Ash Matters The Ash Parish Council Newsletter

Issue Three 2013

The Friary Guildford Brass Band

Ash Parish Council is organising its first ever charity brass band concert at the Ash Centre on Saturday 16th November 2013 at 7:00pm. The concert will be performed by the award winning Guildford Friary Brass Band. The current band was formed in 1983. It is a registered charity (charity number 1137290) and is made up of 28 amateur musicians. Under the leadership of Band Master Chris King, a former band master with the Grenadier Guards, they have again this year, reached the finals of the National

Championship of Great Britain and will compete at the Royal Albert Hall in October. In addition to this the band is currently ranked 62nd in the world. When not competing on the concert stage, the band has played at a wide range of sporting events, includ-ing the RBS Six Nations Rugby Championships at Twickenham, the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone and at special horse racing dates at both Ascot and Sandown Park. Locally the band can be seen leading the Guildford Remembrance Day Parade and at Christmas performing a traditional carol concert at the Royal Surrey County Hospital. The band’s musical repertoire is broad; stretching from traditional brass music to popular classics, swing and jazz as well as pop and rock. The programme for the concert in November has yet to be finalised but it will be themed, to include many favourite tunes. Tickets will go on sale at the beginning of September and will be available from the Ash Parish Council

Offices in Ash Hill Road. They will cost £10 per person and can be paid for by cash or cheque. Refreshments will be available on the evening and there will also be a raffle, with all proceeds going to a local charity. For more information about the Guildford Friary Brass band please visit their website on www.friaryguildfordband.co.uk or e-mail Lauren Cave on secretary@friaryguildfordband.co.uk.

The Friary Guildford Brass Band

The Friary Guildford Brass Band

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Chairman’s Bit I am delighted that the Parish Council is organising a charity brass band concert later in the year and has secured the award winning Friary Guildford Brass Band. I do hope that as many of you as possible will support this exciting event and I look forward to seeing many of you in November. I am also pleased to report that this year’s Parish Fun Day was a huge success and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who turned up, in such glorious weather, to support the many charities and voluntary organisations who were there. Finally, I hope you enjoy reading this edition of “Ash Matters”, and I hope you find it interesting and informative. If you have any suggestions for the future editions, please contact the Parish Council office.

Councillor Nigel Manning Chairman, Ash Parish Council

Ash Parish Council Website For a wealth of information relating to the Parish Council and the Parish of Ash, including details of all of the Council Events held during the year, visit the council website at www.ashpcsurrey.gov.uk. The Ash Events Calendar on the home page gives details of local events being held by various organisations, including details of all of the Parish Council meetings. If you have an event or you are involved with a local club or society within the Parish area please contact

graham.bidwell@ashpcsurrey.gov.uk with full details to get your event, club or organisation listed on the website.

Ash Parish Council Twitter Account

Ash Parish Council now has its own Twitter Account. If you sign in to Twitter.com and search for @Ashpcsurrey you can read all Council’s tweets or even become a “follower”. The Council will “Tweet” any news relating to the Parish, for example changes to recycling collections, road closures, and Council events or any other information which the Council considers may be useful to residents.

Residents are also welcome to send “Tweets” to the Council, to report for example, faults to street lights, pot holes, fly tipping etc. The account will only be monitored during office hours, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday. Monitoring will NOT take place at weekends or on Bank Holidays.

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Nurturing Independence The halow project is a Guildford based charity committed to supporting young people with a learning disability to give them the same life choices and chances as any other young person. They work with each individual and their family, professionals and other organisations to design and develop services that enable young people to consider and make choices about their lives. They are passionate about people’s rights; they believe that each young person with a learning disability has the right to

be part of, and respected, in their community. Young people with a learning disability should have the right to a life they choose, in ways which best suit them. All of their work is centred around these principles, enabling young people to become citizens.

The inspiration for halow came from Harriet, Amber, Laura, Oliver and William, each having a learning disability. Their parents, all friends, came together at the beginning of 2006 concerned with the prospect of their children’s future and others like them. Passionate that these young people should lead positive and hap-py lives, near their own friends and families in Surrey, the parents established the halow project. Volunteering Their volunteers play a critical role in supporting young people at the various social events and activities halow organise. There is no minimum time commitment so whether you can help once a week, once a month, or three times a year you are still important to them. During 2012 the project undertook trips to watch Guildford Heat Basketball Team. Guildford Storm Netball Team, the 2012 Paralympics, a trip to a local pantomime, and horse riding with the Riding for the Disabled Association. For more information on halow or to find out how you could help, please visit their website www.haloproject.org.uk, Twitter @halowproject or call them on 01483 447960. halow’s Patron is Damon Hill, OBE, who needs no introduction. A former Formula One World Champion, he also champions the rights of people with learning disabilities and is a hard working and committed ambassador for halow. halow is registered charity number 1116773.

Shaftesbury Badminton Club Shaftesbury Badminton Club is a small, friendly and competitive badminton club, playing on 2 courts at the Ash Centre, Ash Hill Road, Ash on club nights from the beginning of September to the end of April from 7:45pm to 9:45pm. They play in the Guildford (Division One Mixed and Ladies 4’s) and Woking (Mixed and Mens) Leagues and also the Aldershot and Camberley (Mens Division 1) League. They play with feather shuttles and are always looking for experienced players and can offer the opportunity to play good quality badminton in all three leagues. For more details please contact Emma Bowles on emma_akiko@yahoo.co.uk.

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Roundup of Local Clubs and Societies

Waverley Training Services—Learning to Live & Learn Are you aged between 16 and 18, and want to learn new skills, then unlock your potential with Waverley

Training Services for a brighter future. They provide flexible training to help you with your individual needs. Earn up to £15.00 per week, free trav-el, breakfast and lunch provided and train for up to 3 days a week; Wednes-day to Friday between 9:30 am and 3:30 pm. Waverley Training Services can offer a wide variety of things to choose from, including Personal Care and Beauty, Bike and House Maintenance,

Learn a craft, Budgeting, Woodworking and many others. Obtain National qualifications and Certifi-cates of Achievement. For further details contact Waverley Training Services on 01252 725872

Ash Floral Club Ash Floral Club are holding a flower demonstration open meeting entitled “Evoking Ambience” by Tracey Griffin, a NAFAS (National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies) national demonstrator, on Friday 18th October at the Normandy Village Hall, Glaziers Lane, Normandy. Doors open 6:30 for 7:30 start. Admission is £10.00 and includes wine and nibbles. There is ample car parking available. For further information please telephone 01483 811161. Ash Floral Club are proposing to run two courses during the autumn; one especially for beginners who wish to learn the basic elements and principles of de-sign and the second to teach more advanced techniques and styles for those who have already completed a be-ginners course.

All sessions will be held at the Victoria Hall, Ash Hill Road, from 10:00 to 12:00 on a Saturday morning. The dates for the beginners course are; 14th September, 28th September, 12th October, 26th October, and 16th November. The dates for the improvers classes are; 5th October, 2nd November, and 30th November, There is also a class for everyone on Christmas Designs to be held on 14th December. For more details of these events or to sign up for one of the courses, please contact Sharron Hornsby on 01252 794378 or e-mail hornsbys@internet.com.

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Primrose Senior Citizens Primrose Senior Citizens meet on a Tuesday afternoon at 2:00pm in the Benson Room, Japonica Court, Shawfield Road, Ash, Surrey for tea, cake and a game (or two) of Bingo. For further details please contact Mrs Betty Pearce on 01252 311303.

Learning in Later Life The Ash U3A (University of the Third Age) is a self-help, self-managed, lifelong learning co-operative for older people no longer in full time work, providing opportunities for their members to share learning experiences in a wide range of interest groups and to pursue learning not for qualifications, but for fun. It is a registered charity and a member of the Third Age Trust, which is the national representative body for U3As. The aims of U3A are;

• To enable and encourage people, who are no longer in full-time employment to help each other share knowledge skills and interests.

• To demonstrate benefits and enjoyment, and discover new horizons.

• To celebrate the capabilities and potential of older people. The Ash U3A has many groups which fall into 8 categories. They meet at various venues, including the Victoria Hall and the Ash Centre. The categories are: Arts - Music Appreciation, Jazz, Photography and Painting. Games - Bridge, Mahjong, Scrabble and Table Tennis. Gardens - Gardening and visits to gardens. History - Family History, Social History, History of Art, and History of Architecture. Literature - Creative Writing, Poetry for Pleasure, and Reading groups. Social - Social Craft, Members on their own, Lunch groups. Walking Other - Science and Technology, Geology and Scottish Country Dancing. In addition to the above activities members meet regularly once a month at St. Peter’s Church Hall where there is a speaker and refreshments.

U3A are holding an enrolment day at The Ash Centre on 3rd September between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. For more information or if you want to join and have fun please visit the website www.ashu3a.org.uk or contact the Membership Secretary Eileen Monds by e-mail; eileenmonds@sky.com or on 01252 337460

Members of the Gardening Club at the Ash Centre

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Guildford Borough Council Planning Regulations Update

Amendments in relation to home extensions We have been advised that with effect from 30th May 2013m there are changes to the Permitted Development Legislation which affect;

• Home Extensions,

• Change of use and other measures. The amendments to home extensions mean that householders can consider building larger, single storey, rear extensions to their dwelling than has previously been permitted. This can now be up to 8 metres for detached dwellings and 6 metres for attached dwellings. For full details of the new regulations with respect to this, and change of use and other measures, can be found on the Guildford Borough Council website www.guildford.gov.uk/planningapplicationformsandfees.

Guildford YMCA - Plantation Café

The Guildford YMCA Plantation Café is a youth venue situated in the centre of Guildford. They provide support, encouragement and advice as and when requested. They provide numerous hands-on projects and offer some practical employment for young people aged 13 to 19. Although based in Guildford they also operate out of the Youth Centre, Ash Hill Road, Ash. At present they have girls and boys groups running every other week. Girls groups run on Wednesdays from 4:30pm until 6:00pm and the Boys

groups run on Mondays also from 4:30pm until 6:00pm. Both these groups meet at the Ash Youth Centre and have trips out every 3rd or 4th session to local places. These trips have included the cinema, archery and meals out. They also have sessions where a professional cartoonist has visited and delivered a workshop and also a short film project has taken place. Both of these groups are FREE, the only requirement is that a consent form from a parent of guardian is completed. They can run a short living skills course, over 6 weeks for 2 hours a week if enough young people are interested in taking part. They do currently run these sessions at Ash Manor School as an afterschool group. Their youth workers do outreach weekly in Ash, also engaging with the young people who are out and about in the local area. For more information please contact Youth Projects Worker Hannah Nicholson on 0788 7802679 or e-mail hnicholson@guildfordymca.org.uk .

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Snaky Lane Volunteers Welcome some “New Wildlife”

The Snaky Lane Wildlife Reserve in Stratford Road, Ash Vale has recently welcomed some new wildlife species. Members of the wildlife group were on hand to help install a fabulous new sculpture that features carved images of many of the plants and animals that can be found on the site. Nick Speakman, the designer and carver from 3D Wood, worked closely with the Snaky Lane volunteers to create this impressive feature. This amazing and unique piece of sculpture has been carved out of a single stem of sustainable harvested cedar and commands a prominent position in the nature reserve. The owl at the pinnacle keeps a close watch over the pond, while the fox “disappears” at the base. The sculpture was funded with help from Surrey County Council’s Member Allocation Fund and will not only serve as a focal point but will also have an im-portant community use. Keith Boulnois,

chairman of the Snaky Lane Community wildlife Group, explains; “This superb piece of artwork will be used as a community commemorative sculpture where local residents and friends of Snaky Lane can mark the passing of loved ones by attaching personalised plaques to the pole. Our committee will authorize the plaques on an individual case by case basis and we will arrange for the engraving and installa-tion in return for a donation towards the upkeep of the re-serve. We are delighted with the outcome and are grateful to Councillor Marsha Moseley for her generous support, not only for this project but also for her support with Snaky Lane general-ly.”

Members of the Snaky Lane Community Wildlife Group with Cllr Marsha Moseley (3rd left) and Nick Speakman (3rd right) with the new sculpture.

The fantastically carved owl at the top of the sculpture is one of many sculptures

incorporated into the work Snaky Lane Wildlife Area, Stratford Road, Ash Vale

Neighbourhood Panel Meetings

The next Police Neighbourhood Panel meetings for: Ash Wharf will take place at the Ash Centre, Ash Hill Road, Ash Ash South & Tongham will take place at St. Pauls Church of England School, Eastside, Tongham. Ash Vale will take place at St. Mary’s Church, Vale Road, Ash Vale For up to date information and dates please visit: http://www.surrey.police.uk/my-neighbourhood

Dates for your Diary Ash Museum Quiz Evening Saturday 12th October 2013 Remembrance Day Parade and Service Sunday 10th November 2013 Friary Brass Band Concert Saturday 16th November 2013

Ash Parish Council Contact Details Mrs Carole Olive Clerk to Ash Parish Council Ash Centre, Ash Hill Road, Ash, Surrey. GU12 5DP Telephone: 01252 328287 Fax: 01252 319338 E-mail: office@ashpcsurrey.gov.uk Website: www.ashpcsurrey.gov.uk Twitter: @ashpcsurrey

Recycling Sites

Recycling in Ash Parish is handled by Guildford Borough Council. There is an extensive section on recycling on the following webpage: http://www.guildford.gov.uk/guildfordweb/environment/recycling. Community Recycling sites in Ash and Ash Vale are located at: Ash Football Club Green, Brown and Clear Glass. Shawfield Road

Carrington Recreation Ground Green, Brown, Clear Glass, Newspapers, Lysons Avenue Magazines, Cans, Plastic Bottles, Textiles, Shoes.

Coronation Gardens Green, Brown, Clear Glass, Newspapers, Magazines, Cans, Plastic Ash Hill Road Bottles, Cardboard, Books, Textiles and Shoes, Liquid Food and Drink Cartons.

If you would like to place an article or advertisement about a community event in a future issue of this newsletter or website, please contact The

Parish Office by telephone on: 01252 328287 or e-mail office@ashpcsurrey.gov.uk

Ash Parish Councillors Telephone No. E-mail Ward Cllr Mrs Ann Graham (01252) 329670 anngraham001@live.co.uk (Ash South Ward) Cllr Mrs Jo Randall (01252) 344929 jo_randall@yahoo.co.uk (Ash South Ward) Cllr Douglas Richards (01252) 328287 office@ashpcsurrey.gov.uk (Ash South Ward) Cllr Paul Spooner (01252) 338585 paul.spooner@guildford.gov.uk (Ash South Ward) Cllr Laurence Armes (01252) 662956 laurence.armes@ntlworld.com (Ash Vale Ward) Cllr Nigel Manning (01252) 665999 nigel.manning@guildford.gov.uk (Ash Vale Ward) Cllr Mrs Marsha Moseley (01252) 665999 marsha.moseley@guildford.gov.uk (Ash Vale Ward) Cllr Mrs Annie Norgrove (01252) 312885 norgroves@yahoo.co.uk (Ash Vale Ward) Cllr Bob Bonilla (01252) 345212 bonilla.ashparish@gmail.com (Ash Wharf Ward) Cllr Bill Cole (01252) 664675 bill_cole@tinyworld.co.uk (Ash Wharf Ward) Cllr Mrs Jayne Hewlett (01252) 345212 jayne.hewlett@guildford.gov.uk (Ash Wharf Ward) Cllr Mrs Pat Scott (01252) 324941 scott.lpd@btinternet.com (Ash Wharf Ward)

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Contact Numbers

999 or 112 - For all emergencies

101 - Report a non emergency crime to Surrey Police

Community Safety Wardens 07901 513652 - CSW Jo Packman

07769 642053 - CSW Lesley Telford