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Christmas in Middlewich

A Virtual Light Switch On with beautiful illuminations throughout the Town Centre accompanied by fantastic festive family fun in the form of the Fairy Trail.

Get the postcard from your school and head down to the Town Centre to search for the Fairy Tales in the shop windows! Let us know your favourite windows  and how many Fairy Tales you find can find and be entered into a draw to win some superb prizes!

If you don’t have a postcard you can print a copy here Fairy Trail Postcard   – don’t forget the Fairy Trail competition runs from 1st December to 5pm on 21st December. The winners will be announced the following day!

Middlewich Residents are being encouraged to tell their Town Councillors what they want to see the Town Council precept spent on in 21/22.

The Town Council is holding a Public Budget Meeting via Zoom video conferencing at 7.15pm on Monday 30^th November and they want you to submit your questions and comments about the draft budget which can be found here  – Draft Budget 21/22

Councillors want to avoid a precept increase, as they are conscious of the huge financial impact Covid 19 has had on so many Middlewich families, and so are considering;

• cutting Events that might be at risk due to Covid 19, including the Folk and Boat Festival (although Remembrance Sunday and Christmas would remain),
• reducing next year’s Christmas Lights budget;
• cutting some of the spending on the hanging baskets and floral planters around the Town;
• still taking an asset transfer of the Southway and Leadsmithy Street toilets from Cheshire East Council but not repairing and reopening them until financial year 2022/23;
• not continuing with the Neighbourhood Plan at this time, and
• reducing repair and maintenance works on Victoria Hall and Buildings

To help the Councillors in the tough task of ‘balancing the books’, they want to know what is important to the Town’s tax payers and what spending they think needs prioritising.

To make your views heard, email: admin@middlewich.org.uk with any questions or comments you have about the Budget by 10am on Monday 23^rd November, which will then be discussed and considered at a public meeting at 7.15pm on Monday 30^th November.

Details of how to join the meeting will be within the meeting Agenda published next week on the Council website and Facebook page.

 

 

Remembrance Sunday

 

Act of Remembrance  – 8th November 2020

Cllr Mike Hunter, Chairman of the Town Council represented the Council and the Town alongside senior members of the Middlewich Branch of the Royal British legion and took part in a short service and wreath laying ceremony this morning.

Sadly, members of the public were asked not to congregate at the Cenotaph this year due to the national Lockdown and risk of Covid 19 pandemic. A number of  local groups will lay wreathes in a social distanced manner through the afternoon

Instead you can watch the short service by clicking on the link below:

“At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them”

 

Middlewich Town Council Air Quality Group

Are you worried about the air quality in Middlewich? We are looking for residents to join the Town Council Air Quality Group. For further details, please contact the Deputy Clerk on deputyclerk@middlewich.org.uk.

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Governance and Accountability Return 19/20

The Council’s AGAR Return and the Public Rights Notice explaining when and how electors of the Town can view records relating to the 19/20 accounts are now available on our Finance page. Click here to view the documents.

The South Cheshire Market Town Trail 2020 – now available as a download!

The Town Partnerships Forum is a partnership of Cheshire towns. The Forum was established to enable each member town to share good practice, provide information about what they are working on and explore projects which can be created in partnership for the benefit of residents and visitors to the Cheshire area. The not-for-profit group Middlewich Vision is a member of the Forum.

In 2019, the Forum members agreed to create an up-to-date new walking map which would cover the towns of Middlewich, Holmes Chapel, Sandbach, Congleton and Alsager. The map has been developed over a 12 month period and has been created in partnership with walking groups and volunteers. For the Middlewich section, huge thanks must go to local resident and volunteer Mike Walton who worked many hours to ensure the Middlewich route is accessible and interesting.

The walks can be achieved individually or if you are up to the challenge you can cover the full 40 miles across all five towns. The walking maps are free and can be found in local libraries, town council buildings and other public places (subject to any access restrictions in place)

During the current Covid-19 circumstances, we have had many requests for an online version and we are pleased to announce that the map is now available as a download. This has been made entirely possible thanks to the hard work of Peter Whiers from the Holmes Chapel Partnership. Peter has produced the entire map in a high res version to enable many more people to access the content. The map can now be downloaded in sections, as a whole or viewed on a smartphone.

Just go to https://www.hcpartnership.org.uk/south-cheshire-market-towns-trail-m

The South Cheshire Trail Map is an excellent example of how our partnerships work together to create projects that can be enjoyed by many people. The project itself was funded by the Cheshire East Council New Homes Bonus Scheme and a £500 contribution from each of the participating town partnerships.

 

 

 

Online Council Meetings start from 18th May

Council meetings will resume using the Zoom video conferencing platform on Monday 18th May 2020 with the Full Council meeting starting at 7.15pm.

There will be two ways to join in with the meeting as a member of public;

1. If you wish to ask a question in the public participation section of the meeting you can join the video conference using the details that will be contained on the meeting agenda. This agenda will be posted on our meetings page www.middlewich.org.uk at least three clear days before the meeting. You will be muted throughout the meeting other than in the public speaking section.

CWP Mental Health Crisis Line

We know that many people struggle with mental Heath; Stress, Anxiety and Depression.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP), has launched a new mental health helpline for residents of Cheshire West, Cheshire East and Wirral.

Open 24 hours a day, seven-days a week, it is open to people of all ages including children and young people who need urgent mental health support, being available to support local people during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid 19 Response

To find out what the Council is doing to help Middlewich Residents through the current pandemic, as well as sources of information and advice,  please visit our dedicated page here 

Middlewich Beat Meetings for 2020

 

Current Consultations

Cheshire East Council SADPD

 

 

 

Middlewich

Situated in the centre of Cheshire, Middlewich is twinned with Holywell, Wales and has a Charter of Friendship with Venables, France”. We have good communications based upon the M6 motorway, which is only two and a half miles from the centre of the town, making Middlewich a great place to:

 

• Work

• Live

• Visit