Acton Bridge Parish Council

The Parish Council has discussed the responsibilities and actions that may arise from a serious or emergency event in the Village and the need to render support.  For example, the response to the floods in January although the responsibility of the Leading Local Flood Authority (CW&C) brought to light the necessity for local supporting actions and assistance, from residents, to the affected people.  To this end the Parish Council has liaised with CW&C to begin the development of an all-embracing Acton Bridge Community Resilience Plan for possible situations that could occur, e.g. flooding, extreme weather, a major transport incident, etc. 

The Plan will hold data that allows potential assistance, of all kinds, to be rendered after an event.  The anticipated skills and services are open ended but would contain such items as, the provision of equipment to remove a fallen tree from a road, to such as, the temporary provision of a building (i.e. the Parish Rooms) or accommodation for people or animals.

The Plan in no way attempts to take the place of the responsibilities or roles of the designated bodies or first responders but will collate information on skills and services from within the Acton Bridge community which could be called upon should the need arise.  The Parish Council are also keen to hear from businesses as well as individuals.

Please consider whether you could provide a service or equipment in an emergency in the future.  If you could do so, please complete the short form by using the link https://forms.gle/ixiALkJFe6c3DbrR8  include details of any costs involved with your services. If you have more than one skill or service to offer, please show this by completing more than one section of ‘What skill or service can you provide?’

I am pleased to present to you a draft copy of my Police and Crime Plan for 2021-2024, which you will find here:

The plan sets out my vision for policing and community safety in Cheshire. It also details the strategic priorities for Cheshire Constabulary over the next three years, as well as setting out how I’ll hold the Chief Constable to account against these priorities.

The plan has been produced with Cheshire residents’ priorities for community safety at its heart. It details how I will make the promises I made during my election campaign a reality.

The overarching priorities in the plan from now until 2024 are to:

• Prevent and tackle crime
• Make Cheshire’s roads safer
• Deliver justice for victims of crime
• Protect vulnerable people
• Improve public confidence in policing
• Modernise our police force

The plan also includes a commitment to take police officer numbers in Cheshire to 2,345 – their highest level in modern times and to continue to invest in neighbourhood policing to ensure there is a visible policing presence in all local communities.

Your views on whether this plan delivers your priorities for policing and crime are invaluable in ensuring it makes Cheshire safer. Now it’s your opportunity have your say before the plan is finalised during the autumn.

To take the short survey to give your views, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JZS5JGD

As well as completing the survey yourself, I would be grateful if you could cascade this information across your networks to ensure the draft plan and survey reaches all of our communities.

I look forward to hearing local peoples’ views and to continuing these conversations over the coming years to understand key concerns in our communities and how I can work with local communities to develop sustainable solutions.

The consultation closes at 23.59 hours on Sunday 15 August 2021. Once the consultation is closed, the responses will be analysed and amendments to the plan will be made before the final draft is presented at the September meeting of Cheshire’s Police and Crime Panel.

If you’d like to request a hard copy of the plan or survey, please email pcc@cheshire.pnn.police.uk or call 01606 364000.

John Dwyer

Police and Crime Commissioner for CheshireAddress: Clemonds Hey | Oakmere Road | Winsford | Cheshire | CW7 2UA

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The War Memorial standing outside St Mary’s Church, Weaverham was dedicated and unveiled on 24^th July 1921.  Weaverham Parish Council is arranging a service to commemorate the centenary of the memorial on Saturday, 24^th July 2021 at 11:00am.

As Acton Bridge is within the ecclesiastical parish of Weaverham there are some Acton Bridge residents named on the memorial, including:

John Buckley
William Dutton
Edward Harcourt Drowley (From Milton)
C L Kyffin (From Dutton Locks)
Thomas Lightfoot
Gordon Eric Martin
Arthur Shallcross

Weaverham Parish Council would, therefore, like to extend an invitation to Acton Bridge Parish Council and any residents of Acton Bridge who may wish to do so, to attend the service, which will be held next to the Memorial.  There will be light refreshments in the Church Hall after the service.

Have you ever heard about a bus service that changes its route and times to suit passengers?

Cheshire West and Chester Council would like your thoughts to help with the planning of an innovative new bus service. In addition to the current bus services operating along regular routes at specific times, imagine being able to book a bus journey, to a local destination of your choice, that will pick you up at, or near, your home, at a time convenient for your needs. Such journeys may be to places of work, to get you out for leisure and recreation, or to the cinema and other evening activities.
 
We would like to design our flexible bus service to help offer you these opportunities. Your journeys will be booked using an app (a non-electronic booking facility will also be provided) and you will receive live real time information so you will know exactly when the bus will arrive as well as much more information. By using this service, you will have an important role of supporting your community and hopefully also reducing the environmental and congestion impacts of local travel by car and enjoying new lifestyle benefits.
 
Our proposal is for the service to be available in the areas of Helsby, Frodsham and the surrounding rural communities areas including: by Kingsley, Commonside, Crowton, Acton Bridge, Norley, Hatchmere, Flaxmere, Delamere, Manley, Mouldsworth, Alvanley, Hapsford, Ince & Elton, Ashton Hayes, Sutton Weaver, Aston and Dutton. The service could offer links to the surrounding urban areas of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire Oaks, Chester, Runcorn and Warrington making use of train and other bus services.

For us to plan the service, we would like to know more about how people might like to use it and to recognize that people like flexibility. We need to provide a service that people will want to use!

Our aim is for a service that can help meet your wishes by bringing people together and making these journeys easier than before.

This online survey will give you the first opportunity to let us know how this service could help you  https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CZ2MI6/

If you do not have access to an online facility, we can post you a paper copy of the survey (01244 97 3353).

The survey deadline is 1^st August 2021 – if you could encourage residents to take part in the survey that would really help shape the service and delivery model going forward.

If you require further information please contact – Gerard.Rhodes@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk