Slaley, Northumberland

Sealey Parish Council July 2010 minutes

Members of the public attended a special meeting to hear NCC's Countryside Support Team Manager and members of the Trail Riders Fellowship answer concerns about four unsurfaced 'U' roads in the parish being designated as BOATs. See pages 616 - 618.

Slaley Parish Council June 2010 Minutes

The Parish Council looks into the Housing Developers Funds for Sport & Play at Slaley, see agenda item 4c.

Slaley Parish Council May 2010 Meeting

The Speeding Review comes to a close for the time being, see agenda item 4a.

April 2010 minutes of Slaley Parish Council

The Councillors continue to try and find a solution to speeding in the village. Read more under agenda item 4a.

The Community Trust AGM

Slaley Community Trust had a successful sixth AGM on Wednesday, April 21st 2010. Nearly twenty members came along on the night, and after refreshments heard of the Trust's progress in the past year.

Sales of the reprint of Miss Mason’s “Miscellany” under the title “Slaley, Then and Now” have boosted the Trust’s finances, and will enable it to offer more support to other parish groups. The book was on sale for the first time at the 150th Slaley Show (which the Trust supported in other ways as well). Since then sales have continued through the village shop, bookshops in Hexham and Corbridge, and directly from the Trust. Sales of the book exceeded our expectation, and only a hundred copies are left in stock.

The Trust is now sponsoring a Junior Leek Club prize, with £10 and a cup for the best single leek from the under-16s. The Parish Newsletter continues as a monthly publication, thanks to Carolyn Brooks and Joan Galley, and to the team of volunteers who distribute the newsletters to every household in the parish. We hope that this effort is appreciated by its recipients, if only to remind people of all that is going on in Slaley. We would again like to thank Northumbria Water Ltd. for their assistance with printing. However we have not produced another edition of the Parish Reports booklet, and it is uncertain if this will continue as an annual or occasional publication.

The meeting then elected a new committee. Our secretary (Catherine Lincoln) and treasurer (Margaret Weatherley) are continuing, but the Trust now has a new chairman. He is Norman Watson, who has recently moved to Slaley, and is keen to be involved with local activities.

Other members of the new committee are:   Carolyn Brooks, Andrew Coney, Reg Corbidge, Michael Darrington, Michael Elphick, Jackie Green and Stewart Murrell.

The Community Trust AGM: Wednesday April 21st!

Slaley Community Trust will be holding their AGM in the Commemoration Hall on Wednesday, April 21st 2010. As last year, we will start at 7 pm with drinks and nibbles, time for discussion and finally a very short AGM. All our members will be notified, but anyone living in the parish of Slaley can become a member (no subscription!), or just come along on the night.

The current chairman, Michael Elphick, is standing down, and more volunteers are needed to ensure that the Trust can carry on its work. We would particularly like to involve younger people, and anyone willing to help can count on the support of existing members.

Please help us to keep going! Annual General Meetings may sound boring, but have to be held to ensure that an organisation like this satisfies the requirements of its constitution.

So come along on the 21st, tell us how we might help you or your group, and see if you could help us.

Michael Elphick (Chairman, 673443), Catherine Lincoln (Secretary, 676855)