You probably won't be aware in our District about 'Clean Air Day' on the 21st June. Our council has been reluctant to promote it and despite me questioning them on their plans I've still not received a response. For years in our district (particularly Rayleigh) we have had illegal levels of air pollution. With little action by the Council to try to reduce it. We continue to suffer this invisible killer. If you, like me, want to take matters into your own hands here are
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Flooding – is this old news? I don’t think so! The flooding we saw in Rayleigh, was something that really hit the community hard, especially in the Sweyne Park & Grange ward. Besides the council leaders helpful response “Sandbags are what you need” we’ve had the incarnation of the Flood Forum. I’ve yet to get
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I’ve recently been speaking with other Town and Parish Councillors around the country about section 106 (s106) payments from developers to “develop facilities to support the additional residents living in the community” where they have had additional housing built. What strikes me as odd is that there has never been any mention of this at
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This week whilst working I came across this innovative idea from Basildon Council. A youth market for aspiring entrepreneurs for people aged 13 to 25. What an awesome idea to find our next generation of shop keepers and small business owners. It’s a really exciting idea that this could give the younger generation a platform
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