The Partnership office is a Disabled Friendly space

The Voice

May

2011

(A bi-monthly newsletter)

Incorporating:

Penwerris TRA,

Old Hill Community

Association,

Lab Close TRA,

Acacia Oakfield &

Trescobeas TRA,

Lambs Lane & Ashfield

Members Association

Kerbside Recycling for 2011

May

Recycling of paper, cans, cardboard, textiles and bottles.

11th, 25th

Garden waste. 4th, 18th

June

Recycling of paper, cans, cardboard, textiles and bottles.

8th, 22nd Garden waste. 1st, 15th, 29th

Trescobeas Area on Thursdays

May

Recycling of paper, cans, cardboard, textiles and bottles.

12th, 26th

Garden waste. 5th, 19th

June

Recycling of paper, cans, cardboard, textiles and bottles.

9th, 23rd

Garden waste. 2nd, 16th, 30th

Useful Information

Beacon Resource Office 01326 212784 Area Housing Officer 0800 1385552 Repairs 0800 1385552 Beacon Care Centre 01326 436630 Carrick Tenant Participation 0800 1385552

Meeting Details

Beacon Regeneration Partnership Third Tuesday of the month at 7.00pm

At the Falmouth Primary School Penwerris Tenants and Residents Association

Second Tuesday of the month at 6.30 pm Old Hill Community Association

First Tuesday of the month 6.30 pm MEETINGS HELD AT THE RESOURCE OFFICE

Hi Folks,

This is the first edition of the voice which is mainly

on line. We have received a few requests for paper

copies and these will be delivered. If you have any

comment on the new version call us on 01326

212784 or use the facebook page to leave your com-

ments.

Penwerris Tenants have started their mini bus trip

with funding from the Cornwall Foundation. The

trip will be on Saturday and Sunday, the first

week-end of the month. At a cost of only £3 per trip.

Contact the office to book your seat or for more in-

formation.

We are now planning our fun day for this year, it

will be on Sunday 10th July at the Dracaena

Playing Fields. If you would like to help run this

event you would be most welcome.

The Editor

EDITORIAL

MARTIN JOSE

All aspects of Building

Work

& Property Maintenance

Tel 07870 186915

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Katie, Hannah & Harry the children of Mrs Michaela Julian of Oakfield Road, would like to wish their mum a very, very happy birthday on the 3rd June.

Pretty as a peacock mum love you loads xxx

LOOKING GOOD AT

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RODEO BULL

DOG SHOW

BAR BE QUE

MEAT RAFFLE

COMMUNITY FUN DAY

SUNDAY 10TH JULY

DRACAENA PLAYING FIELDS.

11:00AM UNTIL 4:00PM

5 A SIDE FOOTBALL

AGES:

7 TO 11 YEARS

12 TO 16 YEARS

TO BOOK YOUR TEAM

CONTACT

BEACON RESOURCE

OFFICE

GRENVILLE ROAD

01326 212784

LOADS FOR ALL THE FAMILY.

SPIDER LADY

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CORNISH PIRATES.

Congratulations to Lewis Richards,

on completing an 8 week trial with

the Cornish Pirates. We are all very

proud of you Lewis, keep up the

great team effort and you will

soon be playing for

England.

CORNIS

H PI-

RATES

Laburnum Close News We recently held our Spring Bazaar. We managed to raise enough

money to pay for a coach for our first trip of the year. We are taking

residents to the Eden Project at the beginning of May.

We have started our indoor short mat carpet bowls again. Our next

afternoon will be Thursday 19th May from 2pm till 4pm. It will be

held every other Thursday. Each afternoon is £2. This includes tea

and biscuits. Anyone is welcome to come along. We don't take it

too seriously and we have a good afternoon. If you would like to

join us, come along to Laburnum Church Hall, Laburnum Drive.

We would love to see some new faces attending.

