Ferndown Matters Summer 2017

Issue 35

Summer 2017

Ferndown

New Cllr Stephen Drinkall

New Mayor Cathy Lugg

New Cllr Ian Flay

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King George V

Recreation Ground Redevelopment

Public Consultations Drop-in Session

Venue: King George V Pavilion Following the positive public support received on the proposals to redevelop the facilities at the KGV recreation ground, the plans to modernise this public facitilty are well underway.

Ferndown Town Council will be holding 3 public consultation drop-in sessions in August to give the residents of Ferndown the opportunity to view the plans and take a look at proposed design options for new equipment and layout for the new park.

Members of the Project Delivery Group will be in attendance to answer any of your queries.

Consultation dates Tuesday 15th August 2017: 9.00am - 12.00pm Wednesday 16th August 2017: 1.30pm - 4.30pm Friday 18th August 2017: 9.00am - 12.00pm Ferndown Matters - The Magazine of Ferndown Town Council

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Ferndown Town Centre Strategy Plan

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ollowing the recently approved Town Centre Strategy for Ferndown, the Town and District Councils, now joined by Dorset County Council, are working on proposals for the delivery of a number of key projects aimed at breathing new life in to the Town Centre.

An initial list of 7 projects have been identified for further investigation and the first meeting of the 3 Councils overseeing the implementation work recently took place to agree priorities and make sure the local community, businesses and local organisations are kept involved and informed.

Chairman of the implementation group Cllr Mike Dyer from East Dorset District Council said: “There was overwhelming support from the public for the proposals in the strategy and the job now is to get on and implement them. We are keen to develop some more detailed proposals on individual projects and check that the public, local

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businesses and organisations still support them”.

As well as distributing information about the strategy in the local area there are also plans to set up a stakeholder group in order to ensure there is a regular dialogue between the Councils and the various interests in the Town.

Although it is anticipated that some of the larger projects may take a number of years to be developed, some immediate work will be undertaken to help improve the support for local shops and businesses in the Town Centre and create a more positive message about what the town has to offer.

The Ferndown Town Centre Strategy is available electronically on the Dorset For You and Ferndown Town Council websites. Hard copies are also available from the Ferndown Town Council offices (located in the Barrington Centre, Ferndown) and Ferndown Library.

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New Councillors – Ian Flay and Stephen Drinkall

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tephen Drinkall is a local Dorset man and has lived in the Ferndown/ Wimborne area since the 1970’s, attending Poole Grammar School completing his A Levels there.

He’s always had a passion for learning and is currently studying for a Masters in Software Development. He also studied Electronics at Southampton University and Electronic Engineering at Bournemouth University.

He has been working in the electronics industry contracting throughout Dorset. For eight of those years he worked in the aerospace industry and a further three years in the marine industry. He is now learning how to design 3D graphics for the simulator and games industries.

Stephen decided to stand as a councillor because he felt that he could contribute towards the team improving the local area of Ferndown. He is also interested in the issues associated with

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an Flay has worked in Ferndown all his life and is a mechanical engineer by trade; he owns Ferndown Commercials Ltd based on the Ferndown Industrial Estate. It’s a family run business with strong support from family members.

Ian was born and grew up

Meet new Cllr Ian Flay

fly-tipping which affects the area in and around Ferndown. As a youngster he attended local youth clubs and feels that he can contribute positively towards facilities for the youth community.

Stephen was diagnosed with schizophrenia eleven years ago and now works alongside charities working with mental health institutes. He has come to know the charity ‘Rethink’ and their work at the Recovery House in Weymouth and feels there is a need for something similar in East Dorset. There is a treatment centre - Hahnemann House located in Bournemouth providing day care only, due to the pressure on NHS resources.

He is interested in the mental health courses offered by the Mental Health Forum (Dorchester) as Stephen is looking to become a peer specialist in mental health issues.

