If you would like to speak to somebody about how you become more sustainable, the Let’s Waste Less team from Worcestershire County Council is holding a drop-in session at Holy Trinity Church, Kidderminster on Thursday 14 March, 4pm – 5pm. They can answer your greener living questions and will be giving advice on a wide range of topics including recycling, reusing and composting.
Wyre Forest District Council are supporting Love Food Hate Waste’s Food Waste Action Week campaign.
This year, the campaign is encouraging everyone to, “Choose What You’ll Use” and buy fruit and vegetables loose instead of packaged. Research from Love Food Hate Waste has shown that we could reduce food waste by 60,000 tonnes just by buying loose fruit and veg!
Research has found food waste makes up 35% of black bins in Worcestershire, of that 69% was avoidable and 43% still in its packaging! Food waste action week runs from 18 – 24 March. You can find more details on the website.
Next month work is due to get underway installing almost 200 electric vehicle (EV) charging points in 22 of our car parks. Installing the chargers is part of our Climate Action and Carbon Reduction Plan.
Wyre Forest District Council are working with Flowbird Smart City UK and Opcharge UK, who are carrying out the work at no cost to the Council. Flowbird will also pay the Council a fee which is linked to the number and types of chargers installed.
All the details about the car parks where the chargers will be are on the Wyre Forest District Council website.
On Thursday 2 May, there will be elections for the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia and for Kidderminster Town Council.
If you have not already registered to vote and would like to have your say in the elections, you need to register by Tuesday 16 April. It is quick and easy to do online.
Voters can also vote by post or proxy. Anyone can apply for a postal vote which allows you much greater flexibility about when you complete your ballot paper. Anyone not already registered for a postal or proxy vote will need to complete an application form, which is available on the Wyre Forest District Council website.
The deadline for new postal voting requests is 5pm on Wednesday 17 April. For proxy votes it is 5pm on Wednesday 24 April.
Changes to voting by post and proxy
You can now apply online to vote by post and for some types of proxy vote. You also need to prove your identity when applying, by providing your National Insurance number.
The rules on who can hand in postal votes have changed. We are urging anyone with a postal vote to send it back in the post as soon as possible rather than handing it in at polling station. For full information on the changes visit the electoral commission’s website.
Do you have Voter ID?
To vote in a polling station you will need to show photo ID. You may already have an acceptable form of photo ID like a passport, driving licence or blue badge. If you don’t you can apply for a free voter ID document known as a Voter Authority Certificate (VAC). The deadline for this is 5pm on Wednesday 24 April.
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
PUBLIC NOTICE
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (As Amended)
(Footpath BW-543 Bewdley) (Temporary Closure) Order 2023
NOTICE is hereby given that the Order made by Worcestershire County Council on 24 August 2023 the effect of which is to close that part of Footpath BW-543 Bewdley between its junction with the B4190 at Ordnance Survey Grid Reference 378788, 275456 and OSGR 378823, 275523 which was due to expire on 4 March 2024 has been continued in force with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Department Transport until the works to which it relates have been completed or until 4 September 2025 whichever is sooner. Any further extension will require the approval of the Secretary of State.
The Order has been made to facilitate flood defence construction work.
Alternative route: From OSGR 378788, 275456 Beales Corner, BW-546, BW 545 The Nunneries, BW-543 Pleasant Harbour to OSGR 378823, 275523 and vice versa.
Thomas Pollock Head of Commercial Law (Legal and Governance) County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester.
14 March 2024
A new website to help you find out more about sexual violence support services in your area is now live.
Providing a safe online space for survivors of all ages, supporters, and professionals, ‘The Survivor Pathway’ has a comprehensive list of services in West Mercia and information on how to easily access them.
The pathway can be accessed here.
PCC John Campion said:
“Sexual violence is a devastating crime, and its impact is life-changing to victims. With that in mind, I understand how hard it must be for many victims to find the confidence to come forward.
“The new Survivor Pathway website is a safe space for anybody to find out more about the specialist support available in West Mercia.
“Working in partnership with the NHS, it brings together a comprehensive list of the relevant services I fund, as well as others, to ensure victims are better informed and can easily access the help they need to cope and recover.”
To read more on the new resource, visit the PCC’s website.
A survivor’s testimony of the website can be viewed here.
Join our informal sessions for dementia carers.
Give yourself a break.
If you are a carer, family, or friend looking after a dementia sufferer or interested in the topic, please come along to our sessions.
Light refreshments, a listening ear and some professional advice will be available. You will find a friendly environment located at our Bewdley venue with people who may have the same daily issues to cope with.
We will aim to ask a professional person to attend each group to give a short talk on a topic associated with dementia.
Stay as long as you want, no pressure, no charge.
Venue
Bewdley Baptist Church
NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST TURN UP
CONTACT Sharon Harvey on 01299 400362 or email demcarersgroup@btinternet.com
Your local Safer Neighbourhood Team will be at a Crime Prevention Surgery at Wyre Forest Leisure Centre on 03/03/2024 at 13.30.
Please take this opportunity to raise any concerns you may have and to find out what we are doing to tackle the issues that matter to you.
Everyone is welcome and it would be great to see you there.
When & Where is it?
Sun 03 Mar 2024 13:30
Wyre Forest Leisure Centre, Silverwoods Way Stourport Road
Kidderminster
DY11 7DT
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For more information please contact me – PC 22377 BENNETT on 07890512300 OR mark.bennett@westmercia.police.uk
West Mercia Police are encouraging the public to have their say.
Come and speak with the team. West Mercia Police will be at St. Georges Hall Community Café, Bewdley on Tuesday 5th March between 1:00pm and 3:00pm.
West Mercia Police surgeries give you the opportunity to raise any concerns and to find out what they are doing to tackle the issues that matter to you.
Everyone is welcome and it would be great to see you there.
PUBLIC NOTICE
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14 (AS AMENDED)
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF THE CLOSURE OF SEVERN SIDE NORTH, BEWDLEY, WORCESTERSHIRE (“THE HIGHWAY”) AND THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD AND WORCESTER (SEVERN SIDE SOUTH, BEWDLEY) (ONE-WAY TRAFFIC) ORDER 1990 (TEMPORARY SUSPENSION) NOTICE
Reason for restriction: Safe working for urgent roof repair work. There is a likelihood of danger to the public or of serious damage to the road. There is a need to close the highway in the following terms:-
Nothing in this Notice shall prevent at any time access for pedestrians to any premises situated on or adjacent to the highway, or to any other premises accessible for pedestrians from and only from the highway.
THOMAS POLLOCK
Head of Commercial Law (Legal & Governance)
Date 4 March 2024
1548331 – U10227 Severn Side North, Bewdley – Emergency
