Village News
FUN RUN FUNDS:Mike Dickenson (right) and Cathy Dakin of the Barnt Green Chuggers and Chaingang, with Robert Cholmondeley (Chair of Barnt Green Parish Council), present a cheque for £200 to Christine Davis (left) of Barnt Green Day Centre, watched by some of the elderly people who attend the centre. The cash was raised from entry fees for the Barnt Green Chuggers Fun Run earlier this year. The Fun Run, supported by the parish council, will now run bi-annually, alternating with the Sport Relief event. See page 55 for details of Barnt Green’s annual Community Walk.
A COMMUNITY transport scheme linking several of our villages looks set to become a reality after gaining approval from parish councillors. The BURT (Bromsgrove Urban and
Rural Transport) community minibus scheme has been running since 2009, assisting vulnerable residents who are unable to make essential jour- neys by conventional transport due to disability or the lack of a suitable service.
Bus to link villages Crossing campaign deadline
Since May 2017, BURT has been
run by local charity Bromsgrove and Redditch Network, the local volun- tary sector network, and Bromsgrove and Redditch’s Volunteer Centre, us- ing a wheelchair-accessible 10-seater minibus driven by volunteers. Now the scheme could be expand-
ed to take in Lickey, Blackwell, Barnt Green and Alvechurch, connecting the villages via a 47-minute circular or figure-of-eight route. Initially, the
BLACKWELL RESIDENTS campaigning against Network Rail’s decision to close the village’s railway crossing point and replace it with a diversion are urging villagers to submit their objections before September 14. Objections should be sent to county councillor Kit Taylor (you can find
his contact details at
www.lickeyandblackwellpc.org/district), and they will then be taken into consideration at the next council meeting before Network Rail seeks to make the closure permanent. Network Rail ordered the temporary closure of the “yellow brick road”
crossing from Fairways Drive to the public footpath across Blackwell golf course in May, citing safety reasons, with walkers diverted via Linthurst Newtown and Blackwell Road. However, two footpaths across the golf course (numbers 503 and 505) have now been re-opened.
ments for BURT mean that people have to book journeys in advance, but there should be a way to make this work,” he added. Barnt Green councillors agreed to
give the scheme a try, subject to ap- proval from the other parish councils.
The Village September 2017 5
service would run on Saturdays, with the possibility of adding weekdays if there is enough demand. Parish, district and county council-
lor Charlie Hotham reported to col- leagues at Barnt Green Parish Council that he had attended a meeting with BURT volunteers and representatives of Lickey & Blackwell and Alvechurch parish councils, who were also keen to take up the scheme – although it would need full approval from each council, plus evidence that there is local demand for the scheme. Coun Hotham said that the cost
would be shared between the three councils, and a three-month trial period would cost £400 per council. Volunteer drivers would also need to be found. “Currently, the licence arrange-
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68