As part of this process Stephen spends time talking in group settings within those hospital

wards covering mental health issues in Dorset.

He helps out on Monday mornings at the Heatherlands centre where people meet, drink coffee and discuss any issues they are facing on the Heatherlands estate. Topics discussed include dropped kerbs, littering and who’s getting the biscuits next week.

He is looking forward to serving Ferndown and the Central Ward residents during this coming term.

in Ferndown. He married a local girl, Lesley, and they have two grown up daughters. His great grandparents, on his mother’s side used to own a farm which has now become the Angel pub. The family operated a dairy farm and delivered milk locally in Ferndown. With a close affinity for the land, Ian combines his business Ferndown Commercials Ltd with cattle and sheep farming. He specialises in keeping Ruby Red Devon cattle.

So why did Ian want to join the council?

He is interested in environmental issues and particularly the way companies and people treat the environment. He was challenged by his father after stopping along the road at White Sheet Common, Holt and picking up the litter for the umpteenth

time. Complaining about the litter the response was ‘OK, rather than keep on moaning about it, get on and do something about it’.

When the opportunity arose to stand for one of the council positions Ian applied.

He already has experience of being on a council as he has been the Treasurer for the Isuzu Truck Dealer Council for 20 years. Since the Town Council’s Environment Committee is oversubscribed, Ian was given the opportunity to become a member on the Planning Committee and the Youth Services Committee.

He’s learning and coming up to speed on planning and is hoping to attend further training at East Dorset District Council.

He is looking forward to speaking up for the Ferndown community.

Meet new Cllr Stephen Drinkall

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New Mayor for Ferndown 2017-18 At its Annual Council Meeting on 16th May 2017, Ferndown Town Council unanimously elected Councillor Mrs Cathy Lugg as its Mayor for the 2017-2018 Municipal Year. She takes over from Councillor Mike Parkes who received a warm vote of thanks from Councillor Cathy Lugg.

Cllr Cathy Lugg said “It is a great honour to serve the community of Ferndown for the next year and I will endeavour to represent the town of Ferndown and its people to the best of my abilities. I am very much looking forward to meeting as many community groups as I can. It is an exciting time for the town with a number of key projects being implemented such as the redevelopment of King George V Recreation Ground and to take forward the proposals to re-open the town’s youth centre. My key

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priorities will be to make Ferndown a socially inclusive and caring community, and environmentally a cleaner place to live”.

Cllr Mrs Lugg has been a town councillor for 10 years and is also an East Dorset District Councillor.

A keen reader, she has worked for Meet new mayor of Ferndown Cllr Cathy Lugg Ferndown Library for project based at King George V the past 20 years, Recreation Ground. She will be where she leads the Rhyme-time hosting a number of civic and sessions for under threes. Cathy charitable events to raise money loves children, dogs, walking, for the project. baking and knitting.

A new Deputy Mayor was also Cllr Cathy Lugg announced elected on the same evening with that her charity for her mayoral the honour going to Cllr Steve year will be the Ferndown Wheel Lugg.

Park to raise money for the

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he ‘Fete on the Field’ at KGV playing fields was a tremendous success this year with the weather playing its part. The day started with live entertainment from the bandstand at 11:00am. We had the Town Crier Mike Andrews calling everyone to the 10k and 5k races with the Mayor Cathy Lugg blowing the starter air horn for the races to commence.

There were so many things going on during the day from the martial arts displays, the dog show and petting zoo, the BlackSheep Ceilidh Band performing on stage, the guides, brownies and rainbows and Parley First School singing several popular songs, a huge array of model aeroplanes on the lower field with flights viewable overhead, the Classic Car show with a variety of cars from several decades to view. The featured event – the John Thornton Inaugural Pram Race was particularly fun to watch (and take part in) – the Mad Max teams have said they will be back next year! The Thunderbirds team manned by the Marines crew came first followed by the Ferndown Upper School teacher’s team.

