It’s time for spring
cleaning, and with the village now free of litter the next task is to clean the
church!
In this issue:
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The AGM of the Friends of St James's Church will
take place on Wednesday 25th March at 6.00pm in Birlingham Village
Hall.
This will not be a long meeting. All welcome.
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The PCC are organising a day
of cleaning at St James’s Church on Saturday 28th March. This will hopefully
only take an hour or two, providing enough people turn up to help – but any
amount of time would be welcome. Please bring dusters, wipes, containers of
water, soft brooms – in fact any favourite cleaning implement could be
useful!
Meet at the Church at 10.00am. Refreshments will be provided. If you plan
on coming along, please let Adrianne Woodward know on 01386 750936.
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Nominations are now open for the Birlingham Parish Council
election on Thursday 7th May. The Parish Council consists of seven
councillors, who will serve for four years until May 2019. Nomination forms are available from Wychavon District Council or can
be downloaded from www.wychavon.gov.uk/current-elections. You need to complete the
Nomination Paper (page 4) and Consent to Nomination (page
6).
Nomination forms can be handed in to the Showell Room at the Civic Centre,
Pershore from Monday 23rd March until 4.00pm on Thursday 9th April. The council
officers are happy to do informal checks before forms are submitted formally but
they recommend not leaving it too late so that they can identify any potential
problems in good time and with as little stress as possible. They are expecting
over 600 nomination forms during this period so please allow time when visiting
in case of queues. Nomination forms can be handed in by the candidates
themselves or someone they trust to do so.
After the close of nominations the statements of persons nominated will be
on the District Council website
www.wychavon.gov.uk/current-elections
on Friday 10th April, which will show candidates standing.