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CELEBRATING LOCAL VOLUNTEERS

18th May 2010

Local councillors and the Wilford Neighbourhood Management Team will e hosting a presentation evening in July to celebrate the excellent work undertaken by local residents in the Clifton and Wilford area. They would like local residents to nominate anyone who they feel should be recognised for their efforts making the area we live in a better place.

Click here for full details and a nomination form.

WILFORD CRIME UPDATE

17th May 2010

At tonight's Community Group meeting PC Nigel Brown reported that there has been an increase in crime (particularly burglaries) in Wilford in the past seven to ten days (you may have noticed an increase in police patrols recently).

(Report in the Nottingham Evening Post, Friday 21st May 2010)
The main trend is that break-ins have been to get hold of car keys to steal an attractive vehicle that is on the drive. While they are in the property they take the opportunity to steal small but high-value items such as laptops.

PC Brown reassured the meeting that Nottinghamshire Police are currently targeting Wilford in an attempt to solve and prevent these crimes - three individuals have already been arrested and night patrols are to be stepped up. The advice from PC Brown is as follows:

	do not leave car keys on view, especially from outside your house (e.g. do not leave them where they can be seen by looking through a letter box) and conceal them within the house where they cannot be found even if a break-in does take place.
	conceal any small but valuable items.
	if you spot ANY suspicious activity, call the police. PC Brown said that they would prefer to be called out to false alarm than to a break-in.
	now that the weather is warming up, make extra checks that all windows and doors are shut, even if you are at home - remember that you cannot watch every window and door.
	if you do some gardening, remember to put your tools away at night - spades make very good tools for prising open doors and windows.

PC Brown did, however, say that the crime rate in Wilford is still low compared to most other areas of the city, but we should not let our guard down.

NEW FREE ADVICE CENTRE FOR WILFORD

7th April 2010

NOTE CHANGE OF TIME

Nottingham City Council's ONMAP (One Nottingham Money Advice Project) will be offering free confidential advice and help on matters such as tax/pension credits, debt, housing, council tax, DLA/AA and other welfare benefits. The centre will be open every Wednesday between 12:00pm and 3:00pm at Wilford Bowls Club.

Phone 0115 940 5551 between 10:00am and 1:00pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday and ask for an appointment at Wilford Bowls Club.

NEW STREET DANCE CLASSES

3rd April 2010

Street Dance classes for all ages start on Tuesday 13th April 2010 and Thursday 15th April 2010 at Silverdale Community Centre.

Tuesdays - 5:15pm to 6:00pm - 5 to 7 years

Tuesdays - 6:00pm to 6:45pm - 8 to 12 years

Thursdays - 4:30pm to 5:15 pm - 2 to 4 years

Thursdays - 5:15pm to 6:00 pm - 13+ years

For further information, email Emma Heath at emmaheath.dance@googlemail.com

WILFORD AND SILVERDALE CRIME STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER 2009 TO FEBRUARY 2010 PUBLISHED

29th March 2010

Crime figures for December, January and February are now available on this website. Click here for details.

LATEST LIBRARY NEWS

27th March 2010

The campaign to save Wilford library continues with more mentions in the press, a newsletter campaign and a visit to a volunteer-run library in Hackney, London.

Click here to more details on all of the above, here for the latest article in the Nottingham Evening Post and here to download the latest Community Group newsletter that contains a form for you to send to the City Council.

Go the the Library Closure News page for more details and the latest news about the library.

LINK CASH WITHDRAWALS AT THE CO-OP

26th March 2010

If you have been having problems using LINK cards at the cash machine at the Co-op, we have been informed by a resident that the problem (in existence since December, it seems) has now been resolved.

"KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOUR" PICNIC

21st March 2010

Did you know that:

	Less than 30% of the population that lives in urban areas knows the first names of at least one of their neighbours?
	Even fewer people know their neighbours' full names?
	More than 25% of the country's population have not even made conversation with their neighbours?

Nottingham Emmanuel School's Community Action Group is organising a community picnic to be held at Iremongers Pond between 12:00 and 3:00pm on Sunday 25th April 2010. Click here for full details.

LATEST LIBRARY NEWS

21st March 2010

Members of the Wilford Library Action Group met again with the City Council this week. Unfortunately, no Councillors were present so the meeting took place with only officers of the Council, who took a "we are only following orders" approach to the meeting. Click here for details.

An article has been written by the Chair of the Action Group and has been sent to the Nottingham Evening Post and Neighbourhood News, so watch out for it when those publications drop through your door. In addition, a newsletter is to be distributed to Wilford and Silverdale addresses with a protest form to be sent to Councillor David Trimble. The newsletter will also be published here for you to download.

Go the the Library Closure News page for more details and the latest news about the library.