There were plenty of stalls to browse with several food stalls to satisfy anyone’s taste buds and a beer tent to quench parched throats. Several

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local organisations were represented and the local churches had craft and story tents for families to visit.

The Rotary Club pulled together an excellent organising team! It was good to see so many people and organisations working together and it reflects in a very positive way on the life of our town.

The event raised funds for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation.

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Ferndown’s Mayoral Volunteer awards 2017 As a way of recognising the selfless work of volunteers in Ferndown, the Mayor of Ferndown will be launching Ferndown’s Mayoral Volunteers Award in September 2017. Recognition will be given to Ferndown residents and voluntary groups who have contributed a significant amount of volunteer time and energy towards the development of community life throughout Ferndown.

The Mayor of Ferndown, Cllr Cathy Lugg says; “The Awards are our way of thanking exceptional people and groups for the incredible work they do within the community. It is an opportunity for Ferndown to officially recognise the commitment and hard work of those who strive to make a positive difference to the lives of others and demonstrate outstanding citizenship.”

The Awards will have three categories: • Ferndown’s Community Champion • Ferndown’s Youth Hero (18 years and under) • Ferndown’s Voluntary Group Award Nominations will be accepted from Monday 4th September 2017 and close on Friday 24th November 2017.

Nomination forms will be available via Ferndown Town Council’s website

www.ferndown.gov.uk where the form can be completed electronically or downloaded. Paper copies of the form will also be available from the Council’s offices at The Barrington Centre, Penny’s Walk, Ferndown BH22 9TH.

For further information contact the Mayor’s PA, Kate Osborne, on 01202 892249 or secretary@ferndown.gov.uk.

The awards are generously supported by local business E-Tel Express.

The Mayor of Ferndown will present the awards at her Christmas Reception in December 2017.

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Potato

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ayor Cathy Lugg opened the Potato Pants festival with organiser Ian Bennett at High Mead Farm. It was the second time that the festival has taken place with the space being made available by High Mead Farm. The support group HSP (Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia) with Ian developing the original idea came together to run this fun event raising money for the support group.

Where has the name

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Pants

Festival

Potato Pants been coined from? The effects of HSP can be described as running with a sack of potatoes down the legs of your trousers, which several people demonstrated during the races in the afternoon.

It was a great community event with several bands playing throughout the afternoon and evening, interspersed with witty dialogue to the sound of the piano by Matt Black.

I’m sure we will see them again next year!

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Zipwire

Challenge

Ferndown Mayor, Caty Lugg, offically opened The Zip Wire Challenge, at St. Mary’s Church, Ferndown.

On a Saturday morning in early July, the town crier Mike Andrews called everyone together to listen to Ferndown Mayor Cathy Lugg officially open the Zip Wire Challenge which took place at St. Mary’s Church, Ferndown.

First down the wire was the Deputy Mayor Steve Lugg dressed as Superman followed ‘hot on the wire’ by Project Manager Susan Sutherland from The Bus Stop Club. Throughout the day several team members from the Bus Stop Club took part, as well as Councillor Terry Cordery, Barrington Centre Manager Andy Bryant and several local people, one whom came dressed as a 1980’s free spirited lady.

The challenge was in aid of ‘The Bus Stop Club’ based at the Turbary Resource Centre on the Heatherlands Estate, who support local families and 18

vulnerable adults from Ferndown and further afield.

Susan Sutherland said “It was a glorious day for the event and we thank everyone who stepped over the tower edge and zipped down the wire. Many thanks also go to everyone who raised money through sponsorship which will help fund the many projects we aim to continue running at the centre.”

Photos courtesy of

Tom Scrase

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Dorset Waste Partnership want your views on waste disposal in Dorset The Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP) has launched an online customer satisfaction survey this month to find out what people in Dorset think about their waste and recycling services, how they can be improved and what we should prioritise and can be accessed at dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dwp-survey.