Core Activities at the Dracaena Centre ring 01326 319414

Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays/

weekends

Basketball Junior

Dracaena

Fireflies 4.15 – 5.30

pm

Football Falmouth Athletic

FC under 15’s

training

5.00-6.00pm

Circuit Training LUNCHTIME

SPECIAL! 12.30 – 1.15pm For adults aged 16

and over

Keep Fit 10.00 –11.00

am Adult Ladies

Saturdays

Table Tennis

10.00-12.00pm

Juniors and

adults

Aerobics

6.30-7.30pm

All adults

over 18

Cheerleading &

Street Dance 5.00–7.00 pm Young people

aged 11-16

Karate 5.00 pm Juniors 6.00 pm Families 7.00 pm Adults

Tae Kwon

Do 6.30 – 9.00

pm Juniors and

adults

Sundays

Roller Derby

6.00 – 7.00 pm

For ladies aged

18 and over

Tae Kwon

Do 6.30–9.00

pm Juniors and

adults

Football Falmouth Athletic

FC senior training

6.00-8.00pm

Over 16’s

Basketball Senior Dracaena

Fireflies 8.00 – 9.30 pm

Adults 18 and

over

5 A Side

Football

5.30-6.30pm

Adults 18

and over

Yoga 7.45-9.15pm Adults aged

18 and over

We are now able to sign people up to a Cornish Community Banking Current account, Young Saver account (birth to 16years), Arrange meetings with a loans officer, as well as receive savings for a Saving Account.

Any questions or more information about how Cornish Community Banking works please call into the office.

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‘Have Your Say...’ Update Penwerris Neighbourhood Team has met with local councillors to discuss pos-sible solutions for the priorities of ‘Speeding’, ‘Parking’ and ‘Dog’s Mess’. Speeding – We will look to engage with the Falmouth Primary to conduct more ‘School Speed Watch’ sessions to educate drivers in the dangers of exceeding the speed limit. Parking – There is very little that can be done about parking in the area due to the nature of the roads and volume of vehicles on the road however we hope that work done previously to kerb dangerous parking habits may soon be implemented which should assist greatly in achieving something towards this priority. Dog’s Mess – We have decided that an attempt to educate dog walkers by way of increased signage and awareness may help to alleviate the issue. If this doesn’t work, we will look into enforcement. Operations are also being planned for our worst affected areas. Falmouth Police Facebook site

Falmouth Police have launched their own Facebook page. The page is de-signed to not only give information about the activities of your local Police service but to also give users visiting the page the chance to join in with dis-cussions and debates. Other items of note to be posted on the page will in-clude:

Good News Stories

Witness Appeals

Project updates/ announcements

You can also find us ‘Tweeting’ on Twitter as ‘Falmouth Police’!

If you would like to get regular updates from us, simply search for ‘Falmouth Police’ on Facebook (don’t forget to ‘like’ us) or through any internet search engine.

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Please do not report crimes or incidents which require an immediate

response, the site is not monitored every day and could lead to undue delays in the service you require.

Changes

Insp. Lyn Gooding has now been moved from Falmouth and Insp. Mark Richards

has become her replacement. Insp. Richards will cover both Falmouth and Truro policing sectors.

Street Reps

The Neighbourhood Watch extension, ‘Street Reps’, is now being extended into

the Boslowick and Trescobeas wards of Falmouth. The decision to do so was made after a large amount of interest was shown by former NHW co-ordinators.

The Street Reps scheme empowers residents to deal with minor issues in their

locality. Anyone interested in joining the Street Reps, please feel free to contact us for further details.

Regards,

PC Mat Cummins

PCSO Scott Laity

PCSO Jan Kingston

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8TH MAY

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17TH JUNE

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LOVE FROM THE

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Hi folks,

Hope everyone is out and about enjoying the weather, hopefully this is not our

summer come early again.

Just to update you on our last report, The Falmouth Town Council have been

successful in obtaining the grant they applied for from Sita. This was for

£25.000 for phase three, the children’s play area on the park. As yet we have

not heard from them when the work will start. Hopefully it will be quite soon.

The L.L.A.M.A. Events committee are busy organising two events .

