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Below are the latest news items from the Parish Council.
Funding towards 75th Anniversary of VE Day
04/10/2019
8 May 2020 will be the 75th anniversary of VE Day. The Council has decided to make grants available to community groups to contribute towards the cost of hosting village events to commemorate it.
To make an application please complete and submit a General Grant Form. The maximum grant available is £250.
Full details can be found on the Grants Page.
Latest Grant Decisions
04/10/2019
The Council has agreed the following:
To award general grants to Thurstonland Community Choir (£2,000) and Stocksmoor Village Association (£728).
Burton Environment Group and Yetton Together have both been granted an extension until 31 December 2019 to complete the projects being funded by Council grants and to provide copy invoices to the Council.
Kirkheaton History Group has been given permission to change the way its grant was spent (although the project remains the same) and to use £100 of it to cover the costs of equipment purchases, room hire and costs of speakers.
The Council has accepted a copy of Thurstonland Cricket Club's bank statement in lieu of an invoice covering coaching costs and waived if the £5 underspend.
All applicants will be notified personally of the decisions shortly.
Village Improvement Fund
24/09/2019
A new initiative was agreed by the last Council, which is being trialled in this financial year. Local Councillors have been allocated up to £1,500 each to spend on projects in the villages they represent. If you have an idea for something which could be achieved in your village, tell your local Councillor about it. It may be possible to fund it from this money. The Councillors will need to submit a form giving full details of the project and costings, which must be received by 25 October at the latest.
The Grants & Community Projects Committee will consider all the proposed projects, with the Council taking the final decisions at the December Council meeting.
Date change for the January Parish Council Meeting
07/08/2019
The Parish Council meeting will be held on 9 January 2020 (2nd Thursday) due to the Village Hall being closed for redecoration and repairs.
Hanging Baskets
04/08/2019
Once again the Parish Council is grateful to Kirklees Council for helping with the cost of the hanging baskets, which are so beloved by local residents. 100 baskets have been put up in the Parish with 25 of them being paid for by Kirklees grants.
Shelley Over 60's and Yetton Together also raised funds to put up additional baskets in Shelley and Kirkheaton respectively. We are very grateful to those groups for increasing the areas covered with hanging baskets.
If you value the baskets, it would be of enormous help to us in securing funding in the future if you could please send us a quick email or mention us on Twitter, maybe with a photograph.
Council supports the Petition for a Bypass around Flockton
03/08/2019
The Council discussed the long-running traffic issues on Barnsley Road in Flockton and heard how a bypass around the village would help not only Flockton, but also neighbouring villages such as Emley, Netherton and Sitlington. Flockton Bypass Group has been working hard to progress it and has already gained the support of the local MP's Paula Sherriff and Mary Creagh. Representatives of the Group have met with officers from Wakefield and Kirklees Councils as well as groups from Denby Dale and Sitlington Parish Councils. A petition of more than 4,000 signatures has been handed in to Kirklees Council. The Parish Council has added its support to the petition.
Cllr Lin Holroyd
14/07/2019
The Council is very sad to announce the death of Lin Holroyd, a past Chairman and Councillor. She represented Flockton for 12 years, during which time she served as Chairman and Line Manager. She took an active role in Council activities and was always the first one to volunteer when extra help was needed. She represented the Council at the National Coal Mining Museum for many years, where she assisted with projects and funding applications. She was also an active volunteer at Flockton First School, where she regularly took children out on 'Welly Walks' and helped with the 'twinning' project between Flockton and Savile Town.
The Council paid tributes to her at the June meeting and sent condolences to her family. A collection was taken amongst Councillors, which raised £106. A donation of £52.50 has been made to the RSPB and the rest was used for flowers at Lin's funeral.