Brigg Town Cricket Club is to be invited to re-apply for a grant from the Town Council. The club - based at the Recreation Ground, off Wrawby Road - submitted a specific request for help in replacing a diesel roller, which councillors seemed happy to support. However, the club has not subsequently needed to purchase such a major item of equipment, leaving town councillors on a bit of a sticky wicket when it came to releasing a grant.
For the receipts submitted by the club covered other items of necessary expenditure but not a new roller. When the matter came up for consideration by the policy committee, Town Mayor Coun James Truepenny stressed he would "like to help them out" but felt that was impossible because of the specific nature of what the club had applied for in its letter to the council. Coun Jenny Bell agreed, saying she was also "very sorry."
The council's maximum grant available to groups in the town is £250. Those wishing to apply should do so in writing to Town Clerk Jeanette Woollard at the Town Council Office, Angel Suite, Exchange Place, Brigg. A current balance sheet must accompany all applications.
Friday, December 04, 2009
A CALL TO ARMS
A blood donor session for the Brigg area is to be held on Wednesday, December 9 at Ancholme Leisure Centre, Scawby Road, 1.45pm-4pm and 5pm-7.15pm. You can do your bit to help save lives if you are aged 17-65 and in good health.
Prospective new donors are being asked to call 0300 1232323 or use this link to get information through the NHS Blood and Transplant website BLOOD
Prospective new donors are being asked to call 0300 1232323 or use this link to get information through the NHS Blood and Transplant website BLOOD
Thursday, December 03, 2009
CALLING MOTHERS WITH TODDLERS
Would you and your child like to meet in a happy and convivial atmosphere? Then go along to Brigg Methodists' Toddlers' Group on Mondays, from 1.30pm-3pm, during term time, at the church on the corner of Barnard Avenue and Wesley Road (near the traffic lights).
Administrator Frank Chapman says: "We have heaps of equipment for the children to entertain themselves while mothers and carers are able to exchange experiences between themselves."
Children aged 0-4 are welcome, and visitors are asked to pay £1 each time they go along, which includes tea, coffee, squash and biscuits.
If you want to find out more, speak to Frank on 01652 652059.
This group started up again in early September but attendances could do with a boost. Brigg Blog is, as always, happy to help a worthy cause in the town.
Administrator Frank Chapman says: "We have heaps of equipment for the children to entertain themselves while mothers and carers are able to exchange experiences between themselves."
Children aged 0-4 are welcome, and visitors are asked to pay £1 each time they go along, which includes tea, coffee, squash and biscuits.
If you want to find out more, speak to Frank on 01652 652059.
This group started up again in early September but attendances could do with a boost. Brigg Blog is, as always, happy to help a worthy cause in the town.
BIGGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR
Tomorrow - depending on the weather - we can hope for a couple of thousand people to throng Brigg town centre for the switching on of the festive illuminations, the Lions' fair/market and late night shopping.It now enjoys the biggest turn-out for any annual event in the Brigg calendar.
Whether you want to have a bite to eat, see Santa, enjoy the street entertainment, pick up a bargain, sink a few pints in the pub (or sample all those activities) it's a great night to be out and about.
If you are a newcomer to Brigg - or just reading this on the internet and live within easy driving distance - why not pop over for a look? The lights - courtesy of Brigg Town Council - go on at 5pm, launching the start of what will be another great evening's entertainment.
Fingers crossed for dry weather; the pre-Christmas tills will be ringing merrily-on-high!
IN GOOD VOICE
Brigg Amateur Operatic Society has been entertaining show-lovers in our district for more than a century, its interesting history being chronicled, in great detail, by Peter Bell in an excellent book not so long ago (Brigg Library will have a copy if you haven't seen it).
One of the features of annual shows down the decades has been Civic Night, when Brigg town councillors attend a performance and are joined by civic leaders from other towns and villages in the area.
This was done on a Wednesday - but a recent switch to Thursday has proved beneficial, and that is now to be made a permanent alteration, as a matter of policy by Brigg Town Council.
The main benefit is avoiding a clash with various Wednesday meetings involving town/parish councillors in Brigg and surrounding villages.
Proposing the change to have Thursday Civic Operatic Evenings, Town Mayor Coun James Truepenny (pictured) said the latest one had been "a full house, enjoyed by all."
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
As responding to future River Ancholme flooding will be central to the proposed new Brigg Emergency Plan, Brigg Town Council is to combine it with an already-planned meeting involving other parties also interested in cleaning up/improving the river.
The double get-together will be on January 11 in the Angel Suite (6pm). Hopefully, Ian Cawsey MP will be able to attend. Obviously the Environment Agency - responsible for the river - is bound to be represented, together with North Lincolnshire Council. Other "potential partners" will include Brigg voluntary organisations and businesses.
The town council's policy committee agreed the double approach last night, Deputy Town Mayor and flood warden Coun Ben Nobbs saying: "It's important that we do them both together."