The first one will be a cream tea afternoon weather permitting. It will be on

May Day Bank Holiday. This will be at Hayman way.

The second will be our Annual Fun Day again weather permitting. Hopefully

we will put on the B.M.X. Trial again as this proved popular with 45 entries

last year. Let’s see if we can get a few more this year.

We will of course keep you informed on time and dates.

We sadly have had a spate of cars being damaged around Trecarne and

Kerensa Green, two cars have had panels kicked in and one had their wing

mirror pulled off, this is upsetting for the owners of these vehicles as the

panels that were kicked have been left with considerable damage.

So if you are not able to put your cars in your garage try and keep a check on

them as often as possible.

The second thing is there is a small minority who for some reason do not pick

up after their dogs, I don’t know if you are aware that this was one of the pri-

orities that was voted on for the police to act on when they had the forms back

from the Have Your Say.

Sadly one of our committee members who does pick up after their dog has

had an anonymous letter sent, The tone of the letter was as foul as the

dog’s mess that is left behind for children and adults to walk in.

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Dracaena Community Café

Don't go all that way to town! Come and enjoy Tea,

Coffee, Cakes and a chat at the Community Café in the Dracaena Centre or, sample

our menu.

Sizzling sausages, crispy bacon, fresh eggs and the rest.

Cooked to order at amazing prices.

All day Breakfast, plus Tea and Toast only £2.00

If you would like to volunteer for a couple of hours on a Wednesday morning now

and again, call the Dracaena Centre for more info.

No experience necessary.

Dracaena Community Café

Wednesday Mornings 10am - 1pm

Dracaena Centre, Dracaena Avenue.

Will be at the Beacon Resource Office to give free

computer advice, repairs, upgrades for all computers

and laptops at low costs.

This will be the first Friday of every month

no appointment is needed just bring your computer

or laptop with you.

Starting 13th May 2011 from 7pm to 9pm in the

Resource Office, Grenville Road.

Unless it is a screen problem, you don't need to

bring one as we have some here we can use.

Labour is charged at £10 a time plus parts needed.

This is quoted before work is started.

Fully qualified computer technicians, any questions

answered.

To find out more information on what can be

offered please ring the office.

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Dear Parishioner We recently came across an elderly lady living in our parish who was not aware that there was a local C of E Parish Church in Penwerris. Some kind neighbours who worship in another church in Penryn contacted me and arranged to bring her to St Michael & All Angels’ Church, Penwerris one Sunday and she has been with us ever since! This incident served to remind me that we still need to get the word out into the community about our Sunday services at Penwerris and our mid-week service at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Laburnum Hall. We meet every Sunday @ 10.00 at Penwerris Church for our Parish Mass/Eucharist and every Wednesday @ 10.00 am at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Many people do not realise that a church service also takes place at the Laburnum Hall site every Wednesday. We have built up a growing, regular congregation on Wednesday and about half of those who worship with us on Sundays also come to our mid-week service as well. There must be number of confirmed members of the Church of England who live in our parish who no longer attend worship, a warm welcome awaits you at either of our Churches! If you are Baptised/Christened but have never been Confirmed, but are interested in becoming a communicant member of the Church, there will be Confirmation Group meeting in the Summer. Please contact Fr Mark for more information about this or any other matter connected with the Church [01326 218947] If we are able to start work on the restoration of Penwerris Church this Summer or Autumn, the Church will be temporarily closed for five months while the work is taking place. In which case, Sunday services will also be held at our Mission Church of the Holy Spirit. Fr Mark Mesley, Parish Priest, Penwerris

Old Hill Community Association

We hope you all had a happy and peaceful Easter. Summer

is on the way so we will all be able to get out in the garden

and enjoy some sunshine, hopefully.

We will be arranging a general meeting for the end of May.

There will be free prize bingo, tea and refreshments so

please come along.

The fortnightly bingo sessions are going strong as is the

100 club, if you would like to join us, please do. The bingo

is held at the Dracaena Centre on the same day as you re-

cycling is collected (Wednesdays), so it is an easy way to

remember the dates.

