Newsletter May 2022

One of the major questions I get asked whilst going around the village is ‘What is going to happen to the cricket club pavilion?’

Since the club ceased playing, it has been falling into disrepair and become unsightly. However, after a lot of legal niceties we have come to an agreement with the cricket club that the PC will take over the pavilion, and will lease it to the youth club, who are delighted to acquire some extra space.

The cricket club have generously offered to pay for a major part of the refurbishment, including initially supplying safety fencing, so both the PC and the youth club are extremely grateful to them. However, there will be some extra fundraising needed to complete the project, but I hope and expect the village to rally round and support the extra provision of much needed facilities for the young people of our community.

The current Parish Council comes to the end of its four-year term in May. At the time of writing, the nominations for the next council have closed, and it seems that there have been less nominations than places. This is disappointing but does give residents the opportunity to apply to be co-opted. If you are interested in becoming a Parish Councillor, please e-mail the clerk. clerk@evercreech-pc.gov.uk

The May meeting of the PC will be Tuesday 10th May, a week later than usual because of the unitary elections on the 5th of May. The annual Parish meeting, where we will get reports and be able to question all the village organisations will be on the 24th of May, 7PM at the village hall.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Rob Reed

Chair, Evercreech Parish Council