had begun.

It is to those first few members that I will always be grateful to. We gradually got to know each other and became a community. When new members joined, we welcomed them, encouraged them, and helped them with any questions they had about the town and its impressive past.

Two years and eight months on, we are a community of close to 3500 members, from locals, to ex pats, to tourists, to those looking to move to Calne themselves. But what makes us a community?

During lockdown 1.0, we not only shared photographs of Calne, but set up threads for our members all around the world to share photographs from their front window, day and night. It was wonderful seeing the landscapes of different countries in this way. It was special, to be thousands of miles apart, but providing that connection and support to each other during such an unsettling and troubling time – a time that continues still.

The group brings people together in a way that was not possible before, for example two school friends, apart and without contact for 75 years have recently shared photographs of their reunion. And that’s not the only one, we also provide space for members to share information about upcoming school reunions.

Our members have also been assisting local author, Dee La Vardera, with her upcoming book on C. & T. Harris, by sharing their memories and identifying people and processes in photographs. Along with members of the group, I am compiling information about all of Calne’s past mayors in the hope of publishing books to share the life and times of Calne through the activities of those mayors.

For me though, the icing on the cake was a message from another person with disabilities commented on a collection of Christmas light photographs I’d uploaded. She said how lovely it was to see the lights as she can’t get out of the house to see them. This not only lead to a conversation about this year’s lights, memories of Christmas lights past – and more importantly, others responded with Christmas light photographs of their own.

So, what makes us a community? Whatever is happening in the world, we come together to show and discuss the beauty of Calne – past and present.

If you would like to become part of our community, or just have a look around, visit www.facebook.com/groups/CalnePhotographs.

DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR BLOGGING? We’re on the look out for a range of bloggers to contribute to the recently launched VisitCalne. co.uk Blog.

So far, we have received blog entries from a range of local residents and authors, including Tim Havenith, Sue Boddington and Dee La Vardera.

If you would like to produce a blog entry on Calne, please email calne@calne.gov.uk for more information.

To read the selection of blog entries already live, please visit www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/calne/ blog

LATEST NEWS 2021 TOWN COUNCIL EVENTS UPDATE Unfortunately we haven’t been able to host most of our annual events for the past year, and many of the coronavirus restrictions still currently prohibit the gathering of large groups for events.

We have therefore not yet confirmed plans for our regular annual events, including Spring Sing and the Calne Summer Carnival.

Despite this, we are working to provide a range of free covidsecure events for residents as and when the relevant restrictions are lifted.

Please keep an eye out on our social media channels and website www.calne.gov.uk, for the latest updates on our events and to avoid missing out.

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THE BEVERSBROOK COLUMN THE LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES FROM BEVERSBROOK SPORTS AND COMMUNITY FACILITY NEW ARCHERY PATH UPDATE Beversbrook Sports and Community Facility is pleased to announce that work has now been completed on a new footpath that allows access to its archery range for all members whatever the weather.

participate in the sport and had a detrimental effect on the club’s membership numbers.

Calne Archery Club was awarded £8,721.92 from The Hills Group Limited to fund the footpath.

The money was made available The need for the new footpath through the Landfill Communities was identified by the Calne Fund (LCF) which is administered Archery Club Committee alongside for Hills by Community First, feedback from their disabled the Rural Community Council members. Before the new path was for Wiltshire. Additional funds completed members had to walk of £8,753.36 were provided across a section of grassland to from Section 106 money under access the archery range. planning reference N/15/12431 and N/12/04039.

During the spring and summer months access to the range was Work on the new footpath is now available to all members. However, completed and with the improved during the autumn and winter access, and once the current months the grassland became lockdown restrictions are lifted, sodden and extremely muddy Calne Archery Club will now be meaning that club members able to offer disability archery with disabilities or in wheelchairs sessions at Beversbrook Sports and were not able to gain access Community Facility throughout the to the range. This resulted in year. those members being unable to

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CLIMATE ACTION

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We wash all vehicles with recycled rain water

CLIMATE ACTION ACHIEVEMENTS The whole facility has been designed to be environmentally friendly with a low carbon footprint.

These are some key highlights of what Calne Town Council have achieved at Beversbrook:

5. Our coffee cups are 100% compostable We collect rain water in a pond to irrigate the football

6. pitches and water plants during the summer

100 trees were planted on site in 2015 with plans to

2. None of our rubbish enters landfill

7. plant many more

Community Hall is heated by air source heat 3. The PUMP

8. football pitches

sensitive lighting means no energy 4. Movement wasted when rooms are not in use

9. facility lights to LCDs

Grass cuttings are composted on site to use on the A rolling programme is in progress to replace all the

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CALNE TOWN COUNCIL

Strategic Plan 2021-2026 Our Vision for Calne A town rich in heritage but looking to the future, with a strong and active community.

Mission Statement Calne Town Council’s mission is to deliver services our residents need and to realise the vision for Calne.

In this we are accountable to our residents and to the community

OUR VALUES

INTRODUCTION Strategic plans are vital documents that help set the way forward for an organisation. They must be documents that grow and are shaped by all stakeholders.

Calne Town Council’s first Strategic Plan was adopted in 2015. Since then, whilst much has been achieved over a relatively shor space of time, there is also more to short do.

