STELLING MINNIS & UPPER HARDRES PARISH COUNCILS
JOINT SPORTS FACILITY
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At the end of 2008 the two Parishes agreed to work together to take forward the
results of the two parish surveys done and focus on building some sporting &
leisure facilities on land behind the Bossingham
Village Hall bequeathed to the UHPC some years ago.
As such a sub-committee, which I chair, was formed representing both of the
Parishes with a remit to get opinions on what people would like to see built and
provided and then cost, fund raise and implement.
30th March 2010
Many thanks to all who participated and supported our Hall2Hall run on Sunday
21st March in support of the national Sports Relief day. We raised over £210 on
the day which will be split evenly between Sports Relief and the fund for the
Joint Sports & Leisure facilities at Bossingham Village Hall. Some pictures and
a short write up are also on the website www.sportsforus.co.uk We now have funds
& pledges of over £16,000, a very good start for the year. We also received
responses from over 200 people across all age sectors on our questionnaire and
we are currently collating and analyzing the results and feedback. The detail
from many people has been fantastic (including some wonderful drawings) and
shows that a real passion exists evenly across the two parishes. Several people
also indicated they would like to help us as the project goes forward – many
thanks and rest assured I will be in touch shortly! Although we have
“officially” passed the deadline for return of the forms if you haven’t
completed it then we would still be delighted to receive your views back. The
results of your comments including a provisional “top 5” suggestions list will
be published and circulated shortly.
On behalf of the committee I would like to thank the continued support by our
KCC Councilors, the two parish councils and a special thanks to Clare Hamilton
and Sarah Warren who did a lot of work behind the scenes for the Hall2Hall run.
Clare has also agreed to accept the lead on fund raising in the community so we
hope to be presenting a range of ideas and initiatives for this spring / summer
for you to get involved in – I am sure she would be delighted to hear from you
on any suggestions for this area. Also Pippa Barber, who is leaving the parish
area, for her input to the committee over the past year or so and representing
Stelling Minnis PC, we look forward to her replacement. Finally a big thanks to
Tony, Paul and the boys and girls down at Mercedes Benz Ashford who generously
allowed me to borrow a shiny new red Mercedes to lead the Hall2Hall run. Despite
rumours of the chairman not being able to run himself (hence driving the car) my
wife Annie will testify that I did my own mile run the Sunday after!
www.sportsforus.co.uk email:
team@sportsforus.co.uk
e-mail Simon Reed or telephone 01227 700757
Chairman Simon Reed
Stelling Minnis representatives:
Jeremy Speakman
Claire Hamilton
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