Wheathampstead is getting Wilder
Join us! Email info@wheathampstead-pc.gov.uk to get a link to the meeting.
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Job vacancy at The Memorial Hall – are you looking for local, flexible work?
Wheathampstead Parish Council is looking for a Caretaker/Cleaner for The Memorial Hall – to find out more, visit our vacancies page.
Polling station review – could this mean a change for Wheathampstead?
The Boundary Commission has revised the St Albans City and District Council wards to reflect population changes. Now the Council is consulting on the location and suitability of the polling stations where people will go to vote. In particular, it wants to ensure the stations are accessible to all including people with a disability. As part of the review, the Council is also looking at polling districts, designated areas within wards that determine which polling station voters are assigned to. There are two to five such districts in each ward.
Wilder Spaces Initiative
Wilder St Albans - Wilder Spaces with Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust
Our local wildlife needs more space to thrive. Many of our smaller green patches could be home to a rich diversity of wildflowers, providing vital food for insects and birds and creating a network of habitat from the smallest to the largest of our wildlife. Every patch makes a difference.
Through Wilder St Albans, St Albans City and District Council are inviting you to nominate your local patch to be Wilder in 2022! Suggestions can include ‘greens’ in cul-de-sacs, verges, footpaths and some areas in our local green spaces.
Click here to see the map and make your nominations. As you will see on the map, Wheathampstead doesn’t very many suggested locations, so get nominating – and be sure to add your comments too!
Welcome Back to Wheathampstead!
You can find a trail map, plus more info HERE.
If you are a business interested in getting involved, you can also find more info HERE.
CAN YOU SPARE AN HOUR TO HELP US SET UP AND RUN THIS EVENT?
Community events are run on a tight budget and often require “all hands on deck”. Simply put – we need volunteers! If you can help, please complete this two minute form forms.gle/X3tMiPz4isGaKT4o7
This event is being run in conjunction with Wheathampstead Businesses. Part of this event is to be funded by a grant from St Albans District Council’s ‘Welcome Back Fund’, a scheme which forms part of the EU’s European Regional Development Fund.
HAPpy Camp for kids age 8-12 – free places available!
Book your space today on HAPpy Activity Finder – Herts Sports Partnership (sportinherts.org.uk)
New accessible circular path around Butterfield
Working with Herts County Council and using s106 funding, Wheathampstead Parish Council is enhancing the grassland adjacent to the Butterfield Nature Reserve and extending accessible access to the Village.
We aim to:
- Restore chalk grassland habitat by removing scrub and vegetation
- Retain neutral grassland habitat by replacing aging grazing infrastructure and securing the fence to the sheep enclosure
- Install new 1.16km hard surfaced circular path and redress existing path to improve access and link with public footpath network.
Map of site
- Sheep enclosure edged blue
- New circular path with additional spur to Rights of Way network in red
- Yellow denotes the footway along The Hill/ B651 Wheathampstead-Nomansland- Sandridge
Notice of Vacancy – Parish Councillor
WHEATHAMPSTEAD PARISH COUNCIL
NOTICE OF VACANCY
in the office of
PARISH COUNCILLOR
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a casual vacancy has arisen in the Office of Parish Councillor for the Parish of Wheathampstead.
If by 21 July 2021 (14 days* after the date of this notice), a request for an election to fill the said vacancy is made in writing to:
The Proper Officer, St Albans City and District Council, Civic Centre, St Peters Street, St Albans AL1 3JE, signed by TEN electors for the said Parish, an election will be held to fill the said vacancy.
If an election is not requested, the vacancy will be filled by the Wheathampstead Parish Council by co-option in accordance with the Local Elections (Parishes & Communities) Rules 2006.
If an election is requested, the election will take place on a date determined by the Returning Officer within 60 days* from the date of this notice.
Dated: 1 July 2021
Julia Warren – Parish Clerk
Wheathampstead Parish Council
The Memorial Hall
Marford Road
Wheathampstead
Herts
AL4 8AY
*In computing any period of time for this purpose, a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or bank or public holidays or any day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning must be disregarded.