These will be available for inspection by appointment only at Stainton Grove between Tuesday 1st September and Monday 12th October 2020 inclusive.
Appointments can be made by contacting the Clerk to the Council by emailing suechap54@gmail.com or calling 01833 630780 (answerphone) and leaving your contact details.
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Hello and welcome to the Parish Council website.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the Parish Council has been unable to hold any ‘face-to-face’ or public meetings but there are procedures and items of business that still need to be carried out.
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has agreed that a way forward is to hold ‘remote’ meetings online. This will enable Councillors and parishioners to maintain a presence in the community while still following the guidelines for keeping everyone as safe as possible.
This will be the first meeting of Stainton and Streatlam Parish Council via Zoom and similar meetings will continue until at least May 2021 (as authorised by NALC.)
Many people will be familiar with this concept and may have made use of Zoom or other systems to communicate with family and friends during lockdown so we hope this will be a successful move forward for the Council.
As it is our first attempt at using this method, please bear with us and be tolerant of any hiccups. We are using the free version of Zoom to see how well it works for the Council – this may time out after 40 minutes – please feel free to log in again and rejoin.
The date and time of the next remote meeting will be September 24th at 7pm and the joining information will be published here on the 23rd September.
Please copy the https address and paste it into the address bar at the top of your page and enter the passcode if requested.
Sue Chapman is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Parish Council Meeting
This is the first newsletter on our new website and the intention is to keep the residents and members of the public informed of ideas, activities and responsibilities of the parish council. Also it is our intention to mention residents of Stainton and Stainton Grove who are carrying out community actions which are helping to keep the villages tidy, more colourful or aiding other residents who require help or indeed anything else worth noting.
Last year the DCC provided money for the purchase of pots and flower troughs in order to brighten up the villages. Three troughs were produced at the Quarry and can be seen at two entrances to Stainton and near the Community Centre in Stainton Grove. Other large pots are spread around the villages and although this year was not a good year to grow flowers because of the heat there has been a very colouful display in many places. Members of the community showed willingness to contribute to these displays by taking responsibility for certain pots. Our thanks go to Irene and Ray Baker who filled and look after West Farm pots, Tam Smith and Neil who produced a lovely display near the green, Beth whose green fingers made the east end of the village very colouful and Jane Teesdale who looked after the pots near the drinking fountain. If you wish to be involved in this project or indeed any project feel free to contact the parish councillors.
You may see a gentleman go round every day picking up litter and dog poo. This is Ian who has taken it upon himself to keep Stainton village free from litter and other unmentionables.
Could I remind residents that it is a fineable offence NOT to pick up your dog poo. The parish council has provided dog bins for this use.
It is the Parish Councils intention to renovate and improve the playground at the east end of the village. Money has been ringfenced for a number of years to provide these improvements and hopefully by next spring the playground will be more usefully used by the youngsters in the village
The Parish Council replaced a number of benches throughout Stainton village this year and one as given a plaque in memory of Mr Sykes who devoted so much time to the village.