Town Clerk Jeanette Woollard pointed out it would save everyone's time if they were joined together, rather than expecting people to turn out on two different evenings.
One of the other major inclusions in the Brigg Emergency Plan - how we respond as a community in times of strife - could relate to our relatively close proximity to the airport. Hopefully something that will never need to be tested.
If you, or a group/business with which your are connected, wishes to come to the New Year double meeting, or commit to helping with the Emergency Plan, contact the Brigg Town Council office by email through this link 3Bs
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
PROJECT IN NATIONAL TOP SEVEN
Young people in Brigg, Barnetby and Broughton continue to benefit from the 3Bs Project - a worthy joint initiative between the respective town and parish councils.
Central government funding has been secured, and the project will run until June 2011.
Various worthwhile and enjoyable activities, indoors and outdoors, are made available at regular sessions - keeping teenagers occupied and off the streets.
The committee which oversees the project held its latest meeting at Brigg's Angel Suite during which several references were made to the general "misconception" about young people. It was pointed out the vast majority were well-behaved, but still attracted some unfair comments and even unfounded complaints to the police.
The project management is keen to attract more girls to its sessions, and two additional part-time workers are to be taken on to help encourage this. Sufficient money is available within the budget.
Coun Sue Nicholson, one of Brigg's representatives, wondered whether the currently out-of-use Brigg Skatepark, near the leisure centre, might be adapted as a venue for 3Bs sessions,
She suggested it was "a perfect central site" and believed the project would benefit from establishing a permanent base.
But Coun James Truepenny, committee chairman and Brigg Town Mayor, said although called Brigg Skatepark it was located in Scawby Brook..."and at the present time the Town Council has no power to spend substantial monies in a neighbouring parish. This may, of course, change if the Council secures the right to use the new Power of Wellbeing.”
The project has already received national recognition, having been chosen as one of only seven projects in the country as an example of good practice by the Children’s Workforce Development Council Share! Project.
Recognising that the project is only in its infancy, and that it will take time for it to become a trusted and valued resource for young people to use, Brigg Town Council has determined that, in order to continue the work that the 3Bs team has achieved so far, and with the aim of building a positive relationship and mutual respect between the council, young people and the community as a whole, and in particular diverting those who are at risk away from less desirable activities, sufficient funding will be included in the Precept to sustain the project beyond Year 3 (i.e. when the Big Lottery Funding runs out in June 2011).
Broughton Town Council was due to consider the matter earlier this week.
At the present time Barnetby-le-Wold Parish Council has determined that it cannot set aside the funds required for the project to continue in Barnetby-le-Wold after the Big Lottery funding runs out, but it would like to project to continue if further grant funding could be secured.
Parents, or youngsters, wanting to find out more about the 3Bs project, and forthcoming sessions, can contact the Brigg Town Council office by email through this link 3Bs
Central government funding has been secured, and the project will run until June 2011.
Various worthwhile and enjoyable activities, indoors and outdoors, are made available at regular sessions - keeping teenagers occupied and off the streets.
The committee which oversees the project held its latest meeting at Brigg's Angel Suite during which several references were made to the general "misconception" about young people. It was pointed out the vast majority were well-behaved, but still attracted some unfair comments and even unfounded complaints to the police.
The project management is keen to attract more girls to its sessions, and two additional part-time workers are to be taken on to help encourage this. Sufficient money is available within the budget.
Coun Sue Nicholson, one of Brigg's representatives, wondered whether the currently out-of-use Brigg Skatepark, near the leisure centre, might be adapted as a venue for 3Bs sessions,
She suggested it was "a perfect central site" and believed the project would benefit from establishing a permanent base.
But Coun James Truepenny, committee chairman and Brigg Town Mayor, said although called Brigg Skatepark it was located in Scawby Brook..."and at the present time the Town Council has no power to spend substantial monies in a neighbouring parish. This may, of course, change if the Council secures the right to use the new Power of Wellbeing.”
The project has already received national recognition, having been chosen as one of only seven projects in the country as an example of good practice by the Children’s Workforce Development Council Share! Project.
Recognising that the project is only in its infancy, and that it will take time for it to become a trusted and valued resource for young people to use, Brigg Town Council has determined that, in order to continue the work that the 3Bs team has achieved so far, and with the aim of building a positive relationship and mutual respect between the council, young people and the community as a whole, and in particular diverting those who are at risk away from less desirable activities, sufficient funding will be included in the Precept to sustain the project beyond Year 3 (i.e. when the Big Lottery Funding runs out in June 2011).
Broughton Town Council was due to consider the matter earlier this week.
At the present time Barnetby-le-Wold Parish Council has determined that it cannot set aside the funds required for the project to continue in Barnetby-le-Wold after the Big Lottery funding runs out, but it would like to project to continue if further grant funding could be secured.
Parents, or youngsters, wanting to find out more about the 3Bs project, and forthcoming sessions, can contact the Brigg Town Council office by email through this link 3Bs
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