It is being mentioned in several communications - the July edition of Your Dorset, survey via the Recycle for Dorset e-newsletter and various other social media channels until the end of August.

Tell the DWP what you think for a chance to win an Amazon Kindle!

There are 15 short questions covering the kerbside service, household recycling centres, fly-tipping/litter and communications. The survey should take only 5-10 minutes to complete.

Please have your say and help us make a difference.

If you fill out your name, address and email at the end of the survey you will be entered into a draw to win an Amazon Kindle e-reader (worth £109).

The survey closes on Monday 4th September. An offline copy of the survey is available upon request via enquiries@dorsetwastepartnership.gov.uk. Enter ‘DWP customer satisfaction survey- hard copy request’ in the subject line of an email.

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Improving Local Public Rights of Way and public green space URGENT - Call for community project ideas!

URGENT! HEALTH & FOOTPATHS PROJECT – FUNDING AVAILABLE from Dorset County Council.

Dorset County Council are carrying out research into the health benefits of local path networks. The findings from this project might help the county council secure more funding to improve and develop Dorset’s Rights of Way Network. It’s a tight timetable - 2017/18 – so contact Tara Hansford with your ideas for developing and improving your local Ferndown path networks and if your project meets the criteria – they can do your project with this funding!

Ideas might be – stiles to gates, improved signage, missing links, appropriate surfacing – anything that results in developing popular routes/networks that more people will use.

To discuss your ideas contact Tara Hansford. t.s.hansford@dorsetcc.gov.uk This team manages the Community access improvement grant. This provides small funding contributions to help communities improve and develop local path networks.

They can also provide advice and support from developing your ideas, securing further funding and implementing the work on the ground.

Please - tell them your ideas for developing the local path network in your area so that they can help you can walk, ride and cycle about your local patch - Ferndown.

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Ferndown in Bloom – ‘asks a busy person’ Linda Voisey, who has previously entered Ferndown in Bloom, has kindly agreed to be this year’s Competition Organiser.

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inda is a very active retiree, and could say she doesn’t have the time. But supporting the community is important to her as evidenced already in organising neighbourhood watch. She says she is not a person to be ‘up at the front’. So, being the main judge for this year’s competition is hopefully going to be enjoyable, especially as Linda loves being outside and gardening. (Another behind the scenes ‘claim to fame’ was running the Princess of Wales’ fan club until not very long ago!)

Linda’s favourite TV gardener is Pippa Greenwood (and Alan Titchmarsh for his humour) and Stourhead is her favourite public gardens. She likes structure but not necessarily formal structure.

Are you entering Ferndown in Bloom this year? If you have an attractive front garden you are supporting Ferndown to be seen as a beautiful place to live. We would love you to enter. (Entry forms are available at Haskins and other places in June.) If you know others who are similarly supportive, please encourage them to get ready to enter as well.

Ferndown in Bloom has a reduced committee this year, so we are reducing the breadth of the competition. Best wishes to Jean Read, Lyn Ovens and Jane Glover who have all worked hard on the committee over the last few years and have now stepped down. (Enquiries from new potential members are always welcome).

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Ferndown and District Horticultural Association

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n April, Ferndown and District Horticultural Association (FDHA) held its Spring Show in Ferndown’s Village Hall. We had a fantastic show with lots of entries - 265 to be precise and best of all 34 of these were from children.

We have created a booklet specifically for children showing them how to engage in gardening. One of our aims was to encourage more children to enter our summer show which was held in June. It was free to enter with all children going away with something and the adults receiving prize cards and cups.

Our Society meets every 2nd Friday of the month in the Village Hall, Church Road, Ferndown at 7.30pm with speakers on a variety of subjects.

It’s £8 to join for the year and £2 if people just want to visit for that evening. Everyone is welcome to come along. We have a plant stall, books and a raffle. At half time we have tea and biscuits.