To help meet the challenges ahead, we are delighted to publish the town council’s new Strategic Plan for 2021 to 2026. It builds upon work already delivered and sets out the town council’s values and strategic objectives.

Our values shape everything we do and inform the decisions we make.

STRONG

ACTIVE

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES HOUSING & COMMUNITY FACILITIES

PROGRESSIVE

CARING

INCLUSIVE

Strategic objectives define what the council intends to accomplish.

EMPLOYMENT & JOBS

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

We will require future We will allocate and We will protect, development to protect employment improve and provide improved land so that Calne is enhance our town to infrastructure and a town where achieve the Climate community facilities residents can work as Emergency and for our town. well as live.

Environmental Pledge.

GETTING AROUND

GOVERNANCE

DEVOLUTION

We will promote opportunities for cycling and walking and address issues of traac flow.

We will ensure that the town council is well managed and accountable to residents.

We will ensure that any transfer of services or assets is of benefit to the town.

DOWNLOAD THE FULL STRATEGIC PLAN 2021-26

HEALTH, WELLBEING & COMMUNITY SAFETY

ECONOMIC VIABILITY

We will support a safe and healthy town with opportunities for everyone.

We will promote Calne as open for business and develop a plan for town centre regeneration.

COMMUNITY STRENGTH

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

We will ooer grants We will engage with and support to help the community on the community take each objective within an active lead in the plan and adapt in meeting the needs of response to our town. feedback.

www.calne.gov.uk/strategic-plan

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LATEST NEWS

YOUR COUNCILLORS

2021/2022 COUNCIL BUDGET Despite a very difficult year due to COVID-19, members were able to approve a Budget for 2021-2022 with a nil increase on the Band D cost of £215.57 and a Precept requirement of £1,321,444.

NORTH WARD Cllr Glenis Ansell L: 01249 816164 M: 07801 270299 E: cllransell@cllr.calne.gov.uk

This will mean that the town council element of your Council Tax Bill will remain the same.

The precept is the money needed by the town council to operate the services it delivers to the residents of Calne.

Check out www.calne.gov.uk for more information.

Cllr Terry Couchman M: 07910 173336 E: cllrcouchman@cllr.calne.gov. uk

Cllr Jon Fisher M: 07557 374550 E: cllrfisher@cllr.calne.gov.uk

Cllr Ian Thorn* L: 01249 816351 E: cllrthorn@cllr.calne.gov.uk

Cllr Declan Boore M: 07908 606618 E: cllrboore@cllr.calne.gov.uk

Cllr Robert MacNaughton M: 07767 071724 E: cllrmacnaughton@cllr.calne. gov.uk

Cllr Robert Merrick M: 07932 357733 E: cllrmerrick@cllr.calne.gov.uk Cllr Rich Jones E: cllrjones@cllr.calne.gov.uk

To join the virtual meeting, please contact us at calne@calne.gov.uk

Cllr Tony Trotman* L: 01249 816062 M: 07816 830873 E: cllrtrotman@cllr.calne.gov.uk Cllr Heather Canfer L: 01249 822249 M: 07515 810915 E: cllrcanfer@cllr.calne.gov.uk Visit www.calne.gov.uk to find out your ward and more about your councillors.

*These councillors also serve on Wiltshire Council

UPCOMING MEETING SCHEDULE MAR Policy & Resources

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SOUTH WARD Cllr John Bennett M: 07737 123181 E: cllrbennett@cllr.calne.gov.uk Cllr David Conway M: 07973 182646 E: cllrconway@cllr.calne.gov.uk Cllr Alan Hill* L: 01249 821855 E: cllrhill@cllr.calne.gov.uk Cllr Samuel Pearce-Kearney L: 01249 549500 M: 07480 048500 E: cllrpearce-kearney@cllr.calne. gov.uk

COVID-19 NOTICE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

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Amenities

Full Town Council

Cllr Howard Marshall M: 07464 699113 E: cllrmarshall@cllr.calne.gov.uk

CHILVESTER & ABBERD WARD

The purpose of the meeting is so that the town council report on its actions over the last year and future plans. This is also an opportunity to enable local electors to have their say.

Calne Connection is the newsletter for all Calne residents, from Calne Town Council. The content is designed by Calne Town Council, printed by Corsham Print and distributed by Royal Mail.

CENTRAL WARD Cllr John Boaler L: 01249 819133 E: cllrboaler@cllr.calne.gov.uk

Cllr Tom Rounds* L: 01249 812464 M: 07771 760300 E: cllrrounds@cllr.calne.gov.uk

Cllr Mark Mewett L: 01249 818835 E: cllrmewett@cllr.calne.gov.uk

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING Friday 19 March 2021 at 7pm

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The new committees are Governance, Amenities & Facilities, Town Development & Planning and Town and Community Matters.

Calne Town Council meetings are currently being held virtually. This allows councillors and members of the public to participate using the latest technology.

To access the meetings, please email calne@calne.gov.uk at least 24 hours prior to the meeting start.

Alternatively, if you wish to ask the council a question or make a statement in relation it items on the agenda you can email it in to calne@calne.gov.uk or call 01249 814000.

Calne Connection Issue 78 - Spring 2021

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BE A COUNCILLOR

OUR FOCUS IS THE COMMUNITY

WHAT THE ROLE INVOLVES

CAN I STAND?

FIND OUT MORE

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