There are still some spare numbers for the 100 club, if you

would like one, contact either:

Shirley 212247

Sandra 319331

Tracy 317257

Our monthly meetings are held on the first Tuesday of

each month at 6.30pm in the Resource Office. You are

welcome to come along at any time, contact any of the

above if you would like to join us.

Finally we hope that Marcia Wengradt had a happy 70th

birthday on the 19th April.

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Fal Fire Supports the Beacon Partnership

Estate Walk Season.

It is that time of year when estate walks take place.

So far this year the issues that have been raised during these walks have been less than the same

time last year. Unfortunately a recurring theme is width of hedges at the front of properties

where there is a public footpath. This is an increasing problem.

Unkempt hedges are obviously a priority however; it is unfortunate that hedges that have been

well maintained over the years have still encroached over onto public paths. It is important that

these hedges are trimmed back to the garden boundary to ensure pavement width is not re-

stricted. In some areas the width can be so restricted that parents with buggies or generally the

older resident with shopping trolleys have to go onto the road to pass by. It would be

appreciated that those that have a hedge that may fall into this category have a look and see if it

is growing over the pavement please.

Generally the area covered by The Voice is in fairly good state. There are isolated areas that

need some TLC (tender loving care). However a consistent problem is with litter. This does

seem to be on the increase. Whether this is because of lack of bins, bins not being emptied

often enough or people throwing their rubbish on the ground or convenient hedge are difficult

to say. Whilst those that are younger generally get the blame for this, I do think we all need to

take responsibility: including the local council in ensuring that bins are kept in good working

order, are emptied and are provided in places that they are needed and will be used.

Another issue that causes greatest concern and complaints is the amount of dog’s mess on the

pavements, grass and play areas. This problem is not getting any better. Dogs do not seem to be

roaming the streets in large numbers without their owners. This means that those owners are

simply not clearing up after their dog or dogs. After years of information regarding this issue it

is sad that this is still a huge problem. It should be noted that a fixed penalty of £80 is possible

if an owner does not clear up after their dog and if prosecuted a fine of £1,000 can be given. If

dog’s mess is a persistent problem then this can be reported on the Cornwall Council web site.

The more complaints received the more likely it is that the Cornwall Council dog warden will

investigate.

As the summer progresses hopefully these problems will ease and we can all enjoy the area

where we live, in a clean, rubbish and dog mess free environment.

Well, we can only hope that is the case as one can wish for a warm, sunny summer ahead.

Patrick Fielder

Carrick Housing.

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Art & Craft Day 10.00am till 1.00pm

18th June 2011

“Everyone welcome no age barrier”

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INTERNET SUITE

Opening times for the internet suite are as follows:

Mondays 10.00am - 1.00pm 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Tuesdays Closed 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Wednesdays Closed 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Thursdays Closed 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Fridays 10.00am - 1.00pm 2.00pm - 5.00pm

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Welfare Benefits

Jenny Richards Welfare Benefit Advisor is at the

Beacon Resource Centre on Thursday mornings

please note new extended opening hours from 9am -

1pm please telephone for an appointment though

it’s possible to pop in without one and Jenny can

usually see you. It’s a good idea to have your bene-

fits checked regularly to make sure you are getting

the right amount as the regulations are changing all

the time. If you have health problems there are

many benefits you can claim which can double your

weekly income

especially if you are over 60 years of age. In the

past 12 months she has got over £51.000 for

residents of the estate - what can she do for you? Its

always worth coming in to check - it’s a free and

confidential service for everybody and she will be

very pleased to see you. Benefits dealt with include

Disability Living Allowance , Attendance

Allowance, Carers Allowance,

Housing and Council Tax Benefit, Working and

Family tax credits and many more Access to

legal advice available as well.

Printed and published by The Beacon Community Regeneration Partnership

Resource Office, Grenville Road, Falmouth, Cornwall

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Junction Symons Hill/ Glasney Road

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