We don’t meet in January or August, but in January we all meet for lunch at the Lodge in Longham - it’s a lovely get together after Christmas.

Our talks are on the Town Council website Ferndown.gov.uk under hobbies and leisure. Any further information can be obtained via email hudheylass@live,co.uk or telephone 07790 089889.

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Meetings of the Town Council Meeting dates may be subject to change – IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND ANY MEETING, PLEASE CHECK THE DATE AND TIME on the agenda displayed on Council noticeboards or by telephoning the Council Office on 01202 892249 AUG

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Thu

3rd

7:00pm

Planning Committee

Barrington Centre

Mon

7th

7:00pm

Youth Service Committee

Barrington Centre

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14th

7:00pm

Personnel Committee

Barrington Centre

Thu

24th

7:00pm

Planning Committee

Barrington Centre

Thu

14th

7:00pm

Planning Committee

Barrington Centre

Mon

18th

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Full Council

Barrington Centre

Tue

19th

7:00pm

Environment Committee

Barrington Centre

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Policy & Resources Committee

Barrington Centre

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7:00pm

Youth Service Committee

Barrington Centre

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Planning Committee

Barrington Centre

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Personnel Committee

Barrington Centre

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Full Council

Barrington Centre

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Planning Committee

Barrington Centre

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Environment Committee

Barrington Centre

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7:00pm

Youth Service Committee

Barrington Centre

Thu Mon

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7:00pm 7:00pm

Planning Committee Policy & Resources Committee

Barrington Centre Barrington Centre

Meetings, other than those of the Personnel Committee, are normally open to the public.

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Your Town Council Town Clerk - Mrs Vanessa Ricketts The Barrington Centre, Penny’s Walk, Ferndown, BH22 9TH Tel: 01202 892249 Email: enquiries@ferndown.gov.uk

Your Ferndown Town Councillors Links Ward: Cllr. Ms P M Cooper Cllr. Mrs J Robinson Cllr. L L R Wilson

12 Corbin Avenue, FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 8AZ 18 Medway Road, FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 8UX 163 Leeson Drive, FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 9TL

Central Ward: Cllr. M R Parkes Cllr. J A Muggleton Cllr. S Drinkall

36 Dorset Avenue, FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 8HW Tel: 01202 861858 3 Moorhaven, Princes Road, FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 9JG Tel: 01202 872975 3 Humber Road, FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 8XN Tel: 07958 054582

Central North Ward: Cllr. S M Lugg

c/o Ferndown Town Council, The Barrington Centre, Penny’s Walk, FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 9TH

Cllr. S K Byrne

72 Heathfield Road, West Moors, Dorset, BH22 0BG

Tel: 01202 896676 Tel: 07513 578177 Tel: 07793 440765

Tel: 01202 872066 Tel: 07468 566212

Hampreston & Longham Ward: Cllr. L Ovens 357 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 9AE Tel: 01202 896701 Cllr. P Lucas 14 Landford Gardens, Throop, BOURNEMOUTH, Dorset BH8 0PH Tel: 01202 533765 Cllr. P H Graham 36 Portland Road, BOURNEMOUTH, Dorset BH9 1NQ Tel: 07939 501674 Stapehill Ward: Cllr. N J Wellstead Ameysford Ward: Cllr. J L Baxter Cllr. Mrs C A Lugg

36 Wimborne Road West, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2DP

Tel: 01202 880705

Greenacres, Angel Lane, Longham, FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 9DZ Tel: 01202 897884

c/o Ferndown Town Council, The Barrington Centre, Penny’s Walk, FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 9TH

Cllr. I Flay

Monmouth Ash Farm, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7JS

Links South Ward: Cllr. T Cordery Cllr. Mrs J Read

79 Dorset Avenue FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 8HL 288 Ringwood Road FERNDOWN, Dorset BH22 9AS

Tel: 01202 872066 Tel: 07836 284623

Tel: 01202 876293 Tel: 01202 875926

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