POLICE ISSUE E-FIT OF WILFORD PETROL STATION ROBBERY SUSPECT

12th March 2010

An e-fit has been released of a member of a gang who posed as police to raid the Silverdale Service Station on Clifton Lane at 10pm on March 6. Click here to see the full story in the Nottingham Evening Post and to see the e-fit.

Anyone with information should call 0300 300 9999 and ask for the Meadows CID.

LOCAL SCHOOL TAKES PART IN BBC'S SCHOOL REPORT PROJECT

10th March 2010

The Nottingham Emmanuel School has produced and broadcast a live news bulletin as part of the BBC's School Report project. Click here and here to see pictures of the day.

LATEST LIBRARY NEWS

21st February 2010

	Library Service presents Community Group with its three options for the library - with costs
	Residents' meeting confirms campaign to save the library must go on.
	Action group set up.
	Campaign in the Nottingham Evening News

Go the the Library Closure News page for more details and the latest news about the library.

LATEST LIBRARY NEWS

13th February 2010

	Petition with over 800 signatures presented to Nottingham City Council meeting.
	Library Usage figures published.
	Wilford Community Group meets with Alan Simpson MP.
	Alan Simpson to write to the City Council with suggestions how to save the library.
	Is the decision to close the library simply an extension of government policy?

Go the the Library Closure News page for more details and the latest news about the library.

WILFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE REOPENS

12th February 2010

After an eighteen-month closure and £1.9 million, Wilford Suspension Bridge has finally reopened. Click here for the story from the Nottingham Evening Post.

M1 SPEED LIMIT CONSULTATION

5th February 2010

PLANS to introduce variable speed limits and permanent speed cameras on the M1 in Nottinghamshire have been announced. A 12-week consultation is now under way on proposed changes to the section of the M1 currently being widened between junctions 25 and 28. A new system would use sensors in the road surface to detect the speed, volume and flow of traffic. The consultation ends on 29th April 2010 and the consultation documentation can be found by clicking here.

SUCCESS! LIBRARY REPRIEVED - FOR SIX MONTHS

5th February 2010

	Wilford Community Group meets with City Council and Library Service.
	Wilford Library will NOT close on 31st March....
	....but, pressure to be maintained. Petition (748 signatures) to go to City Council on Monday. 108 members of "Save Wilford Library" group on Facebook (have you joined yet?).
	Latest media coverage.
	Alan Simpson requests a meeting with Community Group.
	Freedom of Information requests.
	Important residents' meeting on Monday 15th February to discuss next steps.

Go the the Library Closure News page for more details and the latest news about the library.

LATEST LIBRARY NEWS

29th January 2010

	Community Group on BBC Radio Nottingham again
	Email from Councillor Trimble causes more confusion than clarity
	Council library consultation branded "a joke" by City Councillor
	Alan Simpson MP writes to Nottingham City Council
	Petition to be signed and presented to the City Council. Download your copy of the petition here (PDF) or here (MS Word), collect signatures from friends and neighbours and send to David Boulton, 6 Vernon Avenue, Wilford, NG11 7AE by Sunday 7th February 2010 - every signature counts!
	Other options for the site

Go the the Library Closure News page for more details and the latest news about the library.

DECISION TO CLOSE WILFORD LIBRARY WAS MADE TWO YEARS AGO - BUT NO-ONE TOLD WILFORD!

21st January 2010

At a meeting between Wilford Community Group and Councillor David Trimble, it emerged that the decision to close Wilford Library was made two years ago and despite correspondence between WCG and Councillor Trimble in the intervening period about improving the library, not once did the Councillor indicate that he had decided to close it. The full notes from this meeting (including potential options for the future) can be found on a new page on this website (click here or the new link on the left of the homepage) which will be updated as and when new information is available.

(Did you know that each edition of the Nottingham Arrow costs £38,000 to produce and distribute? The ANNUAL running cost of Wilford Library is ...... £38,000)

A PUBLIC MEETING is to be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday 26th January 2010 at Wilford Social Club to discuss the options - all local residents are encouraged to attend.

LIBRARY LATEST - COMMUNITY GROUP IN THE LOCAL MEDIA

15th January 2010

Some Wilford Community Group committee members were interviewed yesterday by BBC Radio Nottingham about the library.

There is also an article in today's Nottingham Evening Post putting a slightly different spin in the story.

WILFORD LIBRARY TO CLOSE

6th January 2010

Wilford Community Group has been informed by a local Councillor that Wilford Library is one of five that will be closed in the near future. If you are as unhappy with this decision as we are please come to the next Community Group Meeting at the Bowls and Social Club on Main Road, Wilford, on Monday 18 January 2010 at 7.30pm where you can add your opinion/ideas to our discussion. The library is yet another valued local service that is about to be removed. We can’t let it go without considering ways of trying to